Product Description

If you have a business, you want your Web site to show up quickly when people search for what you’re selling. Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies has the whole story on how to build a site that works, position and promote it, track and understand your search results, and use keywords effectively. And it includes a $25 credit on Google AdWords, to get you off to a good start!

Ten handy minibooks cover how search engines work, keyword strategy, competitive positioning, SEO Web design, content creation, linking, optimizing the foundations, analyzing results, international SEO, and search marketing. You’ll even learn some geeky things like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, or how to match metatags and keywords to page content.

• Book I explores how search engines work and which ones offer the best exposure
• Learn to develop a keyword strategy and be competitive with Books II and III
• Book IV helps you design an SEO-friendly site, while in Book V you learn to create content that lures your audience
• Tips in Book VI show how to line up relevant links for a better search showing
• Book VII shows how to get more from your server and content management system
• Discover how to measure your site’s success in Book VIII
• Book IX helps you globalize your success by marketing in Asia, Europe, and Latin America
• Use SEO and Book X tips to build your brand

With all this information and a Google AdWords gift card worth $25, Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies has what you need to make your site a hit with search engines.

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Product Details

Publisher	For Dummies
ISBN	0470379731
Features	ISBN13: 9780470379738 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Paperback
Author	Bruce Clay,Susan