{"id":1530,"date":"2024-08-28T05:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cueforgood.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:26:52","slug":"about-long-tail-keywords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cueforgood.com\/blog\/about-long-tail-keywords\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Tail keywords: The Long and Short of It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the world of Internet, hits and misses drive business and the long & short of it is decided by\u00a0 keywords. What SEO<\/a> does for businesses, long-tail keywords do for conversions.<\/p>\n

Long-tail keywords are more specific, catering to definitive searches, as opposed to generic keywords. For example, if you are looking for a track, it’s like mentioning the exact track lyrics rather than browsing the whole oeuvre of an artist by mentioning his name.<\/p>\n

Starting with a new business and relying on high-search volume keywords<\/em> is a risk proposition as reaching a rank amongst top-notch competitors is not an easy task.(Find out more on this here: http:\/\/www.seobook.com\/why-it-makes-sense-target-longtail-keywords-first<\/a>). It’s like getting lost in the traffic where zillions are already endeavoring to maintain their hard-earned positions.<\/p>\n

Long Tailed Keywords \u2013 Far from the Generic Crowd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Long-tail keywords, although get you minimum traffic but certainly assure you a ranking. As mentioned by Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief, Wired magazine, \u201cIf the 20th- century entertainment industry was about hits, the 21st will be equally about misses\u201d.<\/p>\n

The long-tail keyword Internet marketing strategy is all about those missed misses which aren’t tapped by the established high-ranking websites. Long-tails drive the traffic seeking a definitive search (Read: http:\/\/www.searchengineguide.com\/matt-bailey\/keyword-strategies-the-long-tail.php<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>As Internet specifically denotes abundance, long-tail keywords denote the scarcity that can be maneuvered toward conversions. This is just in accordance with the 80-20 rule (The Pareto Principle, the law of the vital few) which states that, \u201cfor many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Conclusively, you climb the ladder with misses and chart the success route with less sought-after keywords but definitive conversions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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