Long Tail Versus Short Tail Keywords

[hwang]

I stumbleupon this one just today and I'm wondering whether there is such a thing as long tail keywords and short tail keywords. This is the first time that I've heard of it and I was kind of surprised. Read more about it [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[Llamalord]

From what I can gather (2 mins of scan reading) its basically saying "good and bad" keywords.

It gave a example of a really bad website based on a cartoon.... and that the name of the cartoon came up more then the name of the Charactors in it

[sb123]

For me, it's only a single keyword or a keywords phrase. A long tailed or small tailed or medium tailed keyword makes no difference.

A phrase can be 2 words or more. You need to do lot of research to come up with winning keyword/keyphrase. Example, if I can form an online company/site called 'asdfg' and if it becomes very popular, then this single word can be as popular as say Pepsi / Coke / Nike / Google / etc. So, the importance is to find good marketable keyword/s with a scope to come up in SEs. If you are able to tap a good market with less competition then you can strike gold.

[hwang]

Yeah, I think you are right. Length doesn't matter that much except what is more important is whether the keyword itself is popular enough to bring in traffic. Thanks for the explanation.

Originally Posted by sb123

For me, it's only a single keyword or a keywords phrase. A long tailed or small tailed or medium tailed keyword makes no difference.

A phrase can be 2 words or more. You need to do lot of research to come up with winning keyword/keyphrase. Example, if I can form an online company/site called 'asdfg' and if it becomes very popular, then this single word can be as popular as say Pepsi / Coke / Nike / Google / etc. So, the importance is to find good marketable keyword/s with a scope to come up in SEs. If you are able to tap a good market with less competition then you can strike gold.

[Derek]

From the first day i am here, i learn that good keywords are important and help in traffic. Now i understand that short or long do not matters after i read your post. Thx for good info