Indexed and Ranked #1 on Google for Long-tail Keyword. Use Tags, Believe WA. Lasso Again.

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I just got an email from WA that my newish senior survival website, Golden Survivalist, got indexed in Google and is number 1 for the long-tail keyword. The URL is goldensurvivalist.com/tag/tech-gadgets-for-senior-survival-prepping/. As was recommended by the WA email, I used Jaxxy to check it out and for tracking. It was published 7/7/24 and indexed 8/12/24. Pretty awesome.

The URL is number 6 in Yahoo for the long-tail keyword Essential Items For A Senior-Friendly Emergency Kit – a different post!

Cats and Tags = categories and Tags. Categories are used for broad grouping of post topics while Tags are generally used to describe your post in more detail.

They help the SEO and are just good basic design. These settings are very helpful in setting up the structure of your post. While some Tags may be the same as your SEO “keywords,” Tags are for organizational purposes.

Notice in the URL above that it uses the tag I defined in the search. If any of you think that Tags aren’t useful, you see that they are!

What is so cool about this post being indexed and number 1 is that it has affiliate links that are set up in my Lasso plugin, so it can be tracked via Lasso, too.

Using the same Tags in other posts gives that post a better chance of ranking since it already did with the original post.

Believe WA training that it can happen to your site, too. One of the areas that has been kinda fuzzy to me is all the keyword types, especially the long-tail keyword.

I didn’t have a shorter title for this post and I needed the word ‘Senior’ in it to push that keyword to the ‘interverse’. What seems to make this work is the addition of most of the URL title in my Tags, plus some shorter versions. Now I see how it works!

I have been waiting to see some kind of good analytics on my new sites. Since being a member of WA, I have had a few physical setbacks, with a broken arm last year and breast cancer this year. So, I haven’t been able to work as consistently as I’d like.

This Google ranking has got me inspired even more 😊

I’m slowly adding affiliate links using the Lasso plugin. It helps with Google ranking - you add your Google ID when you set it up. I really like the review-type format that it displays.

I was sold on it because it is easy to change your Amazon ID if you need to create a new one if you don’t meet Amazon’s 180-day purchase requirement. I’ve done this twice now.

So, I bit the bullet and purchased a 3-site license to see how well it works. Its organization is great for figuring out stuff, too.

Yes, it’s pricey…

Who else has used Lasso or other plugins that work well for you? How about using Tags or Categories? I’ve read that some people here have wondered about using Tags. Does this encourage you, too?