SEO 101 Resources: Beginner’s Guides and Tutorials

If you are new to SEO the collection of valid SEO resources below should be very useful to you. I tried to put them in order for those really new to SEO to those that maybe have a couple of months experience. I included a video from Search Engine Land first for those “very new” to SEO and/or for those that are looking to easily explain SEO to their clients. Happy reading! Remember to keep an eye on our new 101 category.

SEOmoz

The Beginners Guide to SEO

Search Engine Guide

Part 1: Everything You Need To Know About SEO
Part 2: Everything You Need To Know About Title Tags
Part 3: Everything You Need To Know About Meta Description and Keyword Tags
Part 4: Everything You Need To Know About Heading Tags and Alt Attributes
Part 5: Everything You Need To Know About Domain Names
Part 6: Everything You Need To Know About Search Engine Friendly URLs & Broken Links
Part 7: Everything You Need To Know About Site Architecture and Internal Linking
Part 8: Everything You Need To Know About Keywords
Part 9: Everything You Need To Know About Keyword Core Terms
Part 10: Everything You Need To Know About Keyword Qualifiers
Part 11: Everything You Need To Know About SEO Copywriting
Part 12: Everything You Need To Know About Page Content
Part 13: Everything You Need To Know About Links
Part 14: Everything You Need To Know About Link Anatomy
Part 15: Everything You Need To Know About Linking

Google

Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide

SEO Book

• The Blogger’s Guide to SEO
• The Search Engine Marketing Glossary
• Web Manager’s Guide To SEO Strategy
• The Ultimate Guide to Using Bing’s Webmaster Tools
• Free Keyword Competition Research

Search Engine Land

• Chapter 1: Types Of Search Engine Ranking Factors
• Chapter 2: Content & Search Engine Ranking Factors
• Chapter 3: HTML Code & Search Engine Ranking Factors
• Chapter 4: Site Architecture & Search Engine Ranking Factors
• Chapter 5: Link Building & Ranking In Search Engines
• Chapter 6: Social Media & Ranking In Search Results
• Chapter 7: Trust, Authority & Search Rankings
• Chapter 8: Personalization & Search Engine Rankings
• Chapter 9: Violations & Search Engine Spam Penalties
• The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors

Distilled

• Microsoft Excel for SEOs
• Beginners Guide: Doing a Site Audit Using Google Webmaster Tools

Yoast

WordPress SEO Tutorial – The Definitive Guide

ViperChill

WordPress SEO: The Only Guide You Need

SEJ

• How to Teach Yourself SEO
• The 20-Minute (Or Less) SEO Audit w/ INFOGRAPHIC
• Link Reclamation Best Practices – The Complete Guide
• YouTube Video Optimization from A to Z
• New Marketers Guide to Outsourcing