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Ask HN: Best resources on SEO
29 points by adnandot 542 days ago | 17 comments
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.



6 points by brm 542 days ago | link

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.

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1 point by adnandot 542 days ago | link

thanks!

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7 points by procyon 542 days ago | link

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

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5 points by ra 542 days ago | link

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

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1 point by auston 542 days ago | link

Seconded.

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1 point by seobook 542 days ago | link

Thanks for the recommendations guys. :)

Have a great weekend!

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2 points by shabda 542 days ago | link

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)

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1 point by seobook 542 days ago | link

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

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2 points by tortilla 542 days ago | link

http://www.seomoz.org/

http://www.seobook.com/

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

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1 point by procyon 541 days ago | link

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

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1 point by sonink 542 days ago | link

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

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1 point by papa 542 days ago | link

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).

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1 point by makimaki 542 days ago | link

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

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1 point by openfaves 436 days ago | link

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

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2 points by fallentimes 542 days ago | link

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...

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1 point by tstegart 542 days ago | link

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.

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0 points by s3graham 542 days ago | link

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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