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How come only part of my keyword ranks well?

by GoodnightSweetRatRace
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For some reason only the first part of my keyword is ranking well.

My keyword is 10 words long, (yes 10) and the first 8 are currently ranking my website #2 in Google

How To Make A Blank Blank Blank Blank - Ranked #2

(About 783,000 results)


As soon as I add the last two words on to complete the keyword, it's ranking my website on the 6th page :confused:

How To Make A Blank Blank Blank Blank For You - Ranked 6th Page.

(About 278,000 results)



Why would 2 words make such a difference?
#keyword #part #ranks
  • Profile picture of the author Danny Gardner
    Interesting question.

    There are a number of variables in this scenario. Nonetheless, my best answer to your question is that Google doesn't always act as expected. If we could 100% predict what Google would do with our keywords and sites, then SEO would be a relatively easy game (not that it's necessarily hard all the time by any means).

    I have question for you. How many searches do the two different keywords get?
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  • Profile picture of the author SchulzCube
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    • Profile picture of the author Johnny Optimo
      Maybe because some other websites have more appropriate content for "BLANK BLANK FOR YOU"

      also, what these other guys said
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  • Profile picture of the author LMC
    skateboard vs skateboards have a different SERP.

    The short answer is because it is a different keyword. As a separate keyword is goes through the same analysis as every other, it has it's separate keyword density, and it's separate anchored backlinks.

    so it ranks differently
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  • Profile picture of the author ZaneZenMaster
    More than likely because there's more people with the exact phrase "How To Make A Blank Blank Blank Blank For You"

    If not, then... beats me :/
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