SEO Newbie: Keyword Selection Question
- SEO |
I have a new site (Wordpress) set up, and for one of my posts, I targeted a very long-tail keyword. I'll call it Keyword A, and it's something like "Maytag Deluxe with groovy cool feature dishwasher."
I chose this keyword because it has 1,300 exact match searches monthly, according to Micro Niche Finder and Market Samurai. The SEO competition is pretty low too. What's kind of strange (to me) about this keyword is that the number of broad match searches is 1,600 - not a big jump from exact match.
I just discovered that a shorter keyword phrase (Keyword B) for this same product gets far fewer exact match searches monthly (less than 100), but far more broad searches (3,600). Keyword B is of the form "Maytag Deluxe dishwasher." Also, the competition for Keyword B is about the same for the longer tail Keyword A.
Would it be better to try and rank my post for the "really long-tail" Keyword A with more exact match searches, or Keyword B, with far fewer exact searches but far more broad? I want to get the most traffic, obviously.
I said to myself that I don't know which an experienced SEO would choose, so I thought I'd ask!
Thanks!
-
NastyBlast -
Thanks - 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3786751].message }}-
einsmite -
Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[3787013].message }} -
-