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Sunday Morning SEO: How to Find Good Long Tail Keywords (Part 3)

March 29, 2009 by Dee Barizo

In my last post, I gave the second step to finding good long tail keywords: targeting the keywords on your initial keyword list. Here is the third and final step.

  • Part 1: Generate an initial keyword list.
  • Part 2: Target the keywords.
  • Part 3: Check your keyword logs.

Part 3: Check your keyword logs.

After your target keywords, wait a couple days and then check your keyword logs.  You’ll extrapolate that data to find more long tail keywords.  This step is important because your keyword logs provide some of the best data of finding long tail keywords.

As you go over your logs, look for these two things: the repetition of different words and phrases within your search terms and the search terms that send the most traffic.

For example, let’s pretend you have a online dating blog.  You check your logs and see these two words showing up a lot, profile and safety, within your search terms.

I would then write a variety of blog posts related to these words.  For example, posts like

  • How to Get a Lot of Traffic to Your Online Dating Profile
  • How to Take an Attractive Profile Picture
  • 10 Online Dating Safety Tips
  • Online Dating Safety: Watch Out for These 7 Warning Signs

Next, think of synonyms.

For example, if you have a wedding blog and you’re ranking well for affordable wedding dress, target synonyms like cheap, discount, and gown.

So, you could create posts like

  • How to Buy a Discount Wedding Gown Online
  • How I Found a Cheap Wedding Gown on Craigslist

Finally, for the search terms you rank well for, check the blog posts that rank well for those terms.  Then, create a blog post that targets the same keyword but goes over a slightly different topic.

For example, let’s say you have an audio book blog.  Your blog post entitled “Top 5 Audio Book Rental Sites” ranks well for audio book rental sites.  You can create a post entitled “Audio Book Rental Sites: How Do They Actually Work?”

Author: Dee Barizo

Dee Barizo is the resident SEO geek. He used to work full-time for Sea Waves as a search marketer. He currently does freelance SEO work.

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Comments

  1. Buy Text Links says

    June 24, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    Dee your article is brilliant, keep up your good work.

  2. AudiobookApril says

    July 13, 2009 at 7:29 am

    Wow! This is really wonderful. I actually have an audio book blog. Thanks for sharing infos Dee. It’s really useful for the likes of me.=)) Keep on posting!

  3. Stephane AudioBooks says

    August 6, 2009 at 7:46 am

    You have great posts. I enjoyed them. Keep it up!

  4. Brooke Young says

    August 30, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    dating is both an art and a skill, it also takes a lot of practice to have a perfect dating experience-“

  5. Bathroom Lighting says

    December 12, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    i just started dating and well, dating is a very exciting experience. i just love to date women *;*

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