SEO ? yahoo ? blogs ??? ahhhh !!!

My name is abuanthar and i'm an old newb when it comes to
SEO,,, I used to
do SEO for infoseek years ago, stopped for quite a few
years and now
I'm trying to get back in the buisness...

a year ago, I used to write adult blogs on blogspot and get first places in yahoo in good keywords. I used hard link scripts to get a lot of inbound links, and everything was great !
But now when I try these tactics, I might get 3rd place in Spanish Altavista, but that's about it !

Basically - I read articles in seochat, and they were very good to start getting the hang of it, but I feel like I need some kind of a "lead"... - every tip you guys could give me would be very helpful,,,

I just feel like I need some sort of guidenesss, even the smallest tip would be very appriciated ! I noticed that there are quite a lot of knowledge sources here, I know that begging doesn't always work, it's
unprofessional and grovelling,
and yet PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE Gimmie some tips !

so as I said, any form of help would be appreciated,
thanks !
abuanthar