It is that easy if the site is worth the front page, which is the point of the doc. I think everyone just assumes the front page is fair game for them. If ther

It is that easy if the site is worth the front page, which is the point of the doc. I think everyone just assumes the front page is fair game for them. If there are ~10 better sites then yours (not out of the question unless your in a tiny niche or started the site long ago) then doing the work still won't reward you with the front page, and there isn't anything necessarily wrong with that.