Up-to-date Content
Keep your site very content rich. Have a lot of pages.Update the site even twice a day if you have the time. Content is a golden word in SEO. If your content is Original then its a big plus. High ranking websites in google,yahoo and msn have a plethora of content.You can gain much on a poorly updated site.
No Spam and No Duplicates
Updating your site does not mean that you copy paste content from other sites.That will only push your rankings further down. Don’t have any duplicate content. At the same time ,dont spam multiple content across the same website.
Clean URLs
Clean Search Engine Friendly URLs have always been known to help.
urls like domain.com/articles.php?id=344 are not bad.
But domain.com/articles/name-of-article/344.html is a great option.
Have the Web User in Mind
Build your website having the general layman who spends time on your website in mind. Having a site with good accessibility always has a good future.
No to excessive out bound links
Dont have too many links on a single page. Instead split your content into...