I've spent 4+ years developing websites and doing SEO, here to answer your questions

[crazlunatic]

crazylunatic I have just created my website. It is my first time in this business(trying to make $ from google adsense/internet I guess). What tips can you give me ? Should I install google adsense right away or should I wait a couple months ?

Install it as soon as you hit the adsense guidelines OK. It'll give you the information on how much your ads will make.

[mgronqui]

I have been out of the SEO loop since 2009. There is so much information out there, and I'm just overwhelmed, especially with the validity and credibility of much of the information. Can you or anyone else point me to a site or other resources that has great SEO info I can implement? Thanks in advance.

[baz5]

My own personal websites have received over 30million in combined page views and have made me over $60,000 in two years (not a lot but I was doing this part-time.)

That's 40,000 hits per day. If you've only made $60,000 in two years off that, you're doing something terribly wrong.

[stasbasko]

I developed my site from template and use a lot of text for SEO purposes. I get some ranking , but now i am thinking to make it more appealing design wise . How to make changes without loosing positions for my keywords in Google?

[mgronqui]

I wonder where OP went....

[Just Confused]

I wonder where OP went....

It's less than 2 weeks, so I'm guessing the guy/girl probably went on vacation???

[mgronqui]

It's less than 2 weeks, so I'm guessing the guy/girl probably went on vacation???

He/she's arguing with his competition in other threads.

[stasbasko]

What is the best on -site strategy?

[crazlunatic]

Sorry guys, it's been quite busy. Here are my responses:

I have been out of the SEO loop since 2009. There is so much information out there, and I'm just overwhelmed, especially with the validity and credibility of much of the information. Can you or anyone else point me to a site or other resources that has great SEO info I can implement? Thanks in advance.

http://searchengineland.com/
Search Engine Watch
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ca/

The blogs from search engines themselves are usually pretty under-rated from my opinion. Everyone has their own theories and arguments on some aspects of SEO but keep in mind the companies themselves would never publish false information.

I developed my site from template and use a lot of text for SEO purposes. I get some ranking , but now i am thinking to make it more appealing design wise . How to make changes without loosing positions for my keywords in Google?

The search engines are a lot more smarter now than they were 2-3 years ago. Don't use any tricks (hiding text in your website and blending it with the background) or anything else similar. If you haven't done much SEO work, you can't "lose" position for your SEO. If you're removing text make sure not to remove links between websites and make sure you don't remove any key phrases or keywords by mistake. A better design doesn't guarantee better SEO but better usability can only improve your website. Do some reading on how spiders crawl websites as well.

What is the best on -site strategy?

Could you be more specific?