How to optimize new website

[Steve Smith]

Given below are the basic steps to optimize a new website. Hope, will help you.

1. Website analysis
2. Keyword research
3. Sort targeted keywords
4. Competitive analysis
5. Create title & meta tags
6. Content and image optimization
7. Create HTML & an XML sitemap for your website
8. Submit sitemap to webmaster tools
9. Perform off page activities like directory, article, press release submission, social bookmarking, forum posting, blog posting etc..

[titly555]

I think you have to do both on page and off page to optimize new website
On-page Activities

01) Competition Analysis
02) Content Optimization
03) Internal Linking structure Changes
04) URL Structure Changes
05) Site-map updating / creation
06) Keyword URL Mapping
07) Creation of Meta Information

Off-page Activities

01) Directory Submission
02) Social Bookmarking
03) Blog Commenting
04) Forum Commenting
05) Posting Stories in relevant blog websites
06) Submitting Articles in relevant article websites
07) Press Releases in relevant press releases website

[Webmastergrace]

Given below are the basic steps to optimize a new website. Hope, will help you.

1. Website analysis
2. Keyword research
3. Sort targeted keywords
4. Competitive analysis
5. Create title & meta tags
6. Content and image optimization
7. Create HTML & an XML sitemap for your website
8. Submit sitemap to webmaster tools
9. Perform off page activities like directory, article, press release submission, social bookmarking, forum posting, blog posting etc..

Yes you are right.It is necessary to start good quality work for new websites and aware about Google's New Updates.

[dennyleon]

Start On page optimization which includes the following task:-

Meta tag optimization
Header Tag Optimization
Alt tag Optimization
Content Optimization
Anchor Text Optimization
URL Optimization
Navigation Optimization

After On page optimization, Start off Page Optimization which includes the following task:-

Link building
Directory submission
Classified Ads submission
Article submission
Press Release submission
Social Bookmarking
Business Listing
Local Listing
Blog Optimization
PPT Creation & Optimization

[Zora2012]

On page seo:
Meta Description tag
ALT tags
H1 tags
URL structure

off page seo:
Directories Submission
Article Submission
Press Release
free Classified Ads
Forum Posting
WEB 2.0
Video Submission
Bookmarking Submission

[johnmith]

For new website optimization...you have todo On-Page & Off-page optimization techniques:

On-Page techniques:
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Meta Tags
- Title
- Description
- Keywords
Alt Tags
Canonical Tags
Bold Tags
Heading Tags
Robot.txt
Keyword Density
Keyword Prominence
Deep Link Analysis
Competitor Analysis
Internal Linkage

Off-page optimization:
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Directory Submissions
Social Bookmarking
Local Business Listing(Yelp, Yellowpages, Merchant Circle, Yahoo Business Listing)
Social Media
Ads Posting through Classifieds
Video Marketing
Article Marketing
RSS, FeedBurner
Slides Sharing
Forums
Blogs
Profile Linking
Guest Posting

[ProSence]

You need to start with content creation, post content on regular basis, it would really help a lot.

[Webmastergrace]

Start On page optimization which includes the following task:-

Meta tag optimization
Header Tag Optimization
Alt tag Optimization
Content Optimization
Anchor Text Optimization
URL Optimization
Navigation Optimization

After On page optimization, Start off Page Optimization which includes the following task:-

Link building
Directory submission
Classified Ads submission
Article submission
Press Release submission
Social Bookmarking
Business Listing
Local Listing
Blog Optimization
PPT Creation & Optimization

Hi dennyleon, What is Navigation Optimisation?

[Webmastergrace]

Given below are the basic steps to optimize a new website. Hope, will help you.

1. Website analysis
2. Keyword research
3. Sort targeted keywords
4. Competitive analysis
5. Create title & meta tags
6. Content and image optimization
7. Create HTML & an XML sitemap for your website
8. Submit sitemap to webmaster tools
9. Perform off page activities like directory, article, press release submission, social bookmarking, forum posting, blog posting etc..

After Onpage Optimisation,first of all start search engine submission for caching.If keywords ranking is out of 100 then only start directory or bookmarking submission on high pr sites.

[kristoff]

Start On page optimization which includes the following task:-

Meta tag optimization
Header Tag Optimization
Alt tag Optimization
Content Optimization
Anchor Text Optimization
URL Optimization
Navigation Optimization

After On page optimization, Start off Page Optimization which includes the following task:-

Link building
Directory submission
Classified Ads submission
Article submission
Press Release submission
Social Bookmarking
Business Listing
Local Listing
Blog Optimization
PPT Creation & Optimization

this is what i am doing for the new site i am handling.

[ProSence]

I would say that try to put good number of element on your site, it would help.. use lots of elements on the page you want to optimize.....like

videos
images
h1, h2, h3
bold
italic
underline
social sharing
rss subscription

and lot more others.