build/get links to your site using the keyword that you want to rank for. create content that is valuable so people will link to it. that's it in a nutshell. - Jason Peck

I agree. From my experience valuable contect wins. If you create posts that people like and get linked you're on top. - Nir Ben Yona from twhirl

Two words: Hard. Work. - Ben Parr

Increasing relevant content on your website is the first step to increasing your Google and Yahoo rankings. Before you start writing content, first do some basic keyword research using tools such as Google Keyword tool (URL: https://adwords.google.com/select...) and Word Tracker (URL: http://www.wordtracker.com/). Once you know how your audience is looking for your content. Write relevant content using such keywords/key phrases. Use these key phrases in page titles, content titles, and links within your site. Once your content is enhanced, then gather inbound links; it’s never the number of inbound links but the quality of inbound links you have. So ensure your inbound links are from quality sites. You’ll notice this will be a long term linking strategy. But if you do have relevant helpful content, this is easier to accomplish. - Pre Priyadarshane

Use webmaster tools provided by Google to monitor and address any indexing issues and to continuously improve your content (URL: https://www.google.com/webmast...). On the Yahoo side, use Yahoo! site explorer to do the same (URL: https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com). - Pre Priyadarshane

Start by reading SEO and link building blogs. They usually offer a good deal of information on ranking well. Best place to start is http://sphinn.com ... try their 'link building' section. - Maki

get backlinks. think about your tags. use descriptive <h2>headlines</h2> in the body of your article. For 'value' posts, ensure that they address and answer s specific small problem. Get your feeds sorted out so you'e got timely news. Stick in an aggregator or two relevant to your niche. get an extensive blog-roll together, link to them, and send them each an email. And that's a start... - john conroy

wow, great points... - Anthony Farrior

Thanks for the tips guys! Really awesome stuff here! - mark

Okej, here's some tips from a SEO-consultant: 1. use titles, and optimize them. 2. use url:s as they should be use; for helping people find the right content from a source 3. use sitemaps, at least google sitemaps. And of course, use google webmaster tools 4. have a lot of unique content and everything should be text! 5. use real a href-links and make a site structure so everything could be found 6. get people to link to it. Tell them you're there when you launch, when you have something to tell. - Anton Johansson