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78. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday - Ignore the Tail at Your Peril!
2 years ago
You do all kinds of keyword research trying to find the highest-volume terms around your niche. You work and work to move one place at a time up the rankings for those competitive terms, and you still don't see the traffic increase you're hoping for. Why?

You're ignoring the long tail! All of those strange and unique searches people do when looking for your specific products or content! While each of these terms may only have 1-10 searches per month, add them all together and they could represent up to 75% of your search traffic. Watch this video and learn why the long tail deserves your attention and can make a huge impact in your traffic.

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  • Seth Goldstein 2 years ago
    Great post Scott and Rand. Very informative. Thanks for your insight.
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  • Gary Beal 2 years ago
    EWven better Google has said more recently 20-25% are actually first time searches.

    I have used hittail and adwords to identify these for years.

    The convert better, are cheaper on ppc as well.

    People are understanding how search engines work and the total kw in searches have been increasing from 1-3 word searches to 4-5. They are getting smarter and know how to refine their searches.

    GaryTheScubaGuy
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