Here are a few quick tips on getting better page rank.

Content:

This is a given you need content. Without great content there is no reason for anyone to visit your site.
The idea here is to have articles that are 250 words and up. You do not need more then a thousand words. The content is there to give your readers and the search engines a reason to visit your site. If you have an article with related keywords you will be more visible to the search engines for your niche. If you have for example a page about dogs then try to use words that relate to your subject. If you just use the keyword dog then you will be less likely to be at the top of the search results.  If you change it a more specific term like “how to care for a boxer” then you will be indexed for that term. If there are not many pages with this term then your page is going to show up in the results. This should be your goal to get content index.

Links:

When the guys from Google started to figure out how a search engine should index pages, one idea they came up with was based on how research papers were credited. When a paper is written the researcher will credit an authority used for the research. The idea was to do the same with search. When many pages link back to one site it shows authority for that site. When you get many sites linking back and manage to get other authority sites linking back you now will rank higher in the search engines. You can get links back from social bookmark sites or ask other sites to link back to your site. This is a very important step in SEO it pays to do research and get as much information about getting links back to your site. It is also a good idea for your site to link to authority sites. The might add a few extra points to getting better rank.

Keywords:

When you start writing content for your site keep in mind the keywords you want to rank for. It might not be possible to get some of the popular keywords as many authority sites might be much more relevant to the search engines. You want to build a list of keywords and then start placing these words in your content. If you can at least rank for a few keywords then you might start to show up in higher position in the search rank. The search engines also look for relevant words and phrases. The better your keywords blend with your content the more chance ofproviding better content for your audience and the search engines.

These are just a few tips that can help with you SEO efforts. With time you should see results. The search engines will crawl your site and you will be ready.