| does the water come in from the walls or up from the floor of the basement? just curious. ive heard you need to be careful if its coming up from under the house as opposed to just through the walls. possiblility of the house shifting, what ive heard. dont know if thats true. others who know can verify.
i've lived on two properties prone to seepage. the previous one we brought in a bunch of dirt, sloped away from the house, layed drainage tile in the back, had the basement waterproofed, and sump pump. never had a problem again.
current house has gutters but when we bought it we didnt realize one problem. when they put on a deck they pulled out a downspout and covered the old hole... so theres only one downspount on the entire back side = water pours over the gutters = lots of water right by house. did a small amount of sloping right by the house. make sure the gutters are clear. these two things have kept it dry through one wet spring and a fall/winter. this year well install new gutters and reroute the downspouts.
as labman said, keeping the gutters clean helps a ton, and gutter toppers are very nice. as for the downspout, all but one of ours runs directly into drainage tile that is buried and runs the water through the yard and out a hillside. seems to work well enough. again, only problem when blocked by debris. | 
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