It depends on the niche and your backlinks. Like I use LV and I got ranked pretty well, but it got stagnate so I switched out.
The best way to write an article, out of 100 websites that I registered, is to simply make it more engaging, it's kind of like writing with the audience in mind, would you want to listen to a boring lecture, or something fun and exciting.
I use a lot of my personal opinion and I use some borderline profanity, that prevents a high bounce rate and people stay on the page, perhaps google thinks "oh this guy isn't a moron, he has something useful to say". Even though I don't.