Long Tail Keywords

September 18, 2008 by Geoff  
Filed under Blog, Keywords

So many keywords are almost impossible to rank for if you’re just starting out. Profitable niches like DUI lawyers is so competitive it doesn’t make any sense to go after it — too many competing sites are out there looking to solve the problems faced by those charged with drunk driving. Attorneys know there’s money to be made from these people and so they devote considerable resources to getting high rankings for their own sites.

A direct attack makes no sense in this scenario. The market is simply too competitive to break into. Instead, you have to work the long tail. Long tail keywords will get you rankings and traffic for much less cost and effort.

A long tail keyword is a very focused search phrase consisting of at least 3 keywords. The really good long tail keywords consist of at least 4 or 5 keywords in them. The search volume for a long tail keyword is not very high, because it’s so focused, but the traffic it generates is definitely super targeted.

Look at this example. According to Google’s own keyword tool, the keyword DUI lawyers is searched for about 75,000 times a month. A quick look at Google shows that there are 6 million sites that match that keyword. Hard to compete against!

Make a long tail phrase by adding a location name to create the term Los Angeles DUI lawyers and you’ve drastically cut down competition — only about 400,000 sites match that term. The search volume is less, too — about 1500 searches per month — but it’s a much more realistic market to break into. Good SEO techniques are more likely to work with long tail keywords than high-volume, saturated keywords.

The only problem with long tail keywords you need to target more keywords to make a real difference. It’s a volume game — the more long tail keywords you rank for, the more traffic you’ll get. This can require a lot of effort. Over time, though, you’ll also find that your sites get better rankings for the main (short tail) keywords, a nice side effect of targeting long tail keywords.

SEO Software Optimizes Search Engine Rankings

August 21, 2008 by Geoff  
Filed under Blog, Featured, Webmaster Tools

Search Engine Optimization

Search engine optimization has never been this easy!

Small website owners that don’t have SEO software are finding it increasingly difficult to improve their search engine rankings as competition on the Internet intensifies. New webmasters often don’t even realize just how important search engine optimization is to the success of their website until they have had their site online several months. It’s only when their website begins to slip into oblivion and traffic dwindles away that the truth hits home.

At this point website owners panic and use snippets of information they have gathered from blogs and articles in a haphazard approach to SEO that usually produces very little in the way of results. Some webmasters take some bad advice and end up watching their sites slip even further down the ranks.

However its not just newbies who struggle with SEO. Even experienced webmasters find it challenging. The cost and time involved in SEO can be very restrictive - we don’t all have the resources, time and money.

This SEO software is designed to make ranking in the search engines achievable and easy for website owners of all levels and experience, without the need for a big marketing budget. The newly-released version includes even more features to streamline the SEO process.

Search engine optimization does not have to be labor intensive or a financial burden. This SEO tool offers a simple optimization system that can be carried out quickly and easily using a variety of custom-created tools. The tools automate different stages of the research process, so that previously time-consuming research tasks can be achieved in minutes.

It can also help to point out factors that might otherwise go overlooked. Say you’re researching a competitor, and you want to look at their backlinks. The software will retrieve the IP addresses of the websites, the PageRank and the anchor text. All these are very important factors when assessing backlink quality. You can’t judge a link on one of these factors alone, so any tool that doesn’t give you all this information at once is only giving you a tiny portion of the picture.

The results users have achieved are impressive. Many are regularly achieving first page rankings for their main search terms.

This unassuming software tool is quietly revolutionizing the way website owners do business on the Internet. Their aim is to give all website owners the means and opportunity to rank on page one for their search terms. It puts all webmasters on an equal footing, no matter what their budget or experience is.

From my personal experience, I like how the software rates my web pages. The ‘Page Analysis’ feature is almost like having an SEO expert look at your webpage and tell you what you are doing right, and what you are doing wrong. This tool does all that, and then gives you solutions for improving your on-page SEO! It gives you a grade. Are you an A+ student, or is your site failing in some way?

The software tells you what is wrong with your site! Anyway you can download it for free, so give it a try and increase your traffic and rankings.