Hi all... I wrote this in my blog a few days ago, thought I would post it here as well... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Today, for my employer, I am creating a list of top SEO resources for him top refer to after I leave here permanently tomorrow. Here is what I have so far, if anyone has any recommendations or comments on the list, I would really appreciate them! I want to keep the list somewhat compact though - If I hand him a list of 20,000 different links, I can guarantee none would be read… [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]SEO / Keyword Analysis Links [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Overture Tools -Overture is a search engine which used to power yahoo for a while. Generally gets 20% or less of the traffic that Google would get, so vary your stats accordingly.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://inventory.overture.com/[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]- The Overture Inventory gives the search volume in the last month for the keywords you specified, along with the search volume of related keywords.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] - The Overture Bidtool shows the highest bids currently placed upon a certain term within the Overture Search Marketing system, which is very similar in style to Google Adwords. Generally the prices reflected here are 60%-70% of what equivelent keywords would be bid on through the Google Adwords system.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]WordTracker – Wordtracker is a paid service to analyze keywords, and links, to find the keywords and phrases that would be the most efficient to target through the use of their ‘Keyword Efficiency Index’.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://wordtracker.com/[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]DigitalPoint Tools – There are more in the right-hand Nav bar under ‘Webmaster Tools’[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] - This tool will check against the Wordtracker and Overture engines to find search volume for given keywords, in addition to suggesting other terms[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/ - This tool will track rankings and backlinks for a given website or page… Register and check it out – it is very useful.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Other Tools[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://chkdom.com/[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] - As the title states, ‘A Quick Tool to Check a Domain’. This will check indexed pages, backlinks and saturation on the big three engines.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com – The Yahoo SiteExplorer shows the indexed pages and backlinks in the Yahoo Engine. Yahoo shows *all* their backlink data, sorted by link weight. IE, your best backlinks are at the top.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://www.seomoz.org/tools/kwtool.php[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] – The SEOmoz Keyword Difficulty Tool allows you to run tests and reports on keywords, to determine the difficulty of ranking for certain keywords. While you are at SEOmoz, make sure to read the articles at: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://www.seomoz.org/beginners.php[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] and [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://www.seomoz.org/articles/search-ranking-factors.php[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]SEO Websites – These websites show the latest in Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing news…[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Search Engine Roundtable: http://www.seroundtable.com/- Search Engine Roundtable reports on the most active threads in the SEO/SEM forums. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Search Engine Watch Blog - http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/ - More Cutting Edge Search Engin News[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Threadwatch - http://www.threadwatch.org/ - Important - this is a daily read….[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]SEOmoz Blog - http://www.seomoz.org/blog.php – SEOmoz is great SEO company from the states. Their blog alsways has interesting SEO tips and tidbits…[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]SEOBook Blog - http://www.seobook.com/blog.php – This blog is written by one of the top minds in the SEO industry. Although I’ve never read it, his book is considered to be one of the best in the industry.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Recommended Webmaster Forums – In addition to the below, watch for forums referenced in the Search Engine Roudtable pages – they will generally be very good sources for information.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]DigitalPoint Forums - http://forums.digitalpoint.com – All webmaster talk, all the time. Lots to learn about here[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]eWealth Forums - http://www.ewealth.com – More affiliate marketing related, great if you want to monetize website traffic[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Misc. Resources - Public outcry has prompted me to add these as well: [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Webmaster Radio - http://www.webmasterradio.fm - the source for constant webmaster/SEO broadcast shows, with an awesome chat room….[/FONT]
https://adwords.google.com/select/TrafficEstimatorSandbox Great tool - Will estimate about how much per click a click from Google will pay. Assume 50% of 3-4 highest bid.
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Hi Friends i would like to add more links for Newbies This Link will Help you get info about the on page optimization and other important things http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182915 and Search engine Ranking Factors http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors LInk Building Tips From DP http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=224828 Thanks John