SEO Tip 1: Make your website easy to find and process by search engines
SEO Tip 2: Build the website for your users and not search engines, it is humans you want to convert
SEO Tip 3: Research your market and keywords carefully, what are users going to search for exactly, then use those keyphrases!
SEO Tip 4: Build high quality links, these are links from sites with good relevant content (not just any forum or blog)
SEO Tip 5: grab a domain with a keyword in it, it may not help directly with search engines but it can make a brand memorable
SEO Tip 6: Do-not-create-a-domain < like that … use a single word no hyphens etc
SEO Tip 7: If you are targeting a specific country use a localised domain eg .co.uk not the .com (have that forward to the specific one)
SEO Tip 8: Create create content for your website, write it to entice people to share your content!
SEO Tip 9: Don’t use variables in your domain eg .com/?p=123 it confuses users and many search engines
SEO Tip 10: Create your website using clean code, and code to the latest standards
SEO Tip 11: Don’t bury things in sub-folders, 2 or 3 layers max
SEO Tip 12: Create and use a sitemap, don’t forget to submit it too!
SEO Tip 13: Create and use a robots.txt file, it tells search engines where not to go
SEO Tip 14: Avoid using frames within a website at all costs
SEO Tip 15: Don’t use flash for navigation or holding content, use it only for animation / videos
SEO Tip 16: Minimise the use of javascript if you can
SEO Tip 17: Set up and use @Google Analytics, then use it for keyword research
SEO Tip 18: Check the keywords your competition use, then change it for your needs (do not just copy)
SEO Tip 19: Remember misspellings of keywords can be just as valuable as correctly spelt words
SEO Tip 20: Use keywords in your Title, Description, Heading and Content – but don’t fill them with keywords!
SEO Tip 21: Each page should have only one or two keywords it is targeting, any more and you are diluting their worth
SEO Tip 22: You can also use keywords and phrases as ALT text for images, all images need ALT text
SEO Tip 23: Leverage your own worth, if a page has a high ranking link to other pages from it, spread the love 
SEO Tip 24: Do engage in reciprocal link building, but only a little
SEO Tip 25: Email other web masters for a link exchange, ensure to explain the benefits
SEO Tip 26: Offer to review a product or website in return for a link (hint hint)
SEO Tip 27: Submit your website to the search engines AND directories in YOUR market
SEO Tip 28: Avoid using link farms, you are the one who will suffer for this
SEO Tip 29: Analyse your competition and see why they are successful (or not in some cases) then implement your findings on your site
SEO Tip 30: Put your user first, not search engines (remember who is buying from you)
SEO Tip 31: Write a blog, at least once a week – keep it nice and simple and dont fill it with jargon
SEO Tip 32: Tweet and social bookmark all the posts you make, ask others to share it!
SEO Tip 33: Implement user friendly URL’s like /andy-kinsey NOT /page=andy%20kinsey
SEO Tip 34: Add at least one link to an authority website in your niche, a university maybe
SEO Tip 35: Cut the mustard and file sizes too, also compress and allow caching of images to increase page speed
SEO Tip 36: Set up and use a Google Places account for your business
SEO Tip 37: Unless you are talking about something technical, keep your word count to between 400/550 words
SEO Tip 38: Keep your link juice in by using rel=nofollow, but be warned don’t use it on all external links thats nasty
SEO Tip 39: If you are moving your site or changing a url ensure to use 301 redirects from the old url to pass all juice on
SEO Tip 40: Aim to never allow a 404 to appear, if it does make sure it is tracked and you 301 that url
SEO Tip 41: Sign up for and use @Google webmaster tools, its free and invaluable
SEO Tip 42: If you don’t like asking for links directly, write some guest articles for websites (these normally include a link back)
I hope these 42 Handy SEO Tips are of some use to you and your amazing website. If you have enjoyed reading and using them please do share these tips (but do include my handle @andykinsey so i can thank you a little more)
