Today's question comes from Mike, who has a question about search engine rankings for specific keywords. Is it possible to rank high for five specific keywords? How can he be sure his website is ranking high across the country, and not just regionally? What are some strategies he can use to improve his search engine rankings for the five keywords? Should he use short-term keywords or long-term keywords?

In this episode, I mention http://SEMRush.com, a neat keyword research website. I also mention http://AnswerThePublic.com, a fun website that will give you the who, what, why, and when of your keyword search terms.

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