Google’s SEO Starter Guide
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Google’s Search Engine Optimization
Starter Guide
search-engine-optimization-starter-guide
Version 1.1, published 13 November 2008
Welcome to Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. This document first began as an
effort to help teams within Google, but we thought it’d be just as useful to webmasters that are new to
the topic of search engine optimization and wish to improve their sites’ interaction with both users and
search engines. Although this guide won’t tell you any secrets that’ll automatically rank your site first
for queries in Google (sorry!), following the best practices outlined below will make it easier for search
engines to both crawl and index your content.
Search engine optimization is often about making small modifications to parts of your website. When
viewed individually, these changes might seem like incremental improvements, but when combined
with other optimizations, they could have a noticeable impact on your site’s user experience and
performance in organic search results. You’re likely already familiar with many of the topics in this
guide, because they’re essential ingredients for any webpage, but you may not be making the most
out of them.
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Joe Law
Alaska Web Design
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SEO Glossary
Here is a great SEO glossary
http://www.seobook.com/glossary/
SEO - Search Engine Ranking Factors
Ever wonder how search engines rank your site? Well below is a link to an aggregated list of factors from 72 SEO experts. One take away thought from this article is that even the experts vary in how they view the factors and the world of search engine optimization is very challenging and ever changing.
http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors#ranking-factors
Page Rank - What is Yours?
Check Your Page Rank: http://checkmypagerank.com/
PageRank is a numerical value (1-10) which represents the popularity of a website. PageRank is a method that Google uses to determine a page’s importance and is part of how Google decides the web sites search result rankings.
Learn More At: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_rank
Keyword Selector Tools - SEO/PPC
Here are a few free keyword selector tools to help you with your SEO and PPC marketing.
1. https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
2. My Favorite: http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/
3. https://account.uk.miva.com/advertiser/Account/Popups/KeywordGenBox.asp