Hats off to you incrediblehelp for an excellent post!
What's interesting about it is that you don't stress (or even mention) any of the so-called quick fixes that people keep coming up with. Instead, your emphasis is on what can perhaps be called a holistic approach: SEO is a whole host of things put together and the more of them you get right the better your chances of appearing well in the SERPs will be.
There's one other point that's perhaps worth mentioning, though, even if it's not really an aspect of SEO.
I'm thinking, of course, of PPC, which is, I suppose, an adjunct to any webmaster's marketing plans. There are numerous WPW posts about it, including the Google Adwords Discusssion Forum. And there are several gurus (my favourite being Perry Marshall, needless to say) who can help you understand the intricacies.
But it does help a new site appear on the first SERP pages until the SEO is correct or good enough to do it on its own.
But again, my full compliments to you for summarizing things so well.
You sure done good, as they say.
Duncan
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