Need Help Finding Free SEO Help?
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by: Joe.Maelstrom
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Free SEO help is plentiful on the Internet. The hard part is not finding help, but telling the worthwhile help from the reams of pointless or simply harmful "help." Here is a brief guide from a veteran webmaster.
The first place to look for help with search engine optimization is from the search engines themselves. All the larger search engines have blogs whose contributors are members of the search engines programming team and whose goal is to help webmasters optimize sites for that particular search engine. Staff writers often spend time on webmasters forums, so they are in touch with the concerns of real webmasters and write practical advice based on the challenges of the moment, not theoretical articles. The quickest way to locate search engines blogs is to search for "blog" or "official blog" and the name of the search engine.
Forums are a good, but tricky, source of free SEO help. On one hand, forum members discussions of their experiences and observations are indispensable. Experienced webmasters can sense when changes are likely, analyze changes after they happen, and explain the ramifications of legal language and trends with a freedom that official corporate bloggers rarely have... and, of course, without corporate bloggers need to protect the search engines interests. Webmasters can also discuss patterns they have noticed in search engine behavior that search engines refuse to discuss or outright deny. On the other hand, there is no screening process for forum members, who can use the forum as a soapbox for their conspiracy theories and their favorite strains of bad advice. How do you tell which forums to go to and which members to listen to? There is no substitute for familiarizing yourself with a few forums and watching them over time. Focusing on forums frequented by official speakers for search engines is also a good idea. Official speakers are not stamps of quality, but they do mean the forum is significant enough that the search engine is willing to spend resources on it. The two forums you should definitely put on your watch list are WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint. To find more, search for "SEO forum."
Free Seo help articles are equally hard to sift through: There are reams of good articles, and a vast ocean of mediocre, wrong, or actively harmful articles. Keep away from free article directories and authors whose main claim to expertise is the ability to pump out a small flood of SEO articles every month. Look for industry magazines and real experts, webmasters with well known networks of sites. Also look for smaller, private article collections and blogs written by experts, like the blog at HubShout. Avoid articles with the rehashed "SEO article" feel: flat, stuffed with keywords, and full of synonyms that make no sense.
As you can see, choosing from the free SEO help available online takes not only the ability to Google, but a touch of judgment on your part. Go slowly and develop your knowledge base, and soon you will be able to sift out the worthwhile free SEO help. See more Free seo analysis | Seo hosting |
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