I was wondering if SEOmoz has any tools for finding longtail keywords

[cflifestore]

Hi all!

I'm new to the community and to SEOmoz, so there is definitely a chance I am misusing the already available tools. And I was sure to do a search for "longtail tools" before posting this question. But, does SEOmoz have any available tools for researching and suggesting longtail to target? ...similar to what HubSpots tool does

[Joe_Nickdow]

I would definitely suggest connecting your google analytics account and that'll give you a lot of keyword info.

Also, check this out. http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/keyword-research

-Joe

[EGOL]

Here is what I do if I want to pull in traffic for a ton of long tail queries.

I decide upon the root keyword for the article and do research on that keyword to discover the RELATED topics that  people are googling.

Let's say that my keyword is widgets and I use the google keyword tool and learn that people are searching for...

different types of widgets

who makes them

what they are made from

what color are they

history of widgets
etc. etc. etc.

Then I write an article that addresses everything that everybody everywhere is asking for about widgets IN SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT.

Each of these subtopics for widgets is included on the page as subheadings

or

and described thoroughly with photos, illustrations, tables of data.

That is the start of a potentially killer page.

Google knows what people are asking for and they can recognize when content covers all of those details in a substantive, rich beyond text presentation.

I believe that people who have produced best-on-the web content that is substantive and complete will agree with me.

If you want an example look at a wikipedia page for a topic such as "Philadelphia".

An article like that can pull in fantastic traffic for the topic - even if you don't rank anywhere for "Philadelphia".

[cflifestore]

Thank you so much for the detailed and accurate responses. While your answers were very insightful --and really answered some questions I had not even known to ask-- I was really just trying to see if SEOmoz had a tool similar to HubSpot's that does all of that longtail research for you. I'm unsure if anybody is familiar with the tool I am referencing, but put simply, you enter the root and it returns a gambit of longtails that you should be targeting (calculated by volume of search and level of competition).

[Boodreaux]

Very nice!

[EGOL]

I don't know of one here at SEOmoz.   I use the Google Adwords tool and WordTracker.