Jordan posted a very quick and dirty list meant for people wanting to find out the absolute bare bones of SEO.Search Engine Optimization is the art of getting your site positioned as close to the top of the front page as possible. Here are the 8 items that Jordan considers most important:
- HTML Document Title
- HTML Document name
- Incoming links
- Page content
- Sitemaps
- Outgoing links
- Heading (H1,H2, H3...) tags
- Standards compliance
Jordan scratches the surface on why and how these 8 items are important to your site's ranking on the major search engines. There is obviously a bit more involved but understanding these basics gives you a head start.