Stealing from the sb

I know this is a very general question but I'm finding myself having a lot of trouble with my steals from the sb. How do you deal with players that are rarely folding their bb and floating you/defending a lot. Are you still betting out most flops? Also, in general what is your plan when called by the bb. What kinds of flops are you looking to cont bet if you hit/miss?

Like I said, I know very general but hands like these come up all the time. It's just a coincidence I have AK here. I raise with a lot less, usually JTo or better from the sb if folded to me. Is this a similar range to yours?

PokerStars Game #8454660122: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/02/15 - 14:28:08 (ET)
Table 'Isis III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: thevanquish ($112.55 in chips)
Seat 4: art-b ($130.60 in chips)
Seat 5: SilentSupra ($97 in chips)
Seat 6: andr3w321 ($101.50 in chips)
andr3w321: posts small blind $0.50
thevanquish: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to andr3w321 [Ah Kh]
art-b: folds
SilentSupra: folds
janokle joins the table at seat #1
andr3w321: raises $3 to $4
thevanquish: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [6s 2c Jc]
andr3w321: bets $4
thevanquish: raises $6 to $10
andr3w321: folds
thevanquish collected $15.25 from pot
thevanquish: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16 | Rake $0.75
Board [6s 2c Jc]
Seat 3: thevanquish (big blind) collected ($15.25)
Seat 4: art-b folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: SilentSupra (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: andr3w321 (small blind) folded on the Flop

I don't bother, If a guy wants to defend his dollar, I wait and get a 100BB pot and take it all. By all means steal. But don't work so hard at it that you lose money trying to get a BB when river bets are 30BB+

With respect to stealing, I am loose from the button and tight from SB. I avoid playing OOP as much as possible.

At least this way if you're up against someone who likes to defend their blind then you're forcing them to play a lot of pots OOP.