Long Tail Keywords vs Short tail

Rayson14 · 12-22-2010, 01:02 PM

HI Guys,

Got a simple question. I have this keyword targeted by the name of the website vs a site that has thousands of backlinks.

The Keyword --- "My personal War room"

My Target "My Personal War room"
The Competition "How to get My Personal War room"

1.Can I beat the competition easily for ordinary site? They are targeting long tail keyword right? i am not.

2.What if the competition is ehow.com?

Please advise Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Rayson14 · 12-22-2010, 01:24 PM

The Plan is to get a website name with tough competition. I am targeting about 5 keywords at the moment. Only the one that is competeting with ehow has my web domain name on it.

1 more question. If that is ehow and ehow targets "How to get My Personal War room"

Will I have a change of grabing the spot on "My personal War room"? with daily Article backlinking and bookmarking? What do you think?

bigcat1967 · 12-22-2010, 02:23 PM

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2.What if the competition is ehow.com?

I would write an article and post it not only on ehow.com, but Squidoo and Hubpages.

I sometimes go w/ the short tail - but it depends on the Google External KW tool and what it says about my competition. Also - how many searches it gets locally and world wide each month.

Rayson14 · 12-22-2010, 02:29 PM

Ok thanks a lot got your point. Thanks a lot for the replies and merry christmas.

One more thing.... Can you explain to me the keywords?

I got a tip from my mentor that if your competitor targets "Short tail1" You can target "Very Short Tail1" keywords.

Why not the other way around? your competitor target s "Very short tail1" and you target "Short tail1"

Can you explain this to me and give me some clarifications? thanks a lot!

dburk · 12-22-2010, 11:42 PM

Sounds like you guys don't clearly comprehend the terminology. The opposite of "long tail" is "short head". A short tail keyword is identical to a long tail keyword. They are both part of the tail. Short tail simply means a smaller number of the same type of low search volume keywords that are identical to long tail keywords.

For more information see the original source for these terms:
The Long Tail: Why the Future of ... - Google Books

12-22-2010, 01:02 PM	#1
Rayson14 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in a house Posts: 280 Thanks: 51 Thanked 34 Times in 26 Posts	Long Tail Keywords vs Short tail HI Guys, Got a simple question. I have this keyword targeted by the name of the website vs a site that has thousands of backlinks. The Keyword --- "My personal War room" My Target "My Personal War room" The Competition "How to get My Personal War room" 1.Can I beat the competition easily for ordinary site? They are targeting long tail keyword right? i am not. 2.What if the competition is ehow.com? Please advise Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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12-22-2010, 01:24 PM	#2
Rayson14 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in a house Posts: 280 Thanks: 51 Thanked 34 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Long Tail Keywords vs Short tail The Plan is to get a website name with tough competition. I am targeting about 5 keywords at the moment. Only the one that is competeting with ehow has my web domain name on it. 1 more question. If that is ehow and ehow targets "How to get My Personal War room" Will I have a change of grabing the spot on "My personal War room"? with daily Article backlinking and bookmarking? What do you think?
	We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do. - Samuel Smiles (copied from another marketer, Hope you don't mind cause I really like it) It's a baby girl ^^,

12-22-2010, 02:29 PM	#4
Rayson14 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: in a house Posts: 280 Thanks: 51 Thanked 34 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Long Tail Keywords vs Short tail Ok thanks a lot got your point. Thanks a lot for the replies and merry christmas. One more thing.... Can you explain to me the keywords? I got a tip from my mentor that if your competitor targets "Short tail1" You can target "Very Short Tail1" keywords. Why not the other way around? your competitor target s "Very short tail1" and you target "Short tail1" Can you explain this to me and give me some clarifications? thanks a lot!
	We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do. - Samuel Smiles (copied from another marketer, Hope you don't mind cause I really like it) It's a baby girl ^^,

12-22-2010, 11:42 PM	#5
dburk Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 4,643 Thanks: 162 Thanked 671 Times in 581 Posts Contact Info	Re: Long Tail Keywords vs Short tail Sounds like you guys don't clearly comprehend the terminology. The opposite of "long tail" is "short head". A short tail keyword is identical to a long tail keyword. They are both part of the tail. Short tail simply means a smaller number of the same type of low search volume keywords that are identical to long tail keywords. For more information see the original source for these terms: The Long Tail: Why the Future of ... - Google Books
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