Back to the Home Based Business Journey! Part 1

So on with the journey for a home base business. Now I have decided to go with a content site, using AdSense to see if I could make an income this way. This being my first attempt, I found a list of the most 100 searched keywords. I pick a theme for the site and picked 7 of these keywords that seemed to fit together. Now most people say, use just one subject per site, or start a mini-site, but with funds being limited I thought 7 subject would be that much better.

Now I thought that build-it and they will come, is all I had to do. A month of looking for content and putting the site together. Boy was I wrong! I knew I had to use my keywords in my meta tag and site description! But I didn't know about trying to use my main keyword in the domain name too. But that is just the beginning!
And now I have learned there is so much more to getting people to your site. Most of it I think has to do with search engine optimization, both on and off your-site.

Some say build your site and get up on-line and make changes as you go, reason for this is it may take some time for the search engines spiders to find your new site. So here is what I have learned so far.

Site layout needs to be neat, easy to use, simple and not overwhelming. To much information on a page can send people running, but not enough and you lose them too. You have to pike their interest. If you are using AdSense on your site, go to Google to see good ad placement. Have friends read and comment on your site.

When picking your keywords don't use the top ranking keywords, use lesser words that match your site. Reason: less competition; it harder to beat sites that have been on the web longer.

Don't submit to the search engine! It doesn't help anymore, I don't know how true this is, but I came across this statement a few times. Instead submit your site to open directories or online directories. This builds one-way links back to your site. Do a few a week not all at once.

I don't want to make this post to long so part 2 tomorrow.
If you have any helpful hints please leave me a comment!