Use Google Analytics to prove your progress
Google Analytics is simple, elegant, valuable, free and tells you a lot about your website traffic.

Post at the same time every day
Search engines run on a schedule. Make sure you have something in the hopper every time they stop by.

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Create URLs that describe the contents of the page

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Include an "Alt Text" with every image you display on your web page.

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Title tag for each page should be ordered, unique, descriptive, short and unstuffed.

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Using Anchor Text helps search engines understand the purpose of the linked-to site.

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Changing page names and version numbers too often confuses search engines.

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It might be good at cleaning toilets, but AJAX is tough for search engines to read.

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Embedded images, particularly inside Flash animations are particularly indiscernible by search engines trying to index your website.

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Flash menus are not "spiderable". Search engines cannot index them.

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Greeting visitors with a splash page obstructs search engines.

The hardest-to-get Inbound Links are often the most valuable
High quality inbound links are harder to get, but are worth the effort.

The best place to host your blog
Good blog entries are like gold. Understand who ultimately owns the value.

Focus on your highest traffic blog pages
Use Google Analytics to see which blog pages are the most popular, then pour on the gasoline.

Landing page; targeting specific pages
The "atomic" unit of search results is a web page, not a website. Pick your target pages explicitly.