What are the top tips for winning on Google, Bing, and Yahoo?

[Emily_A]

We just launched a new site that is starting to be indexed well in Google, but Bing and Yahoo are lagging a bit.  I understand that the search engines are different algorithms and will take different lengths of time to index, rank, etc.

What I'm curious about is are there any other tips / advice / things to keep in mind when trying to rank on the different search engines?

Thanks!!

[Bio-RadAbs]

• Webmaster tools.  Google, Bing (Yahoo) have them. Get your sitemap loaded and site set up in their webmaster tools!
• High authority backlinks. How about a wikipedia page? Or start creating some rich content that users will find useful and share? Even social media metrics come into ranking.
• Make your site run HTTPS and use a CDN
• Images and video. Don't forget users also land on your site from images and videos tabs+

[EngNet]

Great list!

Can you explain the importance of HTTPS and using a CDN? Are these factors really that important?

If I change my site to HTTPS how should I handle redirects?

Thanks