A short tail keyword is a search term that is made up of no more than three words. They refer to very broad topics rather than a specific one. “tennis racket” is an example of a short tail keyword while “best tennis racket for professionals” is an example of a long tail keyword. A short tail keyword is often used as a “seed” that you can use to find much more longer variations of search terms. That is why there are a few alternative names for them, like: Focus keyword, Broad keyword, Head term and Seed keyword. Short tail keywords also tend to have very high search volumes, because they are so broad.