SEO tutorial for beginners

A 9:03 video on general techniques for search engine optimisation and the approch to use.

Diagnose crawling with Google Webmaster Tools

by webmarketingtoday

What is an robots.txt file? How to use robots.txt? How to block a part of my website from crawling? Diagnose your website problems using Google webmaster tools.

Geotargeting: How to optimize for local search?

by webmarketingtoday

How local search works? Local search works better than yellow pages? How to optimize your website for local search? Local search tips. Read more on local search. How to add a searchable map to my website?

How to develop a content strategy? Rebecca Lieb

by webmarketingtoday

A video about how and why to write content for your web site. What to do to have a fresh web site and not a broshure-ware?
Related post: Continuous improvement with J. Sterne

How do the Search Engines Decide How Web Sites Rank?

by EcommerceApprentice

A short video about search engines algorithm from historical point of view. He's discussing about the power of using a real, valuable anchor text and about link popularity, link reputation and Page Rank.

How to Use SEO for Firefox

by seobook

Bad SEO: Doorway and Portal Pages

by eyeflowseo

Backlink checker with anchor text, nofollow link in CSV format

When we build our presence online using SEO techniques we need a method of checking how many backlinks you have.
Here is an advanced backlink checker that checks PR, Anchor Text, Anchor Type, NoFollow and the number of other links on the page your link is on!
You put in your URL and you'll have:

• backlink URL



• backlink homepage pagerank



• backlink page pagerank



• backlink site incoming links



• nofollow: yes/no



• anchor text

and you can export all of these to CSV and track them monthly.

You can use this one if the link above doesn't work anymore:

- backlink checker from seoheap.com (very good). In plus, there are some other webmaster tools.
- backlink watch (it's working really well) or
- bluebacklinks

Using XML sitemap and Google products

video by wilreynolds
Should I use a site map for my website?

XML sitemap: create and submit using free tools

video by joeblstrn
xml-sitemaps

Using a site map generator you enable search engine crawlers to find out what pages are on your site and which have recently changed. There is any connection between PageRank and an XML sitemap.

Business Blogging: how to promote your blog, platforms, writing style, advantages

by webmarketingtoday

Introduction to business blogging: platforms, writing style, how to promote your blog, advantages of having a firm blog.

Competitor Analysis for SEO with Ross Dunn

video by webmarketingtoday

What a competiror analysis involves? More on: site architecture, quality links, site audit of competitors, optimisation elements, heading tags, navigational scheme.

Introduction to search engine optimisation

video by SEOVancouver
How much traffic have the google's first page in comparating with next pages?

Title Tag Tips for search engines and mistakes

video by SEOVancouver

A great video for beginners. Why you should use a title tag? Where we can find the title tag? How important is the title tag as a SEO factor? Where is it displayed? How many characters it should have? How to write a title tag?

Matt Cutts gives tips to small business owners

10:30 min video by wwwreachd
A great video with tips for small web sites.

Keyword Research: SEO Training Vancouver

3:14 min video by SEOVancouver

A short video about keyword research. How to choose appropriate keywords for your web site? Tips for keyword research. Keyword research tools: wordtracker, webceo, keyworddiscovery.

Google Search Engine Ranking Factors Survey from SEOmoz

5:41 min video by sagerock

A video about the most important SEO factors. Read the entire document regarding the most important SEO factors.

SEO tactics: anchor text, link farms, social poster PART 2

5:54 min video by stephenlohse

Tools: socialmarker.com, onlywire.com (for social bookmarking); how to create powerful internal links?

SEO tactics: commun mistakes, tools, keyword research, definition PART 1

9:00 min video by stephenlohse

A video with definitions, SEO tools: Alexa.com, Seochat.com/seo-tools, Wordtracker.com, googletrends.com, spyfu.com, keyword discovery, keyword research. A great video for the very beginners.

Content Categorization for SEO. Site architecture

8:17 min video by greatscOtt

A great short video on content, on site architecture. What is a greate architecture? How many clicks to the description page? Linear architecture. Web 2.0 architecture. Pyramidal architecture.