Successful Site in 36 Months
Stuntdubl:
SEO Strategy to make a site popular - a 2 year road map
Buy a new (better be extremely brandable) domain.
Build between 10 - 100 pages of good unique content
Get one high quality on theme link to the site after site is built
Site gets spidered
Spend a few days each month getting about a dozen links
Focus on getting some direct traffic
Go out and enjoy life so you’re not checking serps constantly
Wait
Wait some more
Consider buying a site now
Continue tapered growth of links and content ad infinitum