SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an art and a science. How do you get your site ranked well by the search engines? How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice, right?
Well, the best place to start is to understand the basics. A good reference is “The Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization,” which is a free guide from SEOMoz.
These folks also have a free toolbox of helpful aids to evaluate and test your website.
You probably Google every day but are you using the advanced features to get the most out of your search results? Here’s an easy way to get started down the path to better Google results. It’s given in the spirit of teaching you how to fish, rather than giving you the fish.
Run the following search on Google: file: pdf google cheat sheet
The “File:” command with the PDF file type will return results for Google Cheat Sheet PDF files. One of these is bound to be a good review of how to use the Advanced Search commands.
If you don’t find something of interest you could just go to:
http://www.googleguide.com/
OR
http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_tools.html
but that’s like just giving you a fish.
