Ask HN: What are the best resources to learn SEO?

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by tomwhita • 12 years ago

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I'd like to learn more about how SEO works. I've checked out google's pages but was hoping that the community could point me towards some more comprehensive resources.

a3voices• 12 years ago

I'd look up SEO forums and read recent threads. SEO changes all the time because Google changes their algorithms.

hagbardgroup2• 12 years ago

This has always been excellent: http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

It even has pictures. After that, I would suggest that you search for specific issues that crop up as you work on projects.

reddit.com/r/bigseo is one of the better free communities that I know of. Most open-entry communities related to SEO become toxic cesspools almost immediately, especially at scale.

tomwhita• 12 years ago

Thanks. This is great.

dwd• 12 years ago

QuickSprout is also a good resource, but their advice like Moz is mostly anecdotal (we tried this and it appears to work) mixed with what Google says. http://www.quicksprout.com/university/

But the best resource is Google and Matt Cutts in particular: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/

http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en/...

tlubinski• 12 years ago

+1 for http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo, I also liked https://thecoderfactory.com/posts/200-must-know-facts-on-seo and of course you should know your google tools: Google Webmaster Tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/‎

Google Adwords Keyword Planner: https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner

subrat_rout• 12 years ago

The beginner's guide to SEO by SEOMoz is also a good one. http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

gesman• 12 years ago

thevault.bz :-P

adidash• 12 years ago

If only I could get access :(

dshah• 12 years ago

I would humbly submit http://inbound.org. It's a Hacker News for inbound marketing (including SEO, blogging, conversion rate optimization etc.)

Great community of folks and some of the best content on SEO out there.

The community was founded by @randfish (of Moz fame) and myself (@dharmesh of HubSpot)

caleb23• 12 years ago

I would recommend two websites for SEO (the ones mentioned above are good as well):

http://backlinko.com/ http://source-wave.com/

Everything on these sites isn't "white hat" per say, but it gives you a different perspective on SEO that isn't the typical "white hat" stuff like on Moz (for the most part it is all pretty white hat) for example. I am not talking about hacking sites and placing links for SEO, but private blog networks and that kind of thing on these two sites. Hope that helps. If you have any questions shoot me an email at caleb.lane4(at)gmail.com.

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