Web site submission

My pages are ready!
Use this checklist to see if you've forgotten anything:

• HTML Title
  Your title contains properly placed keywords
• Meta tags
  You use the meta description and keyword tags on every page
• Keyword prominence, density, proximity, frequency
  You use your keywords correctly within your pages
• Keywords in the URL or file names
  You name your files with keywords
• ALT tags
  You've got a way for search engines to recognize what's in your images
• Link popularity
  You've addressed this increasingly important ranking factor
• Themes
  You've given your pages a consistent theme
• Design
  You've made your site fast, pleasant, clean and easy to navigate
• No spam or frames
  You've avoided tactics that search engines frown upon

Continue optimizing

Search engine algorithms change all the time. AltaVista could decide tomorrow that it will prioritize pages using a new Meta tag, requiring you to optimize your site again. If you want to keep your high rankings, you've got to keep up with search engines' policies.

You should also analyze your high-ranking competitors' techniques and apply them when you can. Finally, stay on top of search engines' spam policies -- it's crucial to avoid using spam