Resources

We have created and found material that may interest you if you are redesigning your website or would like to learn more about search engine optimization (SEO). We try to add more information as we become aware of it, so check back periodically for additional materials.

In addition to the resources below, we have created a list of organizations in the Puget Sound area that may be of interest to small business.

Articles and White Papers

When to Incorporate SEO
Find out how timing can affect your SEO efforts. When planning a new site, involve SEO early on to maximize efficiency.

Ten Tips for a Better Website
Learn techniques for improving the effectiveness of your website, both from a user's perspective as well as that of an SEO professional.

Which Search Engine is Best?
What search engine is the best for finding the information you need or reaching potential customers?

Tools

Keyword Suggestion Tools
Learn what search terms people actually use and how competitive they are for SEO and PPC advertising.

HTTP Header Viewer
The HTTP header provides some great insight into how browser software sees your web content.

Search Engine Position Tool
Register and track site rankings for various keywords.

Keyword Competitiveness Estimator
See how competitive particular search terms are.

JimWorld Webmasters' Ultimate Toolkit
One of the best web toolkits you'll find anywhere.

Comparison Engine
Enter a query and see what pages are ranked where on multiple search engines.

Copyscape
Think someone is stealing your hard writing work? This tool can help you find out.

Web Design Resources and Articles

• useit.com - Website of Jakob Nielsen, usability guru
• Personalised websites are driving customers away - Paul Festa
• Seven tricks that Web users don't know - Carolyn Snyder
• Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters - Mark Nottingham
• Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification - W3C.org

Search Articles

• Search the Web More Efficiently by Daniel Bazac
• The Google Pagerank Algorithm and How It Works by Ian Rogers
• Why Is Quality Search Engine Optimization So Expensive? by Michael Pedone
• False Oracles: Consumer Reaction to Learning the Truth About How Search Engines Work by Leslie Marable
• The Top 5 SEO Myths by Jennifer Laycock
• More SEO Myths by Jennifer Laycock

Forums

• Search Engine Watch
• High Rankings Forum

General Online Marketing Articles

• E-Mail Marketing: A Weekly Perspective from eMarketing

Just for Fun

• Wikipedia - A free online encyclopedia created by and for web surfers.

Other

• Larry Swanson may well be the best massage therapist in Seattle.
• SeaTab.com provides excellent hosted enterprise business intelligence tools.
• Looking for a Seattle Realtor, take a look at Scott Price Homes. For Seattle waterfront real estate, go to Waterhavens.com.
• If you're looking for Bellingham Real Estate, look no further than Johnson Team Real Estate.
• Tiger Mountain Gear provides mosquito-bite-preventing clothing.
• JTechSoftworks provides excellent project management software for the Mac.
• Looking for a Seattle business attorney? Check out www.bronskilaw.com. Also learn more about trademarks.
• Seattle Gay Counseling.
• Bodywork U Continuing Education Classes

Please contact us if there are particular resources that you would like to see added.