A Plan for Website Optimization and SEO

1. Traffic
Submit all posts, along with lots of other articles, to all the top social networks:
Digg, Yahoo! Buzz, Technorati, Del.icio.us, Propeller, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Mixx, Fark, Slashdot, Kaboodle, Newsvine

2. Backlinks
Submit key posts, with the appropriate keywords, to independent blogs that allow doFollow to generate backlinks.

3. Content
The best long-term solution is to create original, great content! Also, posts for wikip, knol et al.

4. Conversion
Add affiliate links.

5. SEO tools
Check out tools from Wordtracker, SEOMoz, SEOBook.

Seven Steps to a Revenue Site

Starting a web site or blog to generate revenue in seven simple steps:

1. Find an area of personal interest and a meaningful name to describe it.
2. Get the corresponding domain, a ".com" if possible.
3. Create a blog where you can post regular information about your topic. Point your domain to the blog.
4. Write informative and interesting posts about your topic; add lots of links to other blogs.
5. Find affiliate products related to the topic, preferably ones with high commissions. Sign up with the corresponding affiliate vendors.
6. Associate the products to the posts in a way that makes sense to the reader; the affiliate ads should add value to the content, rather than distract the user.
7. Apply SEO principles to gather meaningful incoming links from other sites/blogs. People should want to link to you for the content, rather than for money or as part of a link exchange.
   

Iterate repeatedly on items 4-7. That's it!

SEO Tools

LinkVendor.com

Researching/tracking Keywords:
WordTracker, Keyword Discovery
inventory.overture.com
Google AdWords tools

Affiliate Merchants:
Clickbank, Commission Junction