If I wanted to compete for very competitive keywords, what s

If I wanted to compete for very competitive keywords, what should be my first BH move?
I'm trying to compete for very competitive keywords in a very large city. Think NYC or LA, along those lines.
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From what I have gathered, it seems like backlinks are the way to go? My onpage seems fine but I'm just not getting where I want to be.
everything else I have done to this date, has been WH but I know I am losing out on big money by not ranking on first page for these keywords.
You should give some description about the top ranking sites in the SERPS so people can help you better. If it's as competitive as you describe it, then a good on-page will only get you so far. As you said, you'll need some really strong backlinks. It's a general advice because you haven't provided much information about the keyword.
I would suggest you target some low competition (long-tail) keywords in your niche first. And once you start to rank those, you could try targetting the harder ones.

As per your description this is local: very competitive keywords in a very large city.
One example of a niche that comes to mind is local SEO. So yes you need powerful links including PBN to rank for, say, New York SEO (just an example).
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Interested to know this for a site that is new as well, what should be the first step to ranking first page first link for a long tail keyword for a newly created site? (First Week)
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Your first move should be: low competitive keywords. If/when you will be ready for the hard ones, you will know the answer of the question. Don't get me wrong. I am just trying to save your time.
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You should give some description about the top ranking sites in the SERPS so people can help you better. If it's as competitive as you describe it, then a good on-page will only get you so far. As you said, you'll need some really strong backlinks. It's a general advice because you haven't provided much information about the keyword.
I would suggest you target some low competition (long-tail) keywords in your niche first. And once you start to rank those, you could try targetting the harder ones.
One keyword example "maid service NYC"
Would doing DO follow backlinks to for example mysite.com/maidservicenyc
help in ranking increase?
What would be some examples of long tail? would "house cleaning services near me nyc" be one?
How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time.
Start focussing on low competition keywords first (longtail and lsi) -> rank and get targeted traffic -> get more and better backlinks -> target medium competition keywords -> rank and get targeted traffic -> even better backlinks and publicity -> target high competition keywords
Don't expect to rank within three months. Don't even expect to rank within one year. Competition is not sleeping. This is longterm and it will pay off if doing it correctly.
Good luckk
Find out where the top sites are getting their links and as much as you can about how. Isolate their weaknesses and build off it.
One keyword example "maid service NYC"
Would doing DO follow backlinks to for example mysite.com/maidservicenyc
help in ranking increase?
What would be some examples of long tail? would "house cleaning services near me nyc" be one?
Do-follow backlinks have the most power. So yes, having GOOD do-follow backlinks to mysite.com/maidservicenyc should help (considering you have a HQ article and good on-page). It's always best to have a mixture of both do-follow and no-follow backlinks in your profile though.
Yes, that would be a long-tail keyword.
By reading your post, I take it that you don't have much experience with SEO. Hence, I would strongly suggest you to read the forum and learn more. Then start with some low-comp keywords and try to rank them first.
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Building high quality back links becomes more important with higher the competitiveness of the keywords. Also focus more on the quality of the articles. All the best!
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