Need some advice with long tail keywords.

vjslav · 10-03-2011, 06:58 AM

Hi guys,

I am currently building a new web site and the main keyword according to G tool has quite some nice traffic and the competition is okay.

My main concern is that whenever you talk about long tails you always say that find the ones with over 1000 exact searches a month, my plan, however, is going for very long keywords and choosing 100-150 keywords that have like 100-500 searches month, of course they have very little competition so they will take less time and effort to rank for.

I am choosing a keyword, and writing an article with a nice kw density. My question is does anyone here recommend doing it, have you had great success with this method? I am fairly new to the SEO game, so I'd like to get some insight.

In my head it goes down to this, if you have 50, 100, or more articles with keywords that are searched for 100-300 times a month that can add up to quite some good traffic numbers. I'm talking 10k-20k/month.

Does that seem like a good plan or am I wasting my time?

Thanks.

JOleng · 10-03-2011, 07:39 AM

There are many authority sites doing the exact thing. For example Amazon, it is targeting almost every possible product keyword, which is selling on internet no matter how many searches there are. Same with wiki, yahoo answers, etc.

Even Though Your keywords will have low competition, You still need to do some SEO work at least for some of Your pages to pass link juice around Your site.

I would suggest choosing 5-10 related keywords with higher monthly searches and trying to rank for them first instead of going after 100 keywords at the same time without doing too much for every individual keyword. Once You succeed with 5-10 keywords, it will be much easier to rank for new ones.

arunii · 10-03-2011, 07:46 AM

I think you are going right because ranking on long tail kywords is quite easy as compare to competitive keywords. If possilbe book a domain with the main keyword your are targeting and then go for seo work.

vjslav · 10-03-2011, 07:46 AM

Thanks for your insight, I have 3 main keywords that have some decent traffic and competition for main page.

I am planning to do most work for those 3, however, I am going to bookmark each article, build some profile links, blog comments etc for the low competition ones, I know that I need to work on them, since my web site is new.

The good thing is that even without any link building, lots of articles ranked on page 5-10, however, now they all tanked, I believe that was the honey moon period, which is now over.

Shouldn't be too hard to get them back.

vjslav · 10-03-2011, 02:00 PM

Great, thanks for all the tips guys, gonna keep at it.

TopGun38 · 10-03-2011, 02:26 PM

Do long tail to get some traffic right away but also target some main keywords with lots of traffic. It takes longer for those main ones but the reward is much bigger. Do both and you'll be fine.

UMS · 10-03-2011, 02:31 PM

Are the long tail keywords you are going after all related? If so, then so long as you can produce enough content, it's not a bad approach.

In general, most larger sites target a primary keyword that gets a reasonable number of searches which is then supported by multiple long tail keywords.

marktaylor001 · 10-03-2011, 11:49 PM

Make a long tail to get some traffic right away, but also to target some main keywords with lots of traffic. It takes more time to the principal, but the rewards are much greater. Do both and you'll be fine.

Ernie Lonardo · 10-03-2011, 11:59 PM

i did the same thing spend over 1 year and 700 articles later. Google Panda destroyed my business.

alinpion · 10-04-2011, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernie Lonardo

i did the same thing spend over 1 year and 700 articles later. Google Panda destroyed my business.

Google Panda did that because you did not have a high volume of original content.

Ernie Lonardo · 10-04-2011, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alinpion

Google Panda did that because you did not have a high volume of original content.

Umm EVERY article was original

10-03-2011, 06:58 AM	#1
vjslav Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tallinn Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Need some advice with long tail keywords. Hi guys, I am currently building a new web site and the main keyword according to G tool has quite some nice traffic and the competition is okay. My main concern is that whenever you talk about long tails you always say that find the ones with over 1000 exact searches a month, my plan, however, is going for very long keywords and choosing 100-150 keywords that have like 100-500 searches month, of course they have very little competition so they will take less time and effort to rank for. I am choosing a keyword, and writing an article with a nice kw density. My question is does anyone here recommend doing it, have you had great success with this method? I am fairly new to the SEO game, so I'd like to get some insight. In my head it goes down to this, if you have 50, 100, or more articles with keywords that are searched for 100-300 times a month that can add up to quite some good traffic numbers. I'm talking 10k-20k/month. Does that seem like a good plan or am I wasting my time? Thanks.

10-03-2011, 07:39 AM	#2
JOleng I Dig Keywords War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 62 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Need some advice with long tail keywords. There are many authority sites doing the exact thing. For example Amazon, it is targeting almost every possible product keyword, which is selling on internet no matter how many searches there are. Same with wiki, yahoo answers, etc. Even Though Your keywords will have low competition, You still need to do some SEO work at least for some of Your pages to pass link juice around Your site. I would suggest choosing 5-10 related keywords with higher monthly searches and trying to rank for them first instead of going after 100 keywords at the same time without doing too much for every individual keyword. Once You succeed with 5-10 keywords, it will be much easier to rank for new ones.
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arunii Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delhi Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Need some advice with long tail keywords. I think you are going right because ranking on long tail kywords is quite easy as compare to competitive keywords. If possilbe book a domain with the main keyword your are targeting and then go for seo work.

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vjslav Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tallinn Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Need some advice with long tail keywords. Thanks for your insight, I have 3 main keywords that have some decent traffic and competition for main page. I am planning to do most work for those 3, however, I am going to bookmark each article, build some profile links, blog comments etc for the low competition ones, I know that I need to work on them, since my web site is new. The good thing is that even without any link building, lots of articles ranked on page 5-10, however, now they all tanked, I believe that was the honey moon period, which is now over. Shouldn't be too hard to get them back.

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vjslav Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tallinn Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Need some advice with long tail keywords. Great, thanks for all the tips guys, gonna keep at it.

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