Since we launched Blog Classroom, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about long tail keywords - why they’re important, how to find them and so on. So today and tomorrow I’m going to share a couple techniques I use every day on my own blogs.
Here’s what I’m seeing with my own blogs - and note this is even true with my brand new Blog Classroom test site that I’m using on the webinars…

* If your blog is properly set up…
* If you are posting correctly…
* If you are using the appropriate free Web 2.0 tools…

Then search engines - especially Google - will start sending you traffic almost IMMEDIATELY!
Now how you get this instant “love” from Google isn’t really rocket science. But you’ve got to know the trick to optimizing your posts for long tail keywords.
Here’s what I do, and it works like a charm…

I look for keyword phrases that have 4 words in them. Then I pick an interesting keyphrase and write a short post about it.

What I’m seeing, almost on a daily basis, is that a properly set-up blog - with the SEO plugin AND the correct permalinks structure - can be on page #1 in Google for that term in 2-3 days. Not weeks, not months - DAYS. Nothing more you have to do except post it!
Like I mentioned, I’m seeing this strategy working whether the blog is a few years old or a week old. It all comes down to digging around for real keyword phrases that people actually SEARCH on.
That means if your blog is on “sports cars,” you can’t just search for keyphrases with the words “cars” or “automobiles,” because that’s not going to necessarily get you a position on the page where you’ll grab the eyeballs of READERS.
You’ve got to use your imagination a little bit. You may have to get really specific, like “Top 10 Greatest Ferraris” or “Greatest Ferraris Of All Time” (that has five words but I wouldn’t worry about “of” since it’s short and common). Or how about sports car models, like the Ferrari f430?
Tomorrow I’ll talk about how you actually research these phrases and the free tool I use to do it!


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