I used SEOBook keywords tool and found that a certain keyword gets 2k search queries in google per day..does this mean that there is enough traffic potential in it?
Yes. But reaching on first or second page of search results for that popular keyword will be very tough.
No. At least not for me, but I don't blog based on keywords, I blog on what I know and am interested in, and then promote and do SEO to gain traffic and readers. IMO, blogging for keywords, leads to uninteresting blogs, because the authors tend to either auto populate the blogs, or rehash information that is already found on the web. Blog what you know and you will do well. Then optimize for the words or phrases in that particular niche to achieve maximum success. Blogging for keywords (that you have no expertise in) is very...2001.(6 years ago)