Title: Focus Keyword Issue
Last modified: August 19, 2020

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# Focus Keyword Issue

 *  Resolved [Ali Zain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alizain1/)
 * (@alizain1)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focus-keyword-issue/)
 * Hi. I am a Yoast free plugin user. My problem is regarding the focus keyword.
   I am targetting long-tail keywords on my website. An example to that is “Best
   Budgie Food”. However, I am ranking for only “Budgie Food” and similarly on all
   other pages of my website. I need your help to identify the problem, I feel like
   it’s in the plugin?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffocus-keyword-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Rumejan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onlyincebu/)
 * (@onlyincebu)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focus-keyword-issue/#post-13284706)
 * Hello [@alizain1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alizain1/)!
 * Both “Budgie Food” and “Best Budgie Food” are very generic but perhaps the competition
   to rank for “Best Budgie Food” is higher compared to “Budgie Food”. We have some
   guides on keyphrases that you may find helpful. Please refer to the following:
 * [Finding the right keyphrase](https://yoast.com/focus-keyword/)
    [Using long-tail keyphrases](https://yoast.com/focus-on-long-tail-keywords/)
   [Keyphrase research](https://yoast.com/keyword-research-ultimate-guide/)
 *  Thread Starter [Ali Zain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alizain1/)
 * (@alizain1)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focus-keyword-issue/#post-13286123)
 * I have gone through the articles but couldn’t find anything that resolves my 
   problem.
 * No competition to rank “Budgie Food” is higher than “Best Budgie food”, that’s
   what my keyword research tool says and that’s what google trends says. Its not
   for this keyword only, all my website has the same issue.
    **And my competitors
   are ranking with the word “Best”, so why can’t I.**
 * Let me give you **another example**. Bird food has a search of 9900/mon (I hope
   that is not generic and not a long-tail keyword)and best bird food has 480/mon
   searches. However, my article is optimised for word “Bird food” instead of using“
   best bird food” in focus keyword section.
 *  [Jeroen Rotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenrotty/)
 * (@jeroenrotty)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focus-keyword-issue/#post-13286269)
 * Hi [@alizain1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alizain1/),
 * Thank you for your reply.
 * Unfortunately, without knowing your site, your branch, and your competitors, 
   we can’t say why you are not able to rank better for a specific focus keyphrase.
 * Furthermore, your question is outside the scope of the support we provide. Giving**
   SEO advice**, in most cases, requires a deep analysis of your site to provide
   accurate advice for your specific setup, even for what may seem to be a simple
   question. At Yoast, we want to help people improve their site and to make SEO
   attainable for everyone. So we offer [Yoast Academy](https://yoast.com/academy/)
   courses on all aspects of SEO, several great plugins, and a [comprehensive SEO blog](https://yoast.com/seo-blog/).
   We understand that not everyone has the interest or time to learn SEO. **Our 
   main advice at this point** would be to check for a local SEO company and see
   if they can help out. If you are using a web development agency, you could ask
   them, as most agencies have at least a basic understanding of SEO as well – the
   good ones do.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focus-keyword-issue/#post-13286269)
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