Which is best technique in SEO for 2014, after all the news updates?

Change is the only thing constant in the world of SEO. Given the fact that most widely used and popular search engine, Google adapts its algorithms every year, hence SEO techniques undergo changes at the word go.
Last year has seen a lot of news happening in the SEO front with Google acting tough on repeat offenders who use websites to break Google’s webmaster guidelines with outmoded strategies such as trading links.
News is also that google would be enriching web pages with images,…
Which is best technique in SEO for 2014, after all the news updates?

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