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Profiting from Obscurity

by Dave Pye on August 4, 2006

What’s a search marketing professional to do when their vertical of choice becomes completely flooded? Or, more accurately, what’s a search engine marketing professional to do – period? When the low-hanging fruit is a fond memory, it’s time to break out the 24 foot extendable ladder.

This article didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know, but it’s a good shortcut for the newbie. In a nutshell, find the more obscure phrases that people use to find what you’re selling. When it comes to PPC, locating these sweet spots is what SEM firms spend hours doing every day across the globe. But how many people are building pages that are focused specifically on terms like discount blue baby bedding? The longer the keyword phrase, the less people are likely competing to optimize for it. Learn, love and live the longtail.

Yes, we all already knew this. But when applied to page creation as opposed to PPC – it got my brain working. Stay tuned for my brand new site: www.brightredrubberpickuptruckfloormats.com. Not really.

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