I have just build and uploaded my first website and I am trying to get traffic to come there. I am a start up company, starting out on the web. I brought a Lynda.com training video on search engine optimization, It is a fine video but it seems to be old it was produced it seems from what the instructor talks about and websites he goes to, I would say it was produced in 2005, maybe early 2006. I have tried to find tutorials and free tools on line but the amount of information on SEO and SEM is overwhelming. Which are the good sites and tools,, I have gotten very good advise from you guys While I was building my site. Now, I am asking if anyone knows of good SEO and SEM sites that could teach me how to optimizate my site for better ranking on the search engines. Also, If you guys know about good free tools or trialware for seo that I could try and test for myself.? An example how the video was fuzzy is that he spoke of landing pages, but didn’t really go into detail?
There is so much rubbish and out of date SEO advice on the web that it is very difficult to separate the truth from the fiction unless you are already an expert.
Forums are particularly bad because you get every possible shade of opinion and if you are a beginner you have no way of knowing what is correct.
I have found only two up to date, free, high quality tutorials:
http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization
http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php
"Also, If you guys know about good free tools or trialware for seo that I could try and test for myself?"
No professional SEO uses website promotion software tools or software that automates SEO but they do use tools to find information as they are in the process of optimizing. The two sites above have links to the most appropriate tools and there is a good range of tools identified here http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html
Good luck!
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SEO videos are out dated in a month. So are hard cover books. SEO is always changing as the search engines are not static. There are tons of informational sites, ezines, online training, DIY SEO sites, seo consultants etc. SEO is not as easy as you may think, it does not happen over night, and you must always be prepared for changes.
http://ontheavenues-diy-seo.blogspot.com contains all thge latest news on SEO and has a free email and rss feed so you know when updates are added. No solitations come from the site to you. It is all informational
Some others that are a daily read for seo pros are:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
http://searchenginewatch.com/
http://www.seobook.com/
http://www.seomoz.org/
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com
http://searchengineland.com/
But, there are at least 15 other top readings for SEO, and I venture even more, but as an SEO pro, I spend a good 3 hours a day reading the latest from all around.
References :
http://www.ontheavenues.com
There is so much rubbish and out of date SEO advice on the web that it is very difficult to separate the truth from the fiction unless you are already an expert.
Forums are particularly bad because you get every possible shade of opinion and if you are a beginner you have no way of knowing what is correct.
I have found only two up to date, free, high quality tutorials:
http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization
http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php
"Also, If you guys know about good free tools or trialware for seo that I could try and test for myself?"
No professional SEO uses website promotion software tools or software that automates SEO but they do use tools to find information as they are in the process of optimizing. The two sites above have links to the most appropriate tools and there is a good range of tools identified here http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html
Good luck!
References :