Tips For New Seos, Start here! Options

[Scottie]

Jill's search engine optimization articles pretty much cover everything you need to know to optimize. Some are slightly dated, but they do have dates on them and Jill's been updating many of them over the past months.

Start with the 10 Tips to the Top of the Search Engines article.

And there are a few newsletter articles that are a good place to start and Jill's other SEO articles.

A good one is the Art of SEO which helps to explain why there's no specific formula to getting high rankings.

For Link Building Advice, see our pinned Link Popularity Articles thread.

I'm going to add my own Successful Sites Articles because they are written for newbies as well. If you are just getting started, I'd recommend reading:
The Hungry Little Spider and
Threads of the Web- Linking for Success and
The Secret Sauce in Web Site Marketing.

Also, if you think you need a submitting service, don't miss Search Engine Submission is a Scam.

If you've been working at SEO for a while, you may want to read Superstition and Sacrifices: Cause and Effect in Search Rankings Hard to Determine

[Jill]

When you're done with those articles, you probably will want to start on Karon's Copywriting Articles.

Oh, and if you want to save yourself some wasted time and speed up the learning process, be sure to read my Evolution of a Search Marketer article.

Just realized that we should be pointing out the SEO Frequently Asked Questions as well.

Here are the questions from the FAQ, which may very well answer whatever is on your mind:

• Does Google Hate My Site?
  
• Should I bold and/or italicize my keyword phrases in my copy?
  
• Why do many top-listed pages have no content?
  
• Can search engines index dynamic sites with question marks and equal signs (query strings) in the URL?
  
• Can I change the font size of my header tags (H1, H2) without getting into trouble?
  
• If I submitted my site and it's not showing up, does this mean it's been banned?
  
• How can I automate the link building process?
  
• Should I buy numerous keyword rich domains?
  
• What should I do about competitors who spam the search engines?
  
• Do I need to make sure my files are not buried deeply in multiple directories on my server?
  
• Should I create a blog for SEO purposes?
  
• Can SEO companies really have special relationships with the search engines like some of them claim?
  
• How can I find out how much traffic my competitor's site receives?
  
• Should I optimize for the plural or singular form of my keyword phrases?
  
• If I have an all graphical page, where can I place keyword phrases for the search engines?
  
• Will switching server hosts affect my search engine rankings?
  
• How do I get my new files indexed by the search engines after a complete redesign where file names have all changed?
  
• Should I add a robots follow meta tag to my pages?
  
• How can we minimize traffic loss after a domain name change?

Jill

[Jill]

Also check out the Avoiding SEO Brain Freeze series which provides a step-by-step approach to SEO.