Long-Tail-Keyword-effective-blogging-guide

Every Blogger wants to drive more and more readers to their blog so that they can turn those readers into their blog subscribers. And for increasing their daily blog traffic many of them search for many online resources, start reading various e-books, start using tools for finding best ways which can help them bringing tons of search engine traffic to their blog.

If you have read my previous blog posts then I have already discussed the importance of using keywords in your blog posts. Keywords plays the most significant role in deciding your blog’s search engine ranking. It’s all up to you that how effectively you create your blog posts.

By targeting your primary keyword you can easily get higher search engine ranking for your blog. I’m not saying that you should use the same keyword again and again in your articles. But today, I’ll be sharing a new strategy for keyword stuffing called long tail keywords.

If you are already into some serious blogging then you might already know about this term. But in case you don’t have any idea about long tail keywords then keep scrolling down. Today, in this article I’m going to tell you all about this term.

What is Long Tail Keywords?

Before getting started with anything, let’s first discuss what does this term actually means?

As the name shows, long tail keywords mean something lengthier. By proper use of these keywords, you can easily gain tons of visitors to your blog and can also increase search engine website ranking.

Let’s understand this thing more easily by taking an example:-

Suppose you are writing an article on “Top proven ways to make online money”. Here your primary keyword (commonly known as seed keyword) is “make online money” But when you talk about searching for long tail keywords than phrases like how to make online money quickly, how to make online money through affiliate marketing, how to make online money through infolinks, how to make online money without any investments etc. Hope, you have now understood what I’m saying.

Those days are gone when one targets a primary keyword and repeat it again and again (keyword stuffing) in their blog posts. Though you might not rank for your primary keyword but you will surely get higher ranking for your primary keyword.

How to Search for Long Tail Keywords?

Many newbie bloggers ask me that how and where should they search for long tail keywords. Well, there are two different approaches for searching long tail keywords. You can either use the manual method or take help of different tools used for such purposes. Though both of these methods are powerful but I’ll suggest you go with the second approach i.e, using keyword search tools, as it will provide you with more results, search volume, and other necessary data.

Below I’m listing down some of the best tools which can help you searching effective long tail keywords for increasing your website ranking.

How can you search Powerful Long tail Keywords?

1. Google Keyword Planner

One of the most popular keywords research tools used by many bloggers. Google has created this tool for advertisers but it has become a gem for publishers too.

Searching long tail keyword is a much easier task than you might think.

Start following the below steps and get started:-

Step 1:  Open Google Keyword Planner tool by signing in your Google account.

Step 2: You will see many options there. Now you have to select “search for new keywords using a phrase, website or category” as shown in the below screenshot.  


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Step 3: After clicking on that option you will get some new set of fields. You don’t have to fill all of them, just put for primary keyword into the first field and click on get ideas button. In my case, I’m searching for “Make online money”.


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Step 4: Now you will get all results related to your primary keyword. Next, Click on Keyword ideas tab to see all relevant keywords.


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Step 5: Select keyword phrases based on their search volumes and competition. These are the keywords which you will be going to use as long tail keywords in your blog posts.


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Step 6: After picking one keyword phrase, paste it in the search box for getting more keyword ideas. Now you will get more relevant results.


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However, Google Keyword Planner doesn’t displays you exact search volume but gives you a rough figure. This amazing keyword research tool also allows you to download results via Excel CSV file for offline access.

2. 7Search

7Search is another good long tail keywords tool which can help you leverage your daily blog traffic.

If are not happy with the Google Keyword Planner and want to know the exact search volume for a keyword then this tool is made for you.

Step 1: Open 7Search and then click on Advertisers link shown on the top navigation bar.


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Step 2: Now you will be going to have a text field where you have to put your keywords. In case you have more than one keywords then separate them using commas.

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Step 3: Now simply click on See keyword results.

Just Like Google Keyword planner, 7Search will show you all relevant keywords to your primary keywords with their exact search volume. In case you want to access this data offline then you can export the list by downloading an excel CSV file.

