Business Tactics

How do other people go about getting there website noticed and ranked well in google

I know this opens the usual forum can of worms and opinions but its got to be usefull somewhere along the lines

I personally have started using a peice of software called webceo which is pretty neat it analyzes all the pages and gives you information on what to change to improve the way google reads the site. However google seems to be a pretty sneaky search engine and rather than looking at just your site it looks at who linking to you and whats on there site and then decides if its worth showing.

I can get ranked 1st on some search terms but my ideal one will be the term "stainless steel bolts" i think this is going to be a long process.

Any one have any tips on getting good links from other sites

SEO takes a long time to get right.

Here are just some of my tactics:

Its ideal if your search term is included in the web address (consider registering an additional one if need be)
Its also important to include the search term in the website title.
Just as important to include it somewhere in the first line of text on your main page.
Obviously you'd need to add it to your "edscription" meta tag.
Keywords need to be 2-3 words each rather than just single word keywords.
for each of your images on the site, make use of the "ALT" tags and bang the keywords in there.
have a page specifically for your search term and have a sub domain for it i.e. www.hardwaresupplies.com/stainless steel bolts/
on this page try to include the 3 keywords on the first line of text.
if you can get link backs to your pages for these search terms that would be idfeal.
you could try searching teh search term itself, see who comes top and look at what they did right.

well i have succesfully got to 3rd place on yahoo for "stainless steel bolts" which i am impressed about

but for that term on google im no where to be seen. However i get number 1 spot on more specific search like "m6 stainless dome nut" so google obviously likes my page for the more targeted key words.

all my URL's have the key words on them and again with the alt tags and met tags and page titles. It must just be a time factor. The only issue that bugs me is my URL doesnt have relevent keywords really but then neither do my competitors

@atomicsheep, your tips are great.. and i think the SEO market is really on hike in today's time. A real great business!