I am having a heck of a time with my SEO. I hired a chick who promised the world and delivered nothing. That sucks..

Great post! Pretty much summed it all up.

thank you very much for the tips. That help me so much. i'm still newbie in SEO.

Thanks for this post. Number two is important to me. I'll build a site, start to do SEO, then want to throw all of my efforts into a new site. Even though my new sites may need the bulk of my time and attention, I can't completely ignore their older siblings.

thank you for this amazing tips. I am learning seo basic right now and its help me much.

Very nice pointers. I agree that people seem to forget about their SEO and leave it be if it's doing good, this might work in the short term but in the long run it needs attention.

I like #1 specifically, the title is very important, most search engine algorithms barely take into account the META tags anymore.

Even keyword density has been replaced by things such as LSI.

I am doing some SEO work for some small clients and I've found Search Engine Marketing, Inc. to be a great resource. Does anyone know of a similar resource dedicated to blogs? I know that many of the concepts work for both, but I'm looking for more details focusing on blogs. Thanks.

Did you read my other book, Do It Wrong Quickly? It talks about all sorts of Internet marketing techniques, including blogs. If you want something exclusively about blogs, I am a fan of Naked Conversations. Good luck.

Thanks very much, Mike.

I like the last point. It make all the tips complete. Attitude changing is great way to a better result.

The hardest part of SEO is the constant demand. People want to pay attention to it, and move on. Not have it as a part of their lives forever. Whether its the California Mortgage industry, or other competitive keywords, you can't stop SEO to stay at the top.

Yes, Mike. Thank you. I plan to look at both of these books. SEO is kind of a specialty of mine, but I like learning new things. :)

Change your clients!

i like your thinking there, sometimes there are new clients that pressed you to undertake a little work but a now trying for a full service.

I think the reinvestment is important, simple give and take should work, but seems strained when you ask for money to be put back into the bucket..

nice post!

Though listed last I feel #5 is the most important. Keep your head down and keep digging for the inevitable recovery and you'll be in a great position.

Question...

Should your inbound linking be to your main page or inner pages of your site...?

Wow! Great responses everyone. I appreciate the feedback. As an SMB (small and medium business) consultant for SEO I see a little bit of everything. I am currently at PubCon in Las Vegas hearing about the same problems (and even worse) that exist in enterprise level accounts as well.

Please keep coming back on Friday's and I'll see if I can come up with something interesting for you.

Thanks!

I think number 5 is probably the most important too. If your clients truly understand what SEO can do for them they will be falling over feet trying to pay you.

I make a New Year's Resolution and this year is to complete give a makeover to our Web site and really shake it up. We have been steadily growing the past month in terms of SEPR but I know we can do better. I just have to convince the higher heads to make the changes to start ahead of the curve.

Thanks for the awesome article.

Hi, liked the post. Takes full energy from Obama speech and guidelines. The best advice so far I guess is the attitude one. That's very important for success anyway. I strongly hope that the spammers change themselves!

nice crisp points shared with us. i like one point, its not once in a while process. You need to focus on seo and inbound links all the time.