3. Keyword Shitter

I’ve to say that this long tail keyword generator works phenomenally. I personally love to use this tool as it shows me good results without showing any unwanted data and elements.


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This tools gives you results very quickly but unfortunately, you won’t get any extra details.

So, these were few popular keyword research tools which can be used for doing long tail keyword research. Now let’s move on and have a look at ranking factors.

Long Tail Keywords Ranking Factors

If you want to enhance the quality of your content and want it to secure a higher search engine position then there are few ranking factors which you have to always keep in your mind. You have to properly pay attention to some content creation strategies which will make your content more search engine friendly.

1. Keywords Rich Headlines

Do you know by adding keywords in your post headlines you can make your content more search engine friendly? It’s a great technique that we should use while creating blog content.

After searching and collecting some good keywords you have should try them to stuff in your title and headlines.
2. Inter-Linking blog posts

Ever thought why many websites gets the top search engine position? It’s because of inter-linking.

Let’s take an example.

You might have searched for a term, most of the time you get a Wikipedia link on the top of search results. If you look to any of the Wikipedia articles then you will be going to see lots of internal links which have relevant results.


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Google always wants to offer more valuable content to their users and that’s the reason whenever you add relevant links or simply interlink your blog posts, Google takes it as the valuable act which increases value for readers.

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So, always make sure that whenever you create content for your blog, you must link it with relevant blog links.

3. Authority Links

Next important ranking factor which you should focus on is getting connected to more authority links. I’ve already discussed the importance of building backlinks. But if you want to get higher ranking on search engine then you should start building backlinks from more authority site.

Getting connected to more authority sites i.e, sites with high DA (domain authority) score actually helps you get more web traffic on your blog.

There are many ways which can help you to get connected with other high authority sites in your niche. Guest posting and blog commenting are some of the most commonly and effective ways to build quality backlinks to your blog.

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4. Social Shares

If your article offers a good value to readers than your readers will be surely going to share your articles with their social networks. More value you will add to your blog content, more chances will increase to get a high number of social shares.

Top Tools Used for searching long tail keywords

Next, I’m going to list down a few long tail keyword research tool like Google Keyword Planner, 7Search, and Keyword shitter. Here are some extra tools which are commonly used:-

1. Google Related Keywords

If you will search any query on Google, you will get a list of relevant keywords at the bottom of every page. I will suggest you add these relevant keywords into your content. The biggest advantage of using these keywords into your blog post is you don’t have to worry about their search volume.
2. Keyword.io

Another great long tail keyword research tool which helps you finding popular keywords from different online platforms like Wikipedia, YouTube etc. You can easily copy results to clipboard or can also download all your keyword results list on your computer for offline access.

3. Long Tail Pro

If you are searching for some unique and profitable long tail keyword then you will be surely going to love this tool. Long Tail Pro is a paid tool which offers you tons of features and tools for analyzing your keyword and their competition.

4. Hittail

If you can spend money on keyword research tool then you should surely try this amazing keyword search tool. The most amazing thing about this popular keyword research tool is that you can actually see correct search volume and other helpful data. You simply have to pick up low competition keywords and try to rank for them. Ranking for a low competition is very easy. You can also sort your results on the basis of your region or country.

Except for all these tools there are few more tools like Google Auto-Suggest, UberSuggest, Keywordtool.io which also gives a good performance.

Conclusion

That’s all with this brief blogging guide on a long tail keyword. Long tail keywords not only helps you in getting more search engine traffic but it also helps you to increase your domain authority score.

I want you to edit all your published articles and try to add relevant long tail keywords into it. If you can spend money on buying tools then I will highly suggest you to use Long Tail Pro keyword research tool.

Hope, you enjoyed reading this article. In case you have any type of doubt or want to give your feedback then feel free to ask me in the comment section below. At last if possible then kindly share this article with your social networks and help others in increasing their blog traffic too… :)