SEO: Search Engine Optimization Bible

W

hen you begin working with your SEO strategies, you’ll find you

need all kinds of resources. Most of those will be available on the

Web, but it might take some searching to find them.

Rather than sending you off to use a search engine, this appendix provides

the URLs for dozens of tools that will help you optimize for search engines.

You’ll find everything from search engines and directories to keyword tools,

and other resources, all of which can either be used to improve your SEO in

some way or to submit your site when you’re ready.

Some of the tools included in these pages are free, and the fees for others

will vary dramatically from very low (under $.05 per click) to very high (over

$10,000 for the application). Obviously all of the tools won’t be for you. But

if you’re looking for something specific, these links should at least give you a

place to start looking.

This listing of resources is by no means all-encompassing. There are many

other services and applications available to you, but because of space, we can’t

include all of them in this book.

Major Search Engines

and Directories

There aren’t tons of major search engines any more. Since all of the consoli-

dation in the industry, there are only a handful of really large search engines

and directories. But there are hundreds of smaller ones that range from very

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IN THIS APPENDIX

Major search engines and

directories

Secondary Search Engines ................................................................................................

Meta search engines

Keyword tools

Content resources

RSS feeds and applications

Search engine marketing

resources and articles

Registration services and

programs

Link resources and software

Pay-per-click

SEO Software, Tools,

and Resources

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