Can I rank for 3 keyword phrases using one long tial Keyword Phrase?

[Towelsrus]

I am new to seo and still getting my head around long tail searches. If i use a phrase such as "luxury towels uk", Can i also rank on the same page for "luxury towels" and "towels uk"? Tui means ranking for 3 phrases using 1 long tail

[KevinBudzynski]

Yes, but you will most definitely get higher organic positions for the keyword string of "luxury towels uk" than the other two since there will be less competition.

[Towelsrus]

OK thanks for that. So really if i am trying to rank for the other 2 shorter keyword phrases then the page should be optimised for these rather than a long tail in the hope we get traction for the other 2?

Also if try and rank for say "luxury towels" would I most likely rank as highly for the singluar term "luxury towel"? I have noticed on some or our high ranking keyword phrases we rank identically on the same page for the singular and plural.

[irvingw]

yes you can definitely do that. the only problem is that "luxury towels uk" is not a real phrase like "web conferencing services" which fits into a sentence and has good search volume.

"web conferencing" and "conferencing services"

"luxury towels" might be but "towels uk" is probably pretty weak

So basically you would need to incude instances of the phrase in your content "Shop our store for a wide variety of luxury towels uk and see our quality" it doesn't read proper. I would rethink the keywords.

Also, yes include the singular as well as the plural and variations and synonyms. Put similar words on the page that Google knows are related to towels such as bath, beach, microfiber, cotton etc and you can rank for long tail searches as well.