Short vs long tail keywords?

Which is better and which has more SEO potential long tail keyword or a short tail keyword?
In link building when creating an anchor link which one do you recommend to use?

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Well if you are trying to compete for high ranking keywords then short tail keywords is your choice but if you are smart and first try to nail low competitive keywords then long tail keywords is your choice.

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Long tail keywords are awesome. Let me tell you a small secret, try Pinterest and use your Long Tail Keywords as title, it works wonders.

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(05-05-2014 11:06 AM)spwerewolf Wrote:  Long tail keywords are awesome. Let me tell you a small secret, try Pinterest and use your Long Tail Keywords as title, it works wonders.

Thanks. That's what though, Long Tail Keywords let you add more keywords into one sentence.

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