I am targeting a particular keyword where the monthly search volume is around 20,000. My aim is to rank first for that keyword. What are some steps I should take to achieve the top rank for a particular keyword?
Are there any indie-hackers who are expert with SEO and can guide me?
It really depends on the resources that you have at your disposable + the competitiveness of the keyword that you're trying to rank for.
Without knowing the answers to either of these, here's what I'd suggest:
Create an information resource that's relevant or related to your keyword. This could be:
Then, start building links to this.
You can do this by:
Important: Make sure the links are of quality, ie. the domain rank (DR) / domain authority (DA) + web traffic + are not spammy sites (research PBN's to find out more info on this).
Hope that helps!
👆This!
-be the best answer to that keyword
-backlinks
1: Define best?
2: For backlinks, what is the best way to do it organically.
For organic backlinks, you'll have to produce high-quality content or content that has unique information, for example, a "statistic or unique research" gives people a reason to link to you.