Online Success Starts Here

Here's my list of 27 things every website should have for online success. They are not in any particular order but each one is important in achieving the success you would want online.

1. A goal/purpose

2. Quality links linking back to your site

3. Unique title tag on every page

4. Title tags with your keywords

5. Website tracking tool like Google Analytics or Woopra

6. Call to action on every page

7. Copy that converts clients

8. A professional look

9. Unique meta descriptions for every page

10. Meta keywords for every page

11. A listing in dmoz.org

12. RSS feed for syndicating your content

13. A contact us form

14. A phone number to call you

15. A sitemap for your visitors

16. A sitemap submitted to Google, MSN Live & Yahoo

17. Daily or weekly backup of your website

18. A blog

19. A frequently asked questions page about your products or services

20. A free offer in exchange for their name and email address

21. Urls that includes your keywords

22. A webmaster for making changes or for asking questions

23. Ability to get to the home page from any page

24. Submissions to high rank online directories

25. Ability to get back to the home page from any page

26. Use of H1 and H2 style tags throughout your content

27. New content as often as possible