Basic SEO practices for newbies:

This is all for On page optimization.We also need to know the Of page techniques to be successful in SEO.The methods used in Off page are blog posting, article posting, forum posting, social book marking, directory submissions and press release submission. These methods are also called link building methods.They are more helpful for getting more back links.
 
For a specific keyword/keyphrase, I check who's on top. I check their stats if possible and see what are the 3 top keywords their visitors use to get to their site.

What is the most reliable way to check this? So far I've been using Alexa, but doesn't seem totally accurate.
 
Thank you for taking the time, I will be using this on my websites.
 
Thank you guy a lot. I am here to learn about SEO. Here is a very good tips about optimization. All information related to optimization are included here. But do you like to tell me about best keyword researching tool?
 
Really good advice for newbies. Also learned a few things I hadn't too.:)
 
This thread is the best SEO guide I have ever seen on the Internet. Highly appreciate it GreyWolf!
 
Simply explained and made it look easy. For newbies like me SEO is something easy to get lost. This post held me back from getting lost. Thanks.
 
I need an answer for this. what if i have so many meta tags?every page contains their own meta tags..would google penalize me?does google adsense hate too many meta tags?
 
Thanks a lot mate...
I just started learn about SEO, and i think it very helpful
 
Really Good Post,
i was reading about the Robots.txt
such a nice sharing
 
i find good navigation is important. amazing now many newbies use javascript menus
 
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