Best kw difficulty score to go for as a newbie

[dronehawk]

I have been using seomoz keyword difficulty tool for quite a while. My question is, which is the best keyword difficulty score to go for as a newbie? I have seen many keywords at the range of 40 to 50 but I dont know if it will be easier to rank them esp with a new website.

[Bryan_Loconto]

40 to 50 means that there is moderate competition for these terms. In most cases it will take some hard work to rank for these. Not sure how much you know but there is a ton of ways to earn rankings. It all depends on the niche and your involvement. SEOmoz has tons of ways to earn links, find the one that works for you and you demographic.

[AESEO]

Along the lines of what Bryan said, it depends on the niche you are competing in, and the authority of the website you are working for.

If you have a large domain with lots of pages and content that is relatively optimized, it will be easier to compete. If you have a new domain with just a few webpages, most keywords with traffic will be tough to compete for.

Slow and steady wins the race, but you can add targeted content consistently to move quicker!