Are long-tail keywords less competitive?
A long tail keyword is a phrase that is generally made from three to five words. These keywords are also less competitive than generic keywords because they are designed to better reflect how people make queries.
How do you optimize long-tail keywords?
Let’s find those long-tail keywords right now.
- Step 1: Go to Ubersuggest, type your main keyword (e.g., car insurance), and click the “Search” button:
- Step 2: Click “Keyword Ideas” in the left sidebar:
- Step 3: Choose your long-tail keywords from the results list, by identifying keywords with four or more words.
Why would a smaller business want to optimize for long tail keywords instead of general keywords?
It’s much easier to rank for long-tail keywords than for more common keywords because fewer websites compete for high rankings in the result pages of Google. The longer (and more specific) your search terms are, the easier it is to rank for the term.
Which is better short tail or long tail keyword?
When it comes to SEO, long tails are MUCH less competitive than shorter “head terms”. (Which makes them easier to rank for) For example, a short tail keyword like “ link building ” has over 6 billion results in Google: So if you want to rank #1 in Google for that query, you need to outrank 6 billion other sites.
Where can I find long tail search terms?
First, type in a keyword that you want to rank for. Second, scroll to the bottom of the page. And take a look at the “Searches related to…” for that keyword: And you’ll get handful of GREAT long tail terms that you can target. Nice!
Can you search for long tail keywords on Etsy?
Yes. But, it really depends. You really can’t go search for a long tail keyword on Etsy, look at those listings, say, “Hey this has a lot of views!” and assume it’s a great keyword. In reality, the more specific that keyword is, the less likely it is that those views actually came from it.
Can you type in a keyword plus a letter?
You can type in a keyword plus a letter: The only problem with this approach is that typing in “keyword a”, “keyword b” etc. is a GIANT pain. Fortunately, long tail keyword generators like Ubersuggest and keywordtool.io both scrape Google Autocomplete data for you. They both work pretty much the same way.