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Have long tail searches increased or decreased?

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theLotter last edited by

Any stats about whether the number of long tail searches has been increasing or decreasing in the past year?

Thanks!
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eatyourveggies last edited by

I've never come across any stats, but logic (well, my logic at least) and from everything I hear from anyone is that if anything, it's increasing.

People are getting better and better at searching for specific things online.

But... it's ultimately up to Google. Google may decide that your search query, "where to get a hawaiin pizza 24 hours a day in New York" is very specific but it's going to focus on shorter phrases like "24 hour pizza" in the search results.
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