Hello Friends! I am a VB,C,C++ Programmer and know some SEO basics. I am going to launch my New Business Website this week. I have already designed my website. Please give me some tips so that i had do some modification on my website for SEO. I am going to give meta-tags and description. My site is very static in nature except one flash movie on homepage. Are Image Alt tags important ? What should I do to rank higher in google with certain keyword apart from submission in Directories etc.) ? What is the first step i should take ? Submission in DMOZ and google,yahoo site submission ? Thanks in Advance
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