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How can I get an idea if my blog posts are going to get ranked?

by WeekndXo
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My strategy to get traffic to a website I am about to launch is to write lengthy blog posts about long tail keywords. Problem is that I have no idea if I'm going to get ranked.

The SERPs for my keywords (caulking) are confusing - authority sites (news) with lengthy blog posts are ranking 30th on the SERPs, while crappy small business websites rank in the first page.

How come the small business websites rank higher than news sites with content pieces about the keyword?

P.S: Is there a way to explain why a page with more authority ranks lower than a page with lower authority?
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelkoehler92
    If the small business are ranking then I assume you have picked wrong type of keywords. Also instead of posting lengthy content for a single long tail better to create an article which is rich of multiple long tails from the same topic.
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    • Profile picture of the author WeekndXo
      Could you elaborate on what you mean by "wrong" keyword? The website I am trying to promote is a small business in the caulking industry, so caulking is the main keyword.
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        Yeah. No. Caulking Las Vegas or lad vegad caulking would be the keyword to worry about, not caulking.

        Hi to google keyword to, ask it to look up for caulking.

        Pick the first ten results, stick your city in front, and go for those.


        Originally Posted by WeekndXo View Post

        Could you elaborate on what you mean by "wrong" keyword? The website I am trying to promote is a small business in the caulking industry, so caulking is the main keyword.
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    • Profile picture of the author WeekndXo
      What do you mean by wrong keyword? Caulking is the industry of the small business I try to promote, so i naturally assume its the correct keyword.
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    • Profile picture of the author WeekndXo
      Does google analytics give SEO insights?
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  • Profile picture of the author Vijaypravin
    To rank your website higher, you need to know your competitor's keyword.

    To find your competitors' Keywords, Backlinks, Ad text and much more using SEMRush.

    It's one of the Best Online Software, which has 800 million keywords · >100 geo databases · >130 million domains
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    The page at the top of search results is the page Google 'thinks' best matches what the searcher is looking for.

    If I type something like:
    cost of gas ranges in Chicago,

    I am not looking for a 2500-word article, no matter how well written it is, no matter how many other pages on the site with the article.

    I am looking for a company that sells gas ranges in Chicago. If a one-page site pops up with a range I want, I'm a happy camper.

    I might be looking for a site that has comparisons or reviews too (like Yelp or homewyse.com).

    The authority of a site or of a page does not override matching the search and content.

    Originally Posted by WeekndXo View Post

    My strategy to get traffic to a website I am about to launch is to write lengthy blog posts about long tail keywords. Problem is that I have no idea if I'm going to get ranked.

    The SERPs for my keywords (caulking) are confusing - authority sites (news) with lengthy blog posts are ranking 30th on the SERPs, while crappy small business websites rank in the first page.

    How come the small business websites rank higher than news sites with content pieces about the keyword?

    P.S: Is there a way to explain why a page with more authority ranks lower than a page with lower authority?
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