Local Search Engine Optimization

By rahulpandy

Submit to Major Search Engines

Google – http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
Yahoo – http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request
MSN – http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?

Search Engine/Directory Submission Guides
Google’s Advice – http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html

MSN’s Advice – Here
Ask Jeeves Editorial Guide – http://sp.ask.com/docs/about/policy.html
Yahoo Advice – http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/ranking/ranking-02.html
Open Directory Advice – http://dmoz.org/add.html

Key Onpage Web Design Elements

Title Tags -
Meta Tags
Alt Image Desription
Headline (H1, H2)
Content Placement
Internal Links
External Links

Keyword Research Tools

DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker – http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/
Google Keyword Sandbox – https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox
Google Suggest -http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool – Overture
Overture View Bid Tool -http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/

Other Free Tools

Xenu (finds broken links and builds a site map) – http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Hub Finder – finds topically relevant links by looking through links pointing at competitors websites – http://www.andyhagans.com/tools/hubfinder/

Paid SEO Tools

Keyword Discovery – http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
Wordtracker – http://www.wordtracker.com
SEO Elite (text link analysis software) – http://www.seoelite.com
Local Keyword Tool – http://www.keywordcombine.com/default.aspx

Local Search Engines

Google Local – http://local.google.com/
Yahoo Local – http://local.yahoo.com
MSN Local – http://local.msn.com/
Ask Jeeves Local – http://local.ask.com
AOL Local – http://localsearch.aol.com/main.adp

Listing Directories

City Search – http://www.citysearch.com
SwithBoard – http://www.switchboard.com
Smart Pages – http://www.smartpages.com/
Super Pages – http://www.superpages.com/
Yellow Pages.comhttp://www.yellowpages.com/Index.aspx

Other Notable Directories

Open Directory Project – http://www.dmoz.org
Business.comhttp://www.business.com
Uncover the Net – http://www.uncoverthenet.com
GoGuides – http://www.goguides.org
Joe Ant – http://www.joeant.com
Gimpsy – http://www.gimpsy.com
Jayde – http://www.jayde.com
Ruberstamped – http://www.rubberstamped.org

SEO Blogs

TopRank – Lee Odden’s Blog
SEO Book – http://www.seobook.com
Thread Watch – http://www.threadwatch.org
Search Engine Blog – http://www.searchengineblog.com
Search Engine Lowdown – http://www.searchenginelowdown.com
SE Roundtable – http://www.seroundtable.com
Traffick – http://www.traffick.com
Battellemedia – http://www.battellemedia.com
Search Engine Watch – http://blog.searchenginewatch.com

SEO Forums

Search Guild – http://www.searchguild.com
Search Engine Watch Forum – http://forums.searchenginewatch.com

SEO Books/Subscrition services

SEO Book – http://www.seobook.com
Planet Ocean – http://www.planetocean.com
High Rankings – http://www.highrankings.com
Search Engine Watch – http://www.searchenginewatch.com

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