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A Guide to
SEO Resources and Discussion Groups
Search Engine Optimization
By: Stephen S Alison
Finding the right SEO tools and resources can be challenging –
but we’re here to make it a little easier on you. SEO forums and
newsgroups can be very confusing to a person with no SEO
experience. These forums and newsgroups are just so heavily
populated that they can intimidate many new users.
The first rule regarding these situations is to just slowly try
to integrate yourself into the community. Follow these rules
closely and concisely so that you do not offend anybody:
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1. Do not spam the forum with your problems. If you have a few
things that you would like to discuss you will probably get
help, but do not try to hog all of the assistance for yourself.
For one thing, most of your questions have already been
answered, believe it or not. There is generally a “search”
option. Always use this before posting your problem.
2. Do not “Flame.” Flaming is a term used among forum dwellers
to describe the behavior of “yelling” at people via the forum.
This is generally associated with cursing, constant argument,
typing in all caps to try to convey anger, and dismissing other
people’s posts in an undignified fashion. There are other
problems that are included in flaming, but I have given you the
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3. Never take a post off topic. If there is something that you
would like to discuss that was inspired by a post on another
topic, post a new topic in the appropriate board and explain
where the topic was conceived. You may still want to reply to
the post just to let people know that the topic has been created
so that somebody else doesn’t take it off topic.
4. Do not “bump” your thread (or post). Bumping a post is when
you reply to your own post in hopes of getting a response
sooner. The only time that this is acceptable is if your thread
has laid dormant for about a week. Bumped threads are very
annoying to most forum users. Bumping posts on a regular basis
will probably lead to a lack of interest in your posts and will
probably contribute to a lack of support in your ventures.
6. Be friendly. There is no reason that you can’t be completely
polite when posting on a forum. You will get very good response
if you are simply polite in your post. Politeness in the world
of forums includes making sure that you have communicated your
problem carefully so that people attempting to help you can
understand and provide answers to the best of their abilities.
7. Join in on the community favorites. Many forums now include
“games” which are occasionally pretty fun. They are pretty much
just there for if you are bored and waiting for a response to
your other posts, but they are enjoyable if you keep up with
them as many forum dwellers are quite articulate and witty.
Here’s a list of resources that you can use when you need help
but you don’t want to pay for it.
Finding Groups - Google makes discussion groups easy to
find with their ‘Google Groups’ tool (groups.google.com). Go
there and type in ‘seo’ to see what’s on offer. Two popular
groups are alt.internet.search-engines and alt.www.webmaster. If
you don’t like Google’s groups, try Yahoo’s instead (groups.yahoo.com).
Either of these sources will provide you with a pretty
substantial list. Remember, regular search engine listings seem
to apply here so generally you will see the best results towards
the top of the listing.
Dmoz.org is a good place to start:
from their home page, you can browse down to any subject you
want, and you should find at least one mailing list, discussion
forum or message board in the listing.
There are several forums out there on the web that focus on SEO,
and you can learn a lot from all of them, even if some of the
discussions are over your head at first. Even ordinary searchers
can learn a lot from following these discussions, as they tell
you a lot about how search engines work.
Here are some useful forums: WebmasterWorld, Search Engine Watch
Forums, ThreadWatch, Best Practices Search Engine Forums,
cre8asite forums and the High Rankings Forum. Check them out.
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