Take your time, be "anal" about things and make sure like what quentin123 said post quality content. Having worthwhile information to share is worthwhile to your traffic. Also, make sure that you do not use the meta keywords tag but instead write it on a piece of paper and use that as a guide as you do not want competitors knowing your keywords. Stick to about eight keywords max and use alternate text on every link/image. I am just starting to learn about SEO but I feel that's the most logical way that googlebot would be lurking your website, along with quality incoming/outgoing links.