Hi there guys I would like to be in the top 5 results for "premiership fixtures" there are only 300,000 restuls so should this be easy to get on the first-page of results?
Its very doable but how easy? thats a matter of opinion. There are some very well trusted sites (BBC) ranking for that keyword. There is only one way to find out...
The amount of results will help indeed and its certainly not impossible to pass the likes of the BBC.
The more the results the more difficult will be to get on top...but if the keyword is less competitive then its easy to attain higher pos.
I think it's not hard to optimize a site with that kind of keyword. If the keyword has less competitors, then possibly that you can rank it well.
Depends on how old your competition is. Also you should see how many times per day that keyword is searched.
The Google keyword tool says 480 people look for that exact word. If i look it up in google the first ten sites have high PR rankings so i think it's difficult to become number one.
One thing that is alarming to me about that keyword (besides the low searches/month in adwords), is the lack of Sponsored Ads in Google on top or on the sidebar. This could very well mean that there isn't much competition for that KW and so you may see irrelevant ads and low CPC. I had that happen with a niche humor site I made earlier this year. The CPC was $2.62 but I never got any relevant ads.