While doing keyword research I always avoid those keywords which has authority sites on top 10. Recently I bought some keywords that the seller said low competition & easy to rank. Please check top 10 details for one of those KWs. On request for replacement he told me .... Is it true?
It is helpful when no authority pages and no exact page domains are on the serps. But, an unoptimized authority can also be outdone.
Judging by the image you attached, there are at least 2 of the results which have relatively few backlinks pointing at the exact ranking pages, whilst the others have a quite lot. There are also some sites that don't have great authority appearing in the top 10 (DA 29 and 34 for example) and if these are truly not optimised for this keyword (or something closely related) then surely there is potential to outrank one of these and get a top 10 listing for yourself? Feel free to PM me if you want me to take a proper look at it.
