I think ranking for 'best anime openings' is a total waste of time and budget

Everyone in this community keeps talking about going after that one big broad keyword like 'best anime openings' or 'top 10 animes to watch'. I spent 6 months and about $800 in content writing trying to rank for 'best anime of 2023' and got nothing but crickets. Then I stumbled onto a trick by accident. I wrote a super specific post about 'why the animation style in Kaguya-sama season 3 is so unique' and targeted that long tail keyword instead. Within 3 weeks I was on page 1 for it and getting actual comments and shares. The problem was I was trying to compete with Crunchyroll and every blog out there for the huge terms. The trick was just focusing on one tiny weird angle about one show. Has anyone else found that going super niche on a specific anime detail works way better than the big generic lists?

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riverhill2d ago

That Kaguya-sama example is actually more of a mid-tail keyword than a true long tail one, since people do search for that specific show's animation style. Real long tail would be something like "why does Miyuki Shirogane's internal monologue jump between animation styles in season 2 episode 5". Still, you're totally right that specific beats broad every time in this space.

charles_chen932d ago

So you're saying even my "specific" example was still too broad? Man, that's a tough pill to swallow @riverhill, but I get where you're coming from. That internal monologue thing is so hyper-specific that probably only like 3 people on earth have searched for it. But that's exactly the point, right? If you're a small creator trying to get found, you have to go that deep or you're just shouting into the void with everyone else. It's almost like you have to predict the weirdest possible question and answer it before anyone even asks.