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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Series
SEO Resources and SEO Discussion Groups
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:
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 jist of it.
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.
5.
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.
6.
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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