Unfortunately simply submitting your web site to search engines will not drive traffic to your site. Url submission is an integral part of any effective search engine optimising strategy but you must also achieve good search positions for anyone to find your listing.
Getting your site listed in the first ten results for a specific keyword is as much art as a science. Anyone can get to number 1 on a unique word or trade name, but on a generic key phrase, it's much trickier. Search engine optimising can be difficult and confusing, but once you are aware of the key search engine optimisation techniques, time and persistence can yield a hugely gratifying reward if you get it right.
1. Site design considerations:
a) Do not use frames
One of the biggest potential pitfalls for Webmasters is search engines that do not index the text within frames. A frame is an HTML page that "frames" other HTML pages. For example, a search engine may index the main content of the page but not the surrounding navigation frame. It is usually best if you create non-framed versions of your site.
If you must use frames, include text in the tag. Another solution is to create pages (without frames) to act as doorways or alternate entrances to your site for the purpose of giving these engines something they can see and index. Optimising a non-framed page for the search engines will often gain better listings.
b) Try not to use dynamic URL's
Dynamic pages are often ignored by search engine spiders. Dynamic urls are most common on database driven sites For example. http://www.yoursite.com/products.asp?ID=dynamic+example
It is important to create static versions of each page your want to be indexed.
c) Do not have an entirely FLASH homepage
Search engines cannot index pages made entirely with FLASH. When you submit a page to a search engine a spider will follow the links on the page and listing the rest of the site. The best way to remedy this is to create a site map that uses normal html links to every page on your site, also add a standard HTML link on each page of you site that links to the site map.
d) Do not use image maps as the only method of navigation
Search engines cannot index the code that makes up image maps. You can use image maps in your site but you should also include standard html links. As with a Flash site, create a site map that uses normal html links to every page on your site. Also add a standard HTML link on each page of you site that links to the site map.
e) Do not use JavaScript as the only method of navigation
Search engines can't follow links that are within JavaScript, so your site will not get spidered unless you also have some form standard HTML hyperlinks that they can follow. You should add some form of standard HTML hyperlinks to all of your pages on each of your pages so that your site will be spidered properly. An easy way to do this is to create a site map page uses standard HTML links to link to every page on your site. Then add a standard HTML link on each page of your site that links to the site map.
2. Carefully choose your keywords
Target the wrong keywords and all your efforts will be in vain. Choose the right keywords and you’ll see your traffic dramatically increase. Therefore, think long and hard about what keywords people are most likely to use when search for your site.
3. Optimise your Title Tag
The title tag of your page is an extremely important factor to consider during the optimisation of a web page for search engines. This is because many engines and directories place a high level of importance on keywords that are found in your title tag. The title tag is also what the search engines usually use for the title of your listing in the search results. Generally, we recommend that your title tag, including spaces, be between 50-80 characters long. The optimum level differs from search engine to search engine.
Tips for optimising your Meta Tags
We recommend including 1-2 of your most important keyword phrases in the title tag, be careful not to just list keywords. If you just list keywords you risk being viewed as a spamming the engines which can ultimately lead to you being blacklisted by the search engines. Your title tag should include your keyword phrases while remaining as close to a readable sentence as possible to avoid any problems.
Make your title enticing! Don't forget that even if you get a number 1 listing on the search engines your listing still needs to say something that makes the surfer want to click-through and visit your site. Since the length of your title tag could be a little long for some engines we suggest placing the keywords at the beginning of the tag when possible so that you do not risk having them cut off. Each page of your site should have a unique title tag with its own keywords that related to the page that it appears on.
4. Optimisation of your page content
Your page content is another very important factor in achieving better search engine listings. Your page content is the information that a visitor would read from the page. Search engines look through your pages looking for keyword phrases just like a visitor to your site.
Page content tips:
We recommend that each page you submit has at contains least 200 words. This text should include your most important keyword phrases, but should remain logical & readable. Include the phrases that you have used in your other tags (i.e. metas, alt, headings, title, etc.) during the optimisation process. Add additional content rich pages to your site. For example, how-to articles, hint and tips, or tutorials. These types of content pages not only help you in the search engines, but other sites may link to them also.
5. Optimisation of your META tags
The head element contains general information (meta-information) about a document. HTML also includes a Meta element that goes inside the head element. The purpose of the Meta element is to provide meta-information about the document.
Most often the Meta element is used to provide information that is relevant to browsers or search engines like describing the content of your document. Some search engines will use the name and content attributes of the Meta tag to index your pages. This meta element defines a description of your page:

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