What Are Long Tail Keywords?

What Are Long Tail Keywords?

 Keywords are of two types:- Short tail keywords and long tail keywords. Long tail keywords are those that are around three to four phrases and very specific and to the point. Long tail keywords are clearly defined by user requirements. They are so specific and to the point. Google or other search engines show only those results that match the long tail keywords. They stand better chances of ranking high in search engines. Ensure that long tail keywords are present in the title, heading and first paragraph of the page for good results. Longer keywords stand a better chance of a conversion. Having proper descriptive ALT tags on your images also matters. Some highlighting of important keyword phrases using bold or italics is a good idea as well.

STRATEGIES:-

Use google autocomplete with your keywords.

Research on Google AdWords keyword planner.

Do competitor research and analysis.

Integrate long tail keywords into the content.

Ensure the long tail keywords are four keywords or more.

Use and research on other keyword analysis tools such as HitTail, Word Tracker, Uber Suggest.

What is Google looking for when it crawls the pages of your website?

Your primary keywords should be at the beginning of the page title:-

If you are targeting the keywords “ life insurance for college students”, that should be at the beginning of your page title. And keep your page title under 75 characters.

When appropriate, emphasize on your keywords using bold or italics:-

Do not overdo this! Only when it makes sense, bold or italicize your keywords.

This will help your website to be easily crawled.

Your primary keyword should appear in the content body two or more times:-

In addition to the page title and headline, your keywords should be in the body of the page at least twice–but not too many times. Remember, make it sound natural when it is read out loud.

HOW TO BREAK A TOPIC DOWN INTO KEYWORDS:-

When you sit down to create an article for your site, you usually have the primary keywords in mind already. Once you do, the next step is to take that topic and break it into smaller subtopics that you can create subheadings for and to find related secondary keywords that you can use in the articles as well.

BENEFITS:-

Ease:-Easier to rank, low keyword competition.

Speed:-Diminished competition High-rank quality.

Relevance:- Highly relevant keywords=Highly Relevant Traffic.

Conversions:-Highly Relevant Traffic is More Likely to Convert.

Exposure:-Targeting Long Tail Keywords over time will also get you exposed for Head Keywords as well.

Google is not ranking sites based only on their link popularity anymore. Links are still important, but other factors are also very important. Create topical content for your pages and not content that targets a single keyword. Make sure you are using related subheadings and secondary keywords. Long tail keywords can make your rank first page on Google because you only have few competitors. So the more you use long tail keywords the more success you will have. So if you have specific products to offer, optimize your page using long tail keywords. While you’re creating your content and optimizing your pages to include your new long-tails, don’t forget to measure your rankings and traffic. As you do so, you may discover even more keyword phrases you can target, and that will help you continue to build your reputation and improve your on-page SEO.