new to earch engine optimization

[supine]

:confused: hi, the task of search optimization writing
( or tweaking) has landed in my lap - as a complete novice any advise on where to start researching this topic will be really welcome especially re keywords

[highman]

Welcome :)

Its a big job thats landed in your lap....... with reference to keywords, i presume you mean locating which ones to use? if so try http://www.wordtracker.com or http://inventory.goto.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
if your concern is keywords in your meta tags then read everything thats been posted in this forum (its quite a new forum so it wont take that long) then just ask, ask and ask again until you get a handle on it

All the best

[ihelpyou]

Welcome to the forums supine! :hi:

Yep. You have been given a big job. Do as highman says first and read these forums. Surprisingly, there is lots of info in here for such a short period of time.

The links highman gave you a real good for your keywords. You may want to sign up for the newsletter of Jill's:
www.rankwrite.com

to learn about content writing for the engines.

After reading all you can, ask us lots of questions!

[ihelpyou]

Oh, ..... When I first started, I found this reference to be very helpful with all the basics of the search engines:

www.searchenginewatch.com

You should check there also supine...

Since there are so many things involved, by getting a start first, you will have many specific questions that you can ask us about.

[supine]

thanks to all , have plenty to get started on now. I have already signed up to rankwrite and do find their newsletter etc very informative

[Mel]

Hi Supine and welcome to the forum:

Starting from Scratch can be a bit daunting, but before you start make sure you have selected good keywords. I agree with Highman that wordtracker is the definitive source for keywords.

You can find a basic tutorial that will get you moving Here (http://search-engine-optimization.ecommercehosts.com)

[Web Witch]

:hi: supine

I think you're in good hands :cheers:

WW
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