There are a lot of confused ppl or just people who dont even understand SEO at all.. like i didn't until a year ago! Then i am writing this to hopefully help people to understand more.

Right the 1st thing your website needs is a good domain name.. inc the keyword(s) you intend to want to rank for. electroniccigarette.com SHOULD be the best domain name to rank for the search term "electronic cigarette" (most used search term for ecigs btw) over 4,000,000 results on Google
NEXT your website metatag.. should also have "electronic cigarette" in it. ie The most advanced electronic cigarette on the market.. etc..

Next your H1 (Heading 1) should also have "electronic cigarette" in it, and should be placed high up your page or near the beginning as poss of your html.
Same for H2 - etc.. and you should include it many times on your webpage.. but in propper sentences.. an made to look natural as poss.

OK thats the webpage SEO'd (ish) now the actual hosting should be a decent hosting.. don't ask me which.. you get what you pay for. And your domian name as old as poss.. Google gives more relevance to older domain names, and ones that are secured for many years as poss are better.. so Google knows its a serious domain!!

OK this will help you rank well on Google much better than previous, but this is just to start with!!!!!

NEXT you need to generate traffic, and this is done in a few ways... and includes maybe spending to speed the process...

You could go to clicksia.com and get very cheap HITS.. thats all these are btw.. not quality traffic but will improve your Alexa ranking and hopefully give your page more relevance. OR you can put lots of time and effert into advertising.. and posting on forums, blogs, articles, etc etc.. with your links.. maybe write a quality ebook on your subject inc your url in many places and give it away free.. many more ways but i wont get into it.

Next you need to get some backlinks to your webpages... and the better quality ones you need to aim for.. yes you can go to these websites that give you free submissions onto 1000's of search engines etc.. but yes this is good and use them.. but they wont get you much traffic or sales.

SO... goto ebay.. search PAGERANK BACKLINKS.. or SEO and have a look at whats on offer... you can maybe purchase 1000's of backlinks from here, again not much point.. you want to look for HIGH PR ie PR3 upwards backlinks that DOFOLLOW your link ie.. give you a backlink to your webPAGE.. basically all they do is post your ANCHOR TEXT ie keyword "electronic cigarette" which they add your webpage addy link under.. mainly your homepage to start with.. ie electroniccigarette.com (note this isnt my website, its an example) if this link is DOFOLLOW it will give strength and more relevance to that webpage.. hell a PR3 above might even boost your page to a PR1 lol... PR2 if your lucky like i was!!

Next step is to post good quality articles onto relevant websites.. and blogs.. and forums maybe.. the higher the PR of these again the better.. articles seem to be the best method to boost your webpage at the moment for some reason.. again try to include your anchot text in these..

This is just a brief example of how to rank well on Google and there is more to it... but this should hopefully help some of you!!