Search engine optimization or SEO is the process of increasing the volume and quality of traffic to your web site from search engines via search results pages. The closer to page 1 a website returns in search results, the more new visitors it will get from search engines. Returning on page one for a specific word or phrase can increase traffic by thousands of visitors a month. Keyword research a topic unto itself: http://www.urlconsult.com/smf/index.php?topic=351.0 A few keys to seo: 1.Add text to your website. Lots and lots of good old hand pounded text. If you sell 1000 different things you need to describe every one of them(better get typing). Any old text will not do. You need to focus your text to match your page(file) names. 2.File names are very important. Pages, pictures, audio... everything should be named with your keyword research in mind. 3.Create a solid network. 4.Update your site regularly & make sure it's code is w3 standards compliant.

Optimising a website, making it appear higher on search engine charts for certain key words and phrases.

the process of preparing a web site for proper submission to the search engines, includes addressing design, imaging, content, META tags, links and Search Engine Submission. Also referred to as Search Engine: Positioning, Placement, Ranking, Marketing, Promotion, Web Site: Promotion, Ranking, Placement, Marketing, Positioning, Optimization, Internet: Marketing, Positioning, Placement, Ranking, On-line: Promotion, Ranking, Placement, Marketing, Positioning, Optimization or referred to by acronyms: SEO SEP

Search Engine Optimization is the constantly changing and very competitive practice of designing web sites and pages to rank as highly as possible in search results from search engines. When a search is done in a search engine the first web sites to appear on the list under sponsored links are the best search engine optimized sites for the keyword entered in.