Comments on: The 5 Benefits of Long-Tail Keywords http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: E Internet SEO http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 E Internet SEO Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:27:44 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-1163 Agree long tail keywords are very important when it comes to serps. Especially when it comes to blog posts and articles. Agree long tail keywords are very important when it comes to serps. Especially when it comes to blog posts and articles.

]]> By: Limeyboy http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Limeyboy Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:02:31 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-1109 Great post, best article on the long tail I have read. What a great way for people to jump into the related long tail results. It's even more compelling to see the volume of traffic when implemented correctly, thanks. Great post, best article on the long tail I have read. What a great way for people to jump into the related long tail results. It’s even more compelling to see the volume of traffic when implemented correctly, thanks.

]]> By: V SEO http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-642 V SEO Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:53:15 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-642 Great article! Optimization for Long Tail Keywords is very important, not even in overcrowded niches. If you need a free tool to generate Long Tail Keywords from Google Suggest Data, try http://www.v-seo.com :) Great article!

Optimization for Long Tail Keywords is very important, not even in overcrowded niches.

If you need a free tool to generate Long Tail Keywords from Google Suggest Data, try http://www.v-seo.com :)

]]> By: SEO Vantage http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-322 SEO Vantage Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:12:22 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-322 Good discussion about long tailed keywords. The domain name url structure is of course important, but also main factors to take into consideration are the Page rank of the website and also the age of the website. If you use a completly new website with no PR then that will be harder and take longer to optimise than simply using a deep landing page on an already exisiting well established website with good PR. Thanks John Good discussion about long tailed keywords.
The domain name url structure is of course important, but also main factors to take into consideration are the Page rank of the website and also the age of the website. If you use a completly new website with no PR then that will be harder and take longer to optimise than simply using a deep landing page on an already exisiting well established website with good PR.
Thanks
John

]]> By: Alan Mitchell http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Alan Mitchell Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:37:51 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-113 @Rob The same principles of long-tails still apply for SEO - compared to generic keywords such as 'real estate', long tail searches such as 'Alpharetta homes for sale' have less competition so are easier to rank for, can have significant search volume en masse, and since they are generally more qualified and specific in nature, can often exhibit stronger conversion rates. Deep-linking to very specific pages, as you point out, is a strategy popular with many top advertisers. If you have a deep-link page that is highly relevant to a keyword, optimising that deep-link page (rather than the homepage) for the keyword will have a much higher chance of ranking. If it's highly relevant, it benefits Google, the customer and the advertiser, so why wouldn't Google show you? In terms of metrics, Google Webmaster Tools provide a wealth of information on backlinks and rankings for specific keywords. Once you have decided which long-tail keywords you would like to focus on, you can benchmark their positions and monitor their rankings as you make changes. @Rob

The same principles of long-tails still apply for SEO – compared to generic keywords such as ‘real estate’, long tail searches such as ‘Alpharetta homes for sale’ have less competition so are easier to rank for, can have significant search volume en masse, and since they are generally more qualified and specific in nature, can often exhibit stronger conversion rates.

Deep-linking to very specific pages, as you point out, is a strategy popular with many top advertisers. If you have a deep-link page that is highly relevant to a keyword, optimising that deep-link page (rather than the homepage) for the keyword will have a much higher chance of ranking. If it’s highly relevant, it benefits Google, the customer and the advertiser, so why wouldn’t Google show you?

In terms of metrics, Google Webmaster Tools provide a wealth of information on backlinks and rankings for specific keywords. Once you have decided which long-tail keywords you would like to focus on, you can benchmark their positions and monitor their rankings as you make changes.

]]> By: Rob http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Rob Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:35:25 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-110 A little off topic but what do you think about loing tail organic SEO? Take a KW like: "Alpharetta homes for sale" If you check the exact match (not broad), Google says this one gets 2900 searches per month. Well worth trying to get 10% of those to your site. Instead of AdWords, why not trying to get a individual page, one deep off my mainpage to rank top 10 for this exact phrase. maindomain/alpharettahomesforsale.htm The entire page is SEO'd for this KW and obtain maybe 100 backlinks with the exact term as anchor text coming in. Wonder if that could make it to the top ten? RM A little off topic but what do you think about loing tail organic SEO?

Take a KW like:

“Alpharetta homes for sale”

If you check the exact match (not broad), Google says this one gets 2900 searches per month. Well worth trying to get 10% of those to your site.

Instead of AdWords, why not trying to get a individual page, one deep off my mainpage to rank top 10 for this exact phrase.

maindomain/alpharettahomesforsale.htm

The entire page is SEO’d for this KW and obtain maybe 100 backlinks with the exact term as anchor text coming in.

Wonder if that could make it to the top ten?

RM

]]> By: Mike http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Mike Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:50:37 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-87 Hi, Yes, true we also advice the same thing to our clients to go for the long tail keywords when the website is new. Thanks Hi,

Yes, true we also advice the same thing to our clients to go for the long tail keywords when the website is new.

Thanks

]]> By: Rob http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Rob Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:39:07 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-75 ALL very true. Been doing this for 2 years now. Works! Rob ALL very true. Been doing this for 2 years now.

Works!

Rob

]]> By: Annette http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/benefits-of-long-tail-keywords/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Annette Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:21:03 +0000 http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/?p=524#comment-22 Great article. I have waisted a lot of money on short keywords before i learned to focus on only using long keywords to targed my visitors. Annette. Great article.
I have waisted a lot of money on short keywords before i learned to focus on only using long keywords to targed my visitors.

Annette.

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