When you have a new website you should ensure that the URL of your website has a structure that improves its SEO significance. The best way to make your URL more SEO friendly is making use of the feature found in Apache called 'modrewrite'.  
  
SEO news All right, you've been patient. Here are the essentials of what you need to know about WHAT Search Engine Optimization is all about and then I'll get to the "HOW TO's" in just a minute. Let's walk before sprinting into uncharted territory.  
  
Honestly, the first client I found kind of fell into my lap through one of my blogs. I offered to do some web design and advertising for them on the blog, and they asked me if I knew how to get them higher in the Google rankings. To which I replied "Um... yea, I kinda do." Web design + SEO and Internet Marketing = a very powerful money making combo. After that it spread by word of mouth, and a few inquiring emails.  
  
Did You Also Know? - 60% of traffic that comes to the websites is from searches-From people typing in what they are looking for in Google, Yahoo & MSN/Bing. Now, if your website is not on the first page of the search engine results, then unfortunately you are nowhere. So knowing that, homepage I am sure you would like to know how to achieve first page search results...and it begins with proper SEO strategies.  
  
Building backlinks for your website is necessary. Backlinks are links on other websites that link to your website and building them can be done via link exchanging or buying links on others websites. You can have backlinks on any websites, however it's best to have backlinks on websites that relate to your website. Further, try to get links back to your website from sites within your niche that have a high PR (Google Page Rank).  
  
There are however some SEO tips that will never change and will always be relevant to your SEO efforts. These free tips will take time but will act as an awesome investment in your business. The SEO tips I am going to share with you today are based on linking strategy.  
  
The fifth SEO tip is to use your keywords sparingly. Most people still think that 1% - 3% keyword density is ideal, yet it is actually too much. There is an optimum keyword density that has little to do with the keyword itself, but more to do with contextual relevance of the page content to the topic in hand. Which leads to the sixth of the SEO tips: write naturally and honestly. If you know about your subject, write about it in your own language and don't try to meet any perceived need for a specific number of so-called keywords within your page content.