SEO Virgin - how shall I start ?
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Hello everybody,
I'm pretty new to this whole SEO world but Im willing to do my best to learn the most crucial things in order to optimize our site for it.
I've purchased the pro option and hope to get some insights into areas that need to optimized in order to get a great ranking by google.
I've already started with share linking and social media activities, in order to build up links to our sites.
Since our community will be a specified media sharing portal, Im not quite sure how I should start the linking process besides posting some relevant articles on digg, delicious, facebook, etc, incl. relevant links and content...
I read in some of your forums that you would not recommend to pay for links.
So how shall I start with the onpage optimization and link building process ?
Appreciate your help!
Thanks a ton!
M.
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SEO encompasses many things and it keeps changing.
It's easier to understand all of the articles on this site when you can visualize the process step-by-step. That's why I recommended Dover's book. He covers the information from a consultant perspective.
Watch all of the Whiteboard Fridays. You shouldn't need much background information to understand them. And most of them are only ten minutes a piece.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/category/33
Pay particular attention to Rand's Whiteboard Friday discussing the new Panda Update and what it means for SEO:
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Hi Daniel,
I've read the beginner's guide already.
Let me get your recommended book then.
Is there anything else you'd recommend to start off ?
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There are many articles on this site. You should read through the beginner's guide if you haven't already:
http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo
SEO Secrets by Danny Dover is a great book to get an overview of the SEO process, especially for on-page optimization:
http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Secrets/dp/0470554185/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1/177-8397498-2734067
And to answer your question, I'd pursue on-page optimization first.
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