Is it smart to start SEO'ing your site when its only 60-70% done??

[nikeman070]

I got backlinks to my site and am indexed... While working on my site should I still be SEO'ing it??

I'm just so new to SEO and I need to learn as much as I can the project so I can become a SEo expert for my next sites!!

[Jonathan Beaton]

Originally Posted by nikeman070

I got backlinks to my site and am indexed... While working on my site should I still be SEO'ing it??

I'm just so new to SEO and I need to learn as much as I can the project so I can become a SEo expert for my next sites!!

Two Types of "SEO'ing"
1, On-Site - Applying SEO best practices to the structure of your site and targeting useful keywords.

2, Off-Site - Mainly link building

Equipped with that, can you please now tell us what you mean by "SEOing"?

[jabs83]

Do you have a backlink strategy? If so, I'd hold off on implementing any major backlinking stuff until you get your site done.

In the meantime you can do onsite seo, and build some backlinks slowly. If you're going to be implementing a major strategy(mass article submissions, directory submissions, social bookmarking etc.) then hold off until maybe 85-90% complete at the earliest.

I'd suspect without content, you won't get too high anyways.

[nikeman070]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Beaton

Two Types of "SEO'ing"
1, On-Site - Applying SEO best practices to the structure of your site and targeting useful keywords.

2, Off-Site - Mainly link building

Equipped with that, can you please now tell us what you mean by "SEOing"?

Well I have gotten a lot of backlinks already. I guess what I have been doing was doing a keyword search and updating my title tags accrding to low competition high search keywords.

I guess this was a silly question but SEO is so foreign to me..

Any recomendations on what I should be doing while building my site which is already indexed through backlinks..

So I guess doing both but how long will it take google to update my content.

[Jonathan Beaton]

Originally Posted by nikeman070

Well I have gotten a lot of backlinks already. I guess what I have been doing was doing a keyword search and updating my title tags accrding to low competition high search keywords.

I guess this was a silly question but SEO is so foreign to me..

Any recomendations on what I should be doing while building my site which is already indexed through backlinks..

So I guess doing both but how long will it take google to update my content.

Get your site built and then start building back-links.

How fast will Google update your site in the index? Depends on how often the spiders are visiting you. If you have a site that you are consistently updating, it is usually pretty quick.

You can use a ping service to try and expedite but people place too much emphasis on getting content indexed quickly. (I just use my Twitter account)

Your content needs to be indexed in order to rank but that is merely the first step. If your content is worthy of ranking, it will be indexed.

Also worth noting, one of my favorite SEO's wrote a blog post on developing a niche website. :-)
http://jonathanbeaton.com/creating-a-niche-website/

[Webster Logan]

The thing I want to ask here is, how important is link building? and is directory submission out of fashion, if not is it useful?

[jacked]

Since you have the majority of it completed it shouldn't matter too much. Just finish up your site and move onto more SEO.

[evolutionvisions]

I would say that it would depend on your types of links. If you are using low volume profile links then by all means get to it. They take forever to get indexed that by the time they got there your site would be done.

[SEOpsychic]

per your title...i'd say SEO starts with your website. .

while you're building your site, be optimizing along the way, right from the beginning.

[Mr.H]

Why not waiting and focusing in ending it