How does Google treat singular and plural keywords ?

How does Google treat singular and plural keywords ?
for example , gearbox repair Vs gearbox repairs Vs gearboxes repairs.

 

basically, they are same. But if you focus on one kind and build back links, you can gain vantage than the other kind.

 

For something highly competative, the plural/noplural forms make a difference. ie. Car Sales/CAr SAle return different search results....and their search volume is different.

in you example gearboxes repairs would be a poor choice! So find which of the other 2 have more volume. But if you can rank for one of thise, chances are you will rank for the other. Look into semantics

 

Yes the difference arises due to difference in the search volume ( and thus competition)
Sometimes singular is better and sometimes plurul.

 

I would recommend gearbox repairs.

 

Sites rank differently in singular and plural so there is definitly difference.
It is best to check the google keyword tool to find the amount on searches,

 

Competition is difference for singular and plural keywords, I would prefer to gearbox repairs.

 

Yes some difference on singular and plural keywords competition.

 

It really surprises me to hear you folks say that. Lately I have noticed that when I do a search for singular I get results for plural, and vice versa. In the search results a singular word is highlighted when I asked for plural words. In the old days this wasn't the case, but they have evidently become more sophisticated.

wiz

 

i got two diff sites with the keyword in the domain [just the plural] , not sure who the second site will do . 1st one is already on top 3 , waiting for the 2nd one to be indexed ...

 

Hey guys, sorry to revive this thread, but my doubt is very pertinent to do this. I've developed a website with the plural in focus and I'm doing well on it, being on #5 place, but the ammount of visits coming through is ridiculously low considering that in theory it has 60,5k visits per month. Either I'm not really at #5 or it doesn't have 60,5k per month. The singular form also has 60,5k visits, so my question is, does google add the ammount of visits of plural and singular?

Here is an image showing what I think


First comes the mentioned gearbox and gearboxes thing... here it clearly sounds like google added up the ammount of plural and singular because everything is the same. Who would search for gearboxes in the plural form?

Below I added 3 phrases, the first one is the plural, the second is the singular and the third one is the singular with the words in a different order (two words, so inverted)... they all have 60,5k results. I would say that the singular and the plural have each 60,5k visits because the local trends is different, but it doesn't really seem like to be truth because I'm #5 and not getting much visits, or shouldn't I be expecting much being at #5. What do you guys think? Thanks!

 

On the google keyword tool now, it often gives exactly the same results for derivatives of the same word or phrase - does this mean that it treats them the same now?

 

If dont effect any more.