Is SEO The Most Ignored First Step To Social Networking?

A smart business owner with a store front key to their prosperity wouldn't build an elaborate brick and mortar store in the middle of a desolate valley, so why do some many build their websites with no hope of anyone finding them on the web?  There seems to be some sort of "build it and they will come" sub-conscious concesnsus in the world of websites for business.  And furthering the issue is too many business get steamrolled by tunnel-visioned graphic designers setting them up with elaborate Flash front pages.  Problem is, Google just sees one big file and doesn't get any relevant info to share with potential customers doing searches for products and services that you are selling.

With the explosion of social networking as a viable and powerful marketing tool, most companies haven't solidified their primary source of information for potential new followers.  It is always easy to garner a small collective of followers via existing relationships, and a percentage of that will lead to a slight expanse in their social networks, but where is that primary hub of info-rich company home page magic that gets in the coveted "new customer"?  That is the goal of social networking, SEO, and any sort of marketing strategy.  This should be the first step- before going off the deep-end into social neworking every company should make sure their "house" is in order, and that corporate website is ready to fulfill its moniker of "homepage".  It's not rocket science, and here is a short checklist of what you should do:

1. Start by making a list of keyords and short phrases that you would like to target for search engines.  Basically, what words, when people type into Google, would you like to target for your website to come in search results.  
2. Get yourself a Gmail account and then set up a Google Webmaster account.
3. Make an image map and robots.txt file- these are a part of the Google Webmaster account.
4. Verify your site with Google
5. Create keyword-rich <title>'s in your site, and make them unique for each page.  Same for meta tags for keywords for each page.
6. Manually submit your site to Google and Bing.
7. If you have Flash on your home page, make sure it is only part of your page, and include normal text along with it that includes descriptive content of your goods and services.
8. Register your site with Alexa and DMOZ
9. After you get your Twitter and Facebook accounts, use their tools and put links on your site to them, including a quick link for visitors to follow you on Twitter and to Like your Facebook page.
10. Change content regularly.  A news or updates part of your site is a great way to constantly add new content to your site.  Remember, the mantra in the SEO world is "Content is King"

Now, obviously, you can take this to the next level and aggressively target keywords, but those are the basics.  Don't get dazzled by overly designed sites, and just make sure that the message of your company is getting out.  Leave the ridiculous Flash sites to new blockbuster movie sites, and keep your site clean and focused.  

10 Simple Tricks For SEO

Well when we tal about Seo so we thought that what will be a giant thing is SEo..
Iwill tell u 10 simple and inovative step for SEO...
1.Social bookmarking
In socialbookmarking there is very important and high PR sites to share your post like delicouse,digg,diigo,hotklix,globalgrind,facebook,twitter e.t.c
2.Comment Posting
Comment posting is best way to create a visitor in your site you just find some high PR site and just do coment on its post with the name of ur site URL..
3.Forums
forum is also a great activity to get visitor inur site just create an id in a forum which have lot of user in it just make ur profile withthe name of ur site URL
4.Write Unique Article
Other step is always write a unique aricle this is a best way to get a huge trafic in your site.
5.Link Exchange
link exchange is also a way of get hugetrafic in your site.
6.Directory Submissions
Directory submission is most important thing because without it you can not increase you trafic you just find high PRdirectory and do submit you site in it...
7.Write an Article in Hubpages
Other step is write an article in hubbpages it is very simpleandinovative idea to get trafic but you hve to write unique articlethere.
8.UseYoutube For Trafic
You can use youtube for trafic for site just write down ur name of ur site in video and description
9.Keyword Tool
Use keyword tool for making keyword of ur site.
10.PR submissions
do pr submissions of ur site.