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Ask HN: Best resources on SEO

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Hello All,

I'm wondering what the best resources on Search Engine Optimization are? In terms of books, websites and even organizations that assess existing websites.

thanks! adnan.

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Here it is: http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-guide-to-search-engi... They call it the beginners guide but unless you're thinking about running an seo firm its more than you ever need.

thanks!

www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ - Google webtools have been incredibly helpful for us. Also http://www.vanessafoxnude.com/ (no..it is not an adult site!) is a good blog on SEO

If you want the best, Aaron Wall's SEO Book is IMHO unsurpassed: http://training.seobook.com/

Seconded.

Thanks for the recommendations guys. :)

Have a great weekend!

Hey Aaron!

Never knew you were here too. Btw, SEOBook training program+forum access costs 100$/pm, but is worth every penny. (We are a small bootstrapped firm, for which 100$ is not exactly peanuts, but what I learnt from this 100$ has had teremedus ROI)

Glad you have got great ROI Shabda and I wish you the best of success with your start up.

http://SEOmoz.org (as mentioned by others) is certainly one of the best.

http://Websitegrader.com provides a quick and dirty analysis of your site.

The SEO Web Developer's Cheat Sheet is very handy: http://seomoz.org/user_files/SEO_Web_Developer_Cheat_Sheet.p...

http://www.seomoz.org/

http://www.seobook.com/

Not really SEO, but I love this book: http://www.calltoactionbook.com/

Another great resource from SEOmoz that some might miss (b/c it's not exactly easy to find on their site) is their "Search Engine Ranking Factors" report (it's free).

http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors

The report tries to identify which SEO factors have consensus among a panel of 3-dozen or so SEO experts (as well as which factors are deemed dubious). It's a great way to get a large number of opinions on specific topics and try to focus in on a few high ROI factors (if you've got limited resources/time like I do).

NetConcepts case studies page: http://www.netconcepts.com/tag/case-studies. I've found it to be the best site out there to learn what needs to be done without coming across as an infomercial, which a lot of SEO sites annoying do.

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/marketing/search... link specifically for SEO but they have plenty of information for website optimization

http://www.tutorial-reports.com/internet/seo-search-engine-o...

Try http://www.sphinn.com ... social news site specifically for SEO related topics.

Go to http://www.openfaves.com - new social bookmarking website

Wow, really seems like there's an awful lot of "tea leaf reading" going on.

The human neural network being imperfectly trained by Google's algorithms, which probably have some sort of network learning involved. Funny stuff.

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