PixelMathis
Senior Member
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1,195
- 490
"a low competitive long tail keyword with good search volume." <- These keywords are like unicorns, they don't exist. Long tails have lower search volume.
Is "Long Tail Keyword" Dead?
- Thread starter Rank wizard Ltd
- Start date
-
- Tags
- kgr onpage seo seo
"a low competitive long tail keyword with good search volume." <- These keywords are like unicorns, they don't exist. Long tails have lower search volume.
TheStrandDiaries
Regular Member
- Jan 7, 2019
- 215
- 443
Yes. Once the niche is thoroughly researched and you have chosen a specific customer to sell to in that niche, long tail keywords are the easiest way to deliver organic traffic. The key is to find a customer in the niche first. Then do keyword research. The term "best x" is the parent term/niche. The terms "best soccer shoes for indoor turf" and "best x under $100" are specific customers in that parent term/niche.
Holzr
Elite Member
- Sep 4, 2016
- 2,236
- 2,666
Yes, you're right. Niche selection is the biggest factor in whether you succeed or not. There is still plenty of easy low comp. niches out there.
DanielOnYouTube
Regular Member
- Apr 22, 2016
- 423
- 223
I think it's just become more difficult over time with long tail keywords because so many people have created websites and written articles targeting the same keywords over the years. I mean, if people started targeting long tail keywords in 2014, they've had 5 years or so to create articles around long tail keywords, making the competition of the keywords increase.
PixelMathis
Senior Member
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1,195
- 490
That's not the problem. The problem is Google going semantic and shit and promoting brands to the top for those keywords.
- Dec 9, 2013
- 4,701
- 1,636
That’s right, google always provide extra value/priority to Brands.
iki
Power Member
- Oct 17, 2013
- 626
- 231
Its not dead.. but even if you manage to rank somehow it wont last for long until brands start to rank for the same keywords. Then, there is little you can do, usually such domains have huge authority and get love from Google so no matter how many links you throw guest posts, pbns in most cases it wont help much.
PixelMathis
Senior Member
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1,195
- 490
That's the point. Eventually brands will outrank you due to their DA and there's little you can do about it. You can go and build links through PBN etc to your pages but again you can't do that for 100s or 1000s of keywords just to outrank a brand that ranks with 0 PA.
tacopanaya
Junior Member
- Feb 21, 2013
- 124
- 63
Long tail keywords will always work, as people will never stop searching for specific things they need answered. So long as you write good content about these long tail keywords, you're safe. My main traffic and focus on content has always been long tail since more than 10 years and still works perfectly. What's the alternative? Spend thousands of dollars to rank for competitive keywords?
seomotionz
Regular Member
- Mar 5, 2016
- 292
- 145
Seems fine to. Although it depends on the kw though.