Yeah I agree to that long tail keywords tend to do lot of conversion in our site unlike the general or 1 to 2 keyphrase which is in general form. Yes it can give us long time surge of traffic though less conversion.
We’re not real sure why you used a dinosaur when a perfectly willing dog would have worked, but we’re very pro-green animal nonetheless… 🙂
Landing pages are key for long-tail search but amazing how many sites lead to just the front door and the long-tail content is not to be found anywhere… click back, scroll down…
it’s worthwhile using long tail keywords as this can deliver results quicker and help you rank for a variety of phrases, but at the same time, one should not loose focus on their main keyword even though competition may be high. testing keywords is an important part of SEO and should be frequently reviewed
I like the analogy of long tail and movie rentals. I tend to focus pretty much only on long tail traffic as I know that is where the motivated buying traffic lives. In fact, your conversions on long tail will almost always be higher as a total percentage than the conversions from shorter tail traffic.
Long tail keywords may get less traffic but it generates more conversions. Long tail keywords are easy to optimize due to less competion but often people targets high competitive keywords with more number of searches and fail to achieve rankings.
In real estate buyers know exactly what they want. We find more often a web user is typing in the longer tail keywords to not just list a community type and city but also to include price ranges or number of bedrooms, etc. These internet leads have a higher rate of conversion as well. There are a lot fewer of them as you stated in the article, but the reap the best rewards.
Long tail keywords are more beneficial for e-shops rather where they can easily target the people which are finding them to buy something. When you are using a long tail keyword you have the opportunity to make a good variations of the keyword you are using to target the similar keywords also. I guess the websites which provides information should not select long tail keywords.
The movie rental analogy reminds me of a movie store in my area – they don’t have any movies if it’s more than a year old or if it’s not well known. I should forward this post to them.
I heard a figure, something like 57% of Amazon sales come through long tail keyword searches. With the internet, it is much easier to dig out these deep niches than with any other business, so I definitely recommend going after the long tail!
Long tail keyword are very useful but I think it will be harder to link..But people use longer description when they need something and want specific thing..For example if you want to buy ebook about history of Atlantis you will probably type “history of Atlantis ebook” instead of just Atlantis..
Long tail keywords are very easy to optimize due to less competition, they may bring less traffic but very effective with conversion. In order to achieve ranking we must target Long tail keywords instead of targeting highly competitive keywords.
Working with long tail keywords successfully means that a publisher needs to know which long tail keywords actually get hits or are searched for on the major search engines. Research is the only way to know if long tail keywords will work or not, and that if the smaller investment will still pay off at the end of the publishing campaign. There is also the fact that drawing attention to a particular long tail keyword may also slowly make it more popular, and rising the price of bidding on it eventually.
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Posted at 10:50h, 11 AugustYeah I agree to that long tail keywords tend to do lot of conversion in our site unlike the general or 1 to 2 keyphrase which is in general form. Yes it can give us long time surge of traffic though less conversion.
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Posted at 09:18h, 12 AugustWe’re not real sure why you used a dinosaur when a perfectly willing dog would have worked, but we’re very pro-green animal nonetheless… 🙂
Landing pages are key for long-tail search but amazing how many sites lead to just the front door and the long-tail content is not to be found anywhere… click back, scroll down…
bonnie
Posted at 15:33h, 12 AugustDogs do not always have long tails.
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Posted at 08:40h, 13 AugustUse of long tail keywords can be used as one idea, because almost all people know about the long-tailed dinosaur.
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Posted at 16:26h, 13 AugustI read about this topic is 1 hour. You shared really great informative content. Thank you. I’m sorry for bad english.
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Posted at 13:50h, 13 AugustThis is great, what I’m doing is a little different application of this and optimizing my website for long-tail searches.
So far it’s working really well as I’m seeing more traffic everyday from searches.
Good stuff here, Thanks. Same principles but different way to use them.
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Posted at 21:33h, 13 AugustGreat article. I hadn’t thought about it in terms of movie stores. It’s an analogy that actually makes sense. Thanks!
Vivian
Posted at 22:13h, 13 AugustMarketers don’t always use long tail keywords but it still pays to do so. I like the dinograph!
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Posted at 10:14h, 15 Augustit’s worthwhile using long tail keywords as this can deliver results quicker and help you rank for a variety of phrases, but at the same time, one should not loose focus on their main keyword even though competition may be high. testing keywords is an important part of SEO and should be frequently reviewed
Ted
Posted at 15:19h, 15 AugustI like the analogy of long tail and movie rentals. I tend to focus pretty much only on long tail traffic as I know that is where the motivated buying traffic lives. In fact, your conversions on long tail will almost always be higher as a total percentage than the conversions from shorter tail traffic.
bonnie
Posted at 15:23h, 15 AugustHey Ted, thanks for the info on conversions!
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Posted at 06:16h, 16 AugustHey Bonnie great article and tips.
Thanks for sharing to us.
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Posted at 07:44h, 16 AugustLong tail keywords may get less traffic but it generates more conversions. Long tail keywords are easy to optimize due to less competion but often people targets high competitive keywords with more number of searches and fail to achieve rankings.
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Posted at 09:20h, 16 AugustIn real estate buyers know exactly what they want. We find more often a web user is typing in the longer tail keywords to not just list a community type and city but also to include price ranges or number of bedrooms, etc. These internet leads have a higher rate of conversion as well. There are a lot fewer of them as you stated in the article, but the reap the best rewards.
Andy Nathan
Posted at 10:18h, 16 AugustThat was so interesting…
Stephen Jack @ Compare Prices UK
Posted at 01:28h, 17 AugustLong tail keywords are more beneficial for e-shops rather where they can easily target the people which are finding them to buy something. When you are using a long tail keyword you have the opportunity to make a good variations of the keyword you are using to target the similar keywords also. I guess the websites which provides information should not select long tail keywords.
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Posted at 11:53h, 21 AugustThe majority of my conversions have been from long tailed keywords 4 words or longer so this definitely holds true.
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Posted at 11:59h, 21 AugustThe movie rental analogy reminds me of a movie store in my area – they don’t have any movies if it’s more than a year old or if it’s not well known. I should forward this post to them.
Belton Real Estate
Posted at 11:49h, 22 AugustI heard a figure, something like 57% of Amazon sales come through long tail keyword searches. With the internet, it is much easier to dig out these deep niches than with any other business, so I definitely recommend going after the long tail!
Acaib Erries
Posted at 13:55h, 27 AugustLong tail keyword are very useful but I think it will be harder to link..But people use longer description when they need something and want specific thing..For example if you want to buy ebook about history of Atlantis you will probably type “history of Atlantis ebook” instead of just Atlantis..
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Posted at 08:09h, 21 SeptemberLong tail keywords are very easy to optimize due to less competition, they may bring less traffic but very effective with conversion. In order to achieve ranking we must target Long tail keywords instead of targeting highly competitive keywords.
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Posted at 08:34h, 16 AugustWorking with long tail keywords successfully means that a publisher needs to know which long tail keywords actually get hits or are searched for on the major search engines. Research is the only way to know if long tail keywords will work or not, and that if the smaller investment will still pay off at the end of the publishing campaign. There is also the fact that drawing attention to a particular long tail keyword may also slowly make it more popular, and rising the price of bidding on it eventually.
Bonnie
Posted at 11:42h, 16 AugustGreat points thanks for checking in!
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Posted at 04:15h, 16 JanuaryThe blog is interesting.