CLEVER SEO TECHNIQUE TO DO

1. Keyword Research. Thats the first step. Knowing whcih keywords bring in traffic and which one brings in sales could save you a lot of time , effort and pain. Its easy to start. Just get started with the google Keyword tool.

2. Keyword Placement : This is the second important thing. Once you know the keyword to get started with, Place the keywords in the right place. This includes the Title tag, Meta description, Meta keyword.

3. Keyword Density : Place the keywords across the page. Not necessarily on the top or the bottom but its best if you could have it once in the beginning and once in the end. 3-5 times on the page should be efficient , though there is no written rule about the limits. If its necessary you could go up to a 100 but IT SHOULD BE NECESSARY.

4. Linking: A page which is not linked to is a page which will never be seen. You can create a page on your website but if it is not linked to from other pages or from other site, chances are your page is never going to be seen. Start linking to the page. Book marke it from social sites. Digg it, Tweet it, Stumble it, Mixx it and Do what ever it takes to get LINKS.

5. WAIT : This is the painful part. Most people panic on this one. SEO is a slow process. But its not really that slow. Your next set of changes are more dependant on this one process. You can proceed with the above and get more links, change the title tag accordingly etc after your page is crawled and if its already not on the first 10.

NOT SO CLEVER SEO TECHNIQUE TO AVOID

1. Stuffing your Page with keywords will not help you. Hiding the Keywords could make things even worse. There are pages on the web which have White text on white background. Google or any search engine can keep a tab on it easily and you will run into trouble fast. and if you do, you will end up banned. Which is worse than not ranking at all.

2. Concentrating on the real broad keywords could end you up with a lot of frustration. Dont try to rank for “Car parts” if you are selling CAR parts, but try something more specific, like “Nissan Car parts” or even better, “Nissan 307 Windshield”. Being specific assures you a better placement and FAST.

3. Linking with the wrong keywords : When you are linking to a page with Nissan Car parts, dont link from a word “Car parts” of “Nissan”. Link it with the right keyword. This enables a better ranking.

The Basic SEO Tactics which is required to generate traffic to your site are as follows.

1. Error Free Web pages :Try to keep your web page completely error free. The best way to gurantee it is by making it W3C compliant. Following the standards can only ensure that you are on the safer side. Most website designers should be able to do this as its not very complicated.

2. Keyword Analysis : Knowing the right keywords to generate keywords is essential in most cases. You dont have to worry about where to find keywords. There are free tools like the Google Keyword Tool which can give you a list of targeted keywords along with competition, Traffic , PPC Value and a lot more. Its mostly common sense to analyze the basic keyword. For instance, You can bet on the highest paid keywords to generate the best ROI. They convert in most cases. You will also need to concentrate on Long tail keywords.

3. Social Marketing : Social networking sites are getting popular. Your value on Search engines could be easily hiked with links from some of the social networking sites. You can start on with sites like Social poster to get a list of social networking sites.

4. Incoming links : This is essential in most cases where you keywords are competitive. These keywords should essentially be avoided for instant traffic but in case there are a few keywords which you need ranked to the top in a month or 2, Consider getting a few links with the keyword as the Anchor text. Dont be worried about where you could get links from. You dont have to purchase them. But yes it does take efforts. Start with a few Articles website like Ezinearticles.com and also consider using Squidoo and Hubpages.

5. Inpage Optmization : Though this is the first thing you ought to do, We have put this on the last. This is fully on your control. Consider getting a copy of the Beginners SEO Techniques by Brad Callen. It teaches you everything about Inpage and Off pages SEO. The techniques alone should serve your purpose of optimizing your web pages. The main SEO tactics you should consider implementing is the Titles and the Description apart from Keyword Density on your web pages.

Also remember. Content is King and will remain so as long as Search engine rules.

There are more seo Tactics to follow and i promise to write more in detail about each of the above. For now, i would appreciate more comments to know where i could write more. Comments please