In general, Latest SEO Techniques

[rsalan]

I've kinda been out of the SEO stuff for a bit and I'm just now getting back in the swing of things again. I would like to hear from some of you seasoned "SEO GURU's" what the latest techniques are?

If I'm right, Link Popularity is still a big part, but it seems link building now emphasizes topic related sites that deep linking with good anchor text versus the old style "Root Domain Link Exchange".

I also know the content these days should be more user friendly and not so much keyword density stuff? How big of a role do the HTML tags play these days? (ie. Header, Alt, Bold, etc) Also, what are good keyword density percentages?

So in general what all bases need to be covered to get good ranking? Link Building for sure, Content for sure? What else is your big ticket items to cover these days?

[mshah]

HTML tags still play a big role. After all the critters still have to make something out of what they are fed. Word proximity, ratio of pure content to the code and page structure appear to play a dominant role.

More enlightened brains will add more to this sketchy view.

[irahat]

Run away very fast from anyone who touts themselves as a "Guru".

They are so last century, and so are their methods.