I jumped practicing Search Engine Optimization really recently, at the last of December 2005, at first I could not see anything around it, when I started, I could not tell what was the difference between a Search Engine and a Directory! It was heavy to trust that people has to do that much to make their internet site listed in Search Engines. I think each normal internet users dont recognise this, what's important for them is that they produce what they want from their searches.

Well I am quiet new in this subject only I've already watched a lot and want to share numerous thoughts and my point of position about the matter. To optimize your site you should watch these easy steps:

1. Search Engine and Directory Submission

2. Article Submission

3. Link Exchange

The motivation of SEO is to take the maximum of links showing to your web site, that is more links pointing to you means stronger rating in Search Engines. Traffic works a large part in your ranking, there are many paths you can take traffic to your website, placing your web site to the maximal directories and Search Engines that you can. And be sure to place in the working category, if your site is not suggested in the right category, it has numerous opportunities of not going listed. Article submission is also a very great way of producing traffic.

For those who are not familiar with these terms:

A Search Engine is a searchable online database of net resources. Some illustrations are www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.msn.com, www.altavista.com, www.askjeeves.com, etc there are really thousands of Search Engines connected the net only these numbered above are what surfers use most frequently (the major search engines). Among these google is the generally used by internet users other yahoo, I personally do like 80% of my searches on Google and the rest on yahoo and very rarely on msn. It's essential that you take your website to these search engines, you can register your web site to google here http://www.google.com/addurl.html

A Directory is a web page consisting generally of categorized links to other web pages. Several illustrations of directories are www.dmoz.org (google directory is based on dmoz, it is essential that you take your website here, but there are very small chances of inclusion), the yahoo directory, and so on and as for Search Engines, there are many directories where you can submit your website. The submission process is very simple but the real point is whether the directory will number your website or not. The easiest way to make your internet site listed is to study the guidelines well as you would not wish dropping all this time and not having listed..

Article submission is some other way to take traffic and links to your web site. Save articles and take to as many article directories as possible, try to write some affairs that people want to take, make them want more, well your article must reflect what is in your web site, for e.g. if your site talk about marriage your article should also be about wedding not around some another topics, you can make tips, or explain about the certain material, anything that you need as long as it is interesting. It doesn't need to be long articles of more than 1000 words from 500 words should be fine.

You can also switch link with web sites carrying the same content as yours, contact just sites with good PR (Page Rank) I suggest 3 or more as switching links with a web site with PR0 will be useless as itself is not carrying much traffic, how will it be able to add traffic to your web site? And the website you've been exchanging links with try to verify regularly if your link is still on their website as they may remove your link as you've added a link back to them.

You now have an mind of what SEO means, it's very interesting and I actually enjoy doing, what I see more time having till now is Link Exchange as you have to wait a lot until a person reply to you. You can start doing SEO for your website. Good Luck.