how can i effectivley choose keywords for seo?

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To get maximum traffic, you have to rank high for a given keyword. By high I mean being on the first 3 pages of the SERPs.

For "disc golf", there are about 2.6 million competing sites. That's a tough keyword to rank for as a beginner. However, if you must rank for it, you must use it. But, initially, you should try to rank for less competitive variations like long-tail ones.

Somewhere between 1,200 to 50,000 competitors would be comfortable for beginners. It's not a rule just a suggestion. You can go higher but the point is, the less competition the easier to rank high. Eventually, you can start using tougher variations.

By long tail, I mean longer variations that still have "disc golf" within them. Never use synonyms as these have different spellings. You rank for them separately, and they will be shown in entirely different result pages.

You can use the free Google AdWords keyword tool to find modifiers of "disc golf" that are less competitive. Uncheck the synonyms.

Learn and apply on-page SEO. The more important task, however, is off-page SEO. You should be building an unlimited number of quality backlinks.

Quality backlinks are one-way hyperlinks that use your keywords as anchor texts. They should come from relevant high PR sites, preferably with different domain names and IPs.