Steps in Optimization of a site

There are two major steps in the optimization of a website.

(I) On-Page Optimization steps- which includes
(1) Content Optimization
(2) TITLE-Tag
(3) META-Tags includes keywords and description
(4) ALT-tags in Images
(5) Sitemap creation
(6) W3 Validation
(7) Addition of Google Analytic code
(8) Webmaster tools
(9) Verification of sitemap

(II) Off-Optimization steps - which includes
(1) Major Search engine Submissions
(2) Free directory Submissions
(3) Social Bookmarking Submissions
(4) Article submissions
(5) Forum submissions
(6) Classifieds submissions
(7) Press release and Forum postings
(8) Reciprocal link building
(9) Blog Posting
(10) Local Business Listing