Hi there, I have been dabbling in seo for a while and trying lots of different strategies most with marginal effect. Just wondering if anyone has a pretty much fool proof resource that is with nice and easy step by step instructions on how to rank for keywords. Thanks
There is no foolproof way. As you try and climb in the SERPs so is your competition. This never ends. I believe onsite SEO should come first. Have you done any keyword research? Do you know who you are targeting? Plan out every page and know what you are targeting for each one. If you are talking about the sites in your sig then the repeated text on your first one is not going to help you much. You may want to write one SEO optimized page to keep as your homepage instead of having all of the little snipets there. Have you researched your competition to see what they are doing? You will want to check how many backlinks they have, who is linking to them, how are their sites set up, what keywords they are targeting etc... In other words find out what makes them deserve page 1 on Google for your targeted terms and then do it better. There is an endless amount of things you can do and can be found here by searching this site, but starting with the basics should come first.
I would pick one area of SEO that you want to focus on, then find a good choach/mentor/teacher for it. Tackling it all at once without a team will be very difficult.
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the art and science of publishing and marketing information that ranks well for valuable keywords in search engines like Google, Yahoo! Search, and Microsoft Live Search. Here is a nice article which help you in this. SEO