Search Engine Optimization (Getting Found on Search Engines)

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Creating search-friendly web pages is called organic or free search engine optimization, meaning that web pages contain the details search engines seek, putting them up farther in search results without the web owner having to pay for this ranking.

 

What is search engine optimization? Organic SEO? Wikipedia explains....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization What is search engine marketing? Wikipedia says...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

How Do I Achieve Good SEO?

The building blocks of organic (free) search engine optimization include:

1. Make good use of keywords. For users to find your web pages on your own site's search engine and in commercial search engines like Google, pages must contain keyword phrases that match the phrases your users type into search boxes.

2. Have effective site architecture. You can develop a good site architecture that will help users easily understand the structure of your site, navigate the content, and succeed using your search engine. A few, simple navigation and coding tips can help you do that.

3. Have a process for indexing your site (using robots. text files).

4. Ensure quality links and link popularity. The last basic of successful search engine optimization is link popularity. That's the number and quality of links that point to your website. Link quality (links from popular, highly trafficked, or respected sites) carries far more weight than link quantity.

Resources   

Search Engine Optimization 101 - Basic Optimization Techniques
http://www.searchengineguide.com/hedger/005450.html Search Engine Optimization - Best and Worst Practices (includes a SEO checklist)
http://www.netconcepts.com/learn/SEOBestAndWorstPractices.pdf
(PDF, 270KB, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Log file analysis for search engine optimization
http://www.pandia.com/features/logfiles.html A Glossary For Search Engine Optimization
http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Search-Engine-Optimization-Help/A-Glossary-
For-Search-Engine-Optimization/ Blog and RSS Feed Search SEO
http://www.stephanspencer.com/archives/2006/03/01/blog-and-rss-feed-search-seo/ Digital Point Forums
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/ High Rankings
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/ Multilingual Search Marketing Blog
http://www.multilingual-search.com/ The Search Engine Marketing Kit - Chapter 1
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/search-engine-marketing-kit Search Engine Optimization Chat
http://www.seochat.com/c/b/Search-Engine-Optimization-Help/ Search Engine Placement Tips
http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2168021 Search Engine Promotion Articles and Search Engine Optimization Tutorials
http://www.searchinnovation.com/search-engine-marketing-articles.asp Search Engine Ranking Factors
http://www.seomoz.org/articles/search-ranking-factors.php SEO Today
http://www.seotoday.com/article_archive.php WebmasterWorld
http://www.webmasterworld.com/