SEO process blogs for beginners / newbies

Right now, I’m looking into doing an SEO course online. I’m pretty confident in what I already know, but there’s no reason why I shouldn’t be as polished as possible, although they say there’s no official training for SEO. You pretty much have to figure out a lot of things on your own. I also bought Aaron Wall’s SEO Book since a lot of people were giving many thanks and praises unto it. I learned a few new things, though. But what I have realised is that most SEO PDFs I’ve downloaded, online training I’ve paid for, and newsletters I subscribed to repeat most of the same things - to the point where I have gotten so tired I’m actually skeptical that any new ‘SEO secrets pdf’ will actually deliver any real secrets. And if they do sound like secrets, then I’m doubtful of whether this is an ‘ethical’ practice.

Bottom line : DO your own SEO tests, practice and see what really works for you. Of course, implement the core principles as well.  But I have become convinced that you really have to teach yourself and you might actually learn something that works that no one else is talking about (maybe it’s their own secret?)

I have no doubt I will discover many ’secrets’ as I continue doing my SEO thizzle thizzle.

I’ve been reading up a bit about performing an seo site assessment or site analysis for a website. From what I’ve read, a lot of the steps are the same, but I think that ultimately, the search engine optimizer must select a method that suites him. I’m using a few free SEO  assessment and analysis tools such as SEOpen, SEO for Firefox, Searchstatus (a Firefox plugin) and Web Developer.

I just did some assessment for one of the pages of a site I’m working on. The work can be really time consuming and even boring at times, but my goal is to become one of the best.

Believe me, this is a question that I have been struggling with for the longest while, myself being a seo / search engine optimization beginner. After reading countless pdfs, or articles about how to start seo, I realized that basically, all the information is 9o% the same. I do pick up some new information all the time, so I encourage you to keep reading to remain in the loop.

But, once I realised that I’ve got the basics of how or where to start search engine optimization, the only thing left to do was start seo! I still get nervous sometimes thinking how I just can’t compare to the big names out there. But I have to implement what I have learned in order to see the results.

I also started to read up on internet marketing. Who knew that I was actually doing some internet marketing all along - search engine optimization, blogging, social networking etc.? See, it’s all kinda intertwined - kinda. But reading up on internet marketing has given me a few new ideas to try out, and when I implement them, I’ll be happy to share them with you.

Keep reading, and please offer comments and ideas on how you’re getting through with your SEO campaign as a beginner. Remember, this is the spot for seo beginners to get in on some action with each other.