Don't try to get real deep intel for free man. That's low. I'm serious, that's really low. Go buy some products.
User friendly navigation tied in with keyword structure which runs throughout the site, plenty of good quality links and thousand of hours changing and fine tuning. Best Wishes Geraldine
there is always a litle secret you can add... right now, is gain advantage from social media... in the future it will be another one. but the basis are always the same: original and relevant content.
I think press releases are great. If you can get the BBC or CNN to link to you, you can get a PageRank of 5.
There are TONS of websites that are ranking real high without any fresh content. So, I believe Fresh content is not that important as long as you have unique content. It's aaaaaalll about link building. That's it. Period.
secret = make 10,000 worthy pages. if you can get 50% of them in the SERP's top 30 then you will earn a ton through advertising and affiliates. now your problem is making those 10,000 pages worth reading
The only way that helps is google endorses you, and I think that in itself boosts PR through the roof. I haven't seen a single google service's homepage PR below a 7. Except Virgle because a) it's not a service b) it's google and virgin's bastard child and it looks like google banned it. (PR 0 - I'm sure people linked to it)
The secret is fresh content and frequently update website I have a site that I did not touch in a year and the adsense earnings were like 5$ per day. I have updated the site and the daily adsense earnings jupmed to 12$ per day go figure.