Check for your keyword on Quora and Reddit and see the most frequently asked questions.
Google suggest related queries at the bottom which are goldmine for related keywords.
Keywords should be chosen from KeyWord Research. Make sure the article should sound natural. Don’t stuff the article with keywords unnaturally. Try using synonyms from the bottom of the search results (People also search for…).
Make sure all images have relevant alt-tags and all of them have a relevant name.
The site URL portion that goes after the site name is known as slug and is customizable.
For ex: ajonit.com/what-is-seo
In this case what-is-seo is a slug which is customizable.
Make sure that the slug is:
It is a good practice to have one or more h2 headings.
Ann Smarty shared a great article on Moz that described a clever way to grab a top spot in Google.
The key is to optimize your content for Google’s Featured Snippets.
Featured snippets are selected search results that are featured at the top of Google's organic results in a box. The aim of featured snippets is to immediately answer a user’s question.
There are three major types of featured snippets:
Here’s how to optimise your content for featured snippets.
The first step is to identify the right questions to answer.
You can do this by taking note of the questions your customers most frequently ask. Also, to further explore a topic, be sure to browse Google’s own “People also ask” sections for additional questions to consider.
Once you’ve identified the best questions in your niche, the next step is to structure your content in the following way:
This structure will increase the chances of your content being selected to populate a featured snippet. Which in turn can catapult your site over your competition to land a top spot in Google’s search results.