Another great tool I use is Hittail. [...] So on this blog top ten results comprise just 12.7% of all queries which find my site. Long tail keywords comprise 87.3% of all my incoming search engine traffic.
The long tail is the hundreds to thousands of keywords and key phrases that a site is found for, and in most cases those keywords are not noticed or exploited. [...]
A good tool that will help you to find good long tail keywords to increase your ranking on the search engines is HitTail. This tool is going to help you to get a better knowledge of how people find your website and based on that you can optimize your front page, create new pages, write articles based on those long tail keywords.
However, when you get a chance, go to HitTail - Keyword Tool for Long Tail Marketing Strategy and install their code. This will help you figure out if you are getting any longtail keyword traffic from the search engines. Then you can begin tailoring your site more towards those longtail keywords and virtually own those highly targeted niches.
In my book Social Network Marketing I recommend using HitTail, a subscription service which you can use for 60 days free. [...]
HitTail will make writing recommendations for future content that will improve your search engine results.
HitTail HitTail reveals in real-time the least utilized, most promising keywords hidden in the Long Tail of your natural search results.This could lead to more traffic and more writing ideas.