Isn’t it ironic that the most important things you need to know, you learned very early in your life?  You learned how to play nice, play fair, clean up after your own mess, say you’re sorry when you’ve done something wrong…. this is the same for SEO. 

There’s been hype to avoid spammy techniques, improve your presence in the social networking space, vertical and universal search… there are hundreds of factors that has changed the way SEO can now be enhanced.  But when it comes to finding ways for search engines to find you, basic SEO will always be the most important factors.  These include:

• Keyword research
• Title tag and meta description tags
• Improving keyword density on your pages
• Unique, quality content (roughly 350 words), updated frequently
• A site with more than just 5 pages
• Increased link popularity
• Keyword priorities within your hypertext links