Longtail:

[sosi]

Frequently used as “longtail searches,” longtail refers to search phrases entered into a search engine the include certain keywords as well as a number of additional keywords. So if your site is optimized for “Tasty Apples” you might also rank for a longtail search of “Tasty Apples to Bake in Pies.”

 

[jaysh4922]

Long tail keywords are used when the website wants to refine search terms to the web page, as well as when the searcher is looking for something rather specific.long tail keywords is relatively long, often is 2-3 word composition, even is the phrase, exist in the content page, in addition to the title of the page content, but also exists in the content.

 

[JessicaJohn]

Agreed, now-a-days long tail keywords are better to rank short-tail keywords because we can easily rank them and these long tail ranked keywords help short tail keywords as well.

 

[guptaabhijit318d]

Long tail keywords are a type of keyword phrase that has at least three and some times as many as five words in the phrase. Long tail keywords are used when the website wants to refine search terms to the web page, as well as when the searcher is looking for something rather specific.