Let say you enroll yourself in an SEO contest. Top ranking domain in Google / Yahoo / MSN combined for determine keywords. 6 months period. What would be your 5 first step SEO wise.
1- keyworded domain name 2 - build highly optimized pages with proper markups of h1/h2 tagging, bolding, underlining, etc. of keyword rich content along with well crafted meta tags. 3 - start getting back links while thinking about a linking strategy 4 - update page content daily 5 - keep getting links like there is no tommorow. Paid links, reciped links, bribed links, begged links, spammed links (not too much of those), forum sig links, blogged links