Your best chance at ranking high will come from a search query that is geographically focused, i.e. includes the location of your business, or by identifying narrow problems with your unique solutions.
We’ve been taught about keywords and had the concept burned so deep into our brains that many marketers forget that we should be focusing on important questions that our customers are asking at various points of the buyer’s journey.
If you’re able to offer complex points of view and expert advice and analysis – there is an audience out there waiting for you to write.
SEO has changed from black hat strategies, which involves manipulating Google’s algorithm, to quality and relevance, which focuses on genuinely providing solutions (your content) to the problems of your audience (search queries).