How do I select the right keywords and should I be in a competitive high volume search on stay around low ranking to compete?
You need to be very careful in choosing the keywords of anchor text. Anchor text refers to the text used in your linking structure. And the keywords you use contributes to relevancy on the page it links to, meaning that Google (and the other search engines) will give a bit of a boost to that page when someone searches for that phrase. Now, keep in mind that you will need to utilize other optimization techniques in order to rank for that phrase, unless it is a totally non-competitive phrase. But your anchor text is definitely one of the factors used in the ranking algorithm to decide which pages rank higher than others. You should also make sure you link using anchor text that is actually relevant to the destination page, ideally a page that includes some or all of the keywords that you are using in each keyword phrase for the anchor text.
Use free keyword tool from Google, or wordtracker keyword tool. This video might help you on how to do some keyword research.
Cybermen, there is one best way to do it by using keyword research tools. There are a lot of them, better to try some and choose the one you liked most. i use semrush for example and glad with the results.
You should use a Keyword Research tool. They work really great and thy help you get the best keyword for you.
As others have said, you need a good keyword research tool. I would reccommend Market Samurai, very powerful tool.
you have to concentrate on the relevancy of the site whether the keyword is relevant to title of the site or not.Anchor text also plays an important role because the whole incoming of traffic depends on these factors and it plays an important role .
Some people are trying to dig for gold in small niches. Sometimes it’s due to fear of competition in big niches. It’s a common way of thinking, especially when you are a newbie. It is true that big niches are more saturated and have high range of competition. There is also a ton more keywords that work in these niches. In smaller niches, if you start going into the long tail keywords, you can quickly realize that you’re just not able to get any decent amount of them; while in bigger niches you are able to go into these long tail keywords because so many people are searching for these products or services. You can read this post, as it is targeted right to the keywords solution and suggest professional solution for you: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1732751