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nothing wrong with aiming for short and long terms - dont think anyone is suggesting to you to ignore the really high value terms

but I'd have thought we've all found that as a short term aim -...

I think others have already said it - but I would choose to go for 10x low search keywords and hit the number 1-3 slots everytime (or 1st page) rather than try to go for a harder term and miss...