Activities of SEO

If you have a website is currently ranked page 10 on Google for the search phrase, but wants to rise to page 1, this websites needs to consider SEO. Search Engine Optimization refers to the collection of techniques and practices that allow a site to get more traffic from search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines). SEO can be divided into two main areas:
1- Off-Page Optimization
2- On-Page Optimization

Off Page Optimization – Following activities are applying in off page optimization for increase the rank of your website in search engines.
a- Directory submission
b- Article submission
c- Book marking
d- Blog posting
e- Press release
f- Comment posting
g- Forum posting
h- Link Building

On Page Optimization – On page optimization activities are done within the site. Following activities are applying in on page optimization for boost your rank in search engines.
a- Site optimization
b- Contain optimization
c- Keyword research
d- Meta tags optimization
e- Anchor tags optimization
f- Header tags
g- Site maps
h- Robot.txt
i- W3C validation

and some other activities are perform for on page & off page optimization.

Both activates (on page & off page) are important so you are doing SEO you have both activities perfectly. And boost your page rank and visitors on your site.