seo

[tdm333]

hello i have been seeing a lot of people talking about seo what exactly is seo and how dose seo help your website? I am new to making and running a site i have created a forum with phpbb

[HTMLBasicTutor]

What is SEO? (Search Engine Optimization)

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results as opposed to search engine marketing (SEM) which deals with paid inclusion. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

For techniques to improve the search engine optimization of your site you should read the webmaster guidelines for each search engine and directory.

Yahoo!
Yahoo! Search Content Quality Guidelines

On August 24, 2010 Yahoo! announced their organic search is now fully intergrated with Microsoft.
Yahoo! Transitions Organic Search Back-End to Microsoft Platform

Also follow the Yahoo! Search Blog.

Google
Webmaster Guidelines - Webmaster Tools Help

Just the other day Google updated their ebook Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide! (opens in PDF)

Other Google resources to look at:
YouTube - GoogleWebmasterHelp's Channel


Official Google Webmaster Central Blog

Bing
Bing Webmaster Center Help

They also have their Search Blog - Bing Community

How Does SEO Help Your Site?
By following the guidelines laid out by the major search engines and directory you can help your site appear in the search results when a specific word or phrase is searched for.

There a lot of things included in search engine optimization. Just applying one technique can help but it is a full package deal. There is one 1 solution that is going to get you to the top of the search results.

[AJKpeter.]

Wow, so wide answer, I wish everyone act like you

[claudio]

In the pdf SEO-guide I downloaded from this website, there are examples for each category; but I can't find a complete list and I am sure wikipedia is making confusion between them, as it often does.

AOL.com is a search portal.
Google, Yahoo, MSN (Live.com) and Ask.com are all search engines.
SearchFeed.com is a PPC engine.
DMOZ.org is a directory.
Dogpile.com is a meta search engine.

Those are the examples, where could I find the complete list with the correct division by the different defined categories (search engines- PPC search engines - directories - meta search engines)?

It would be a technically reliable one, not wikipedia one, if possible.

Thank you.
Claudio

[SEOArbiter]

SEO is the process of getting your site ranking raised in the search engines by using on-page and off-page SEO methods. Together, these will get you better rankings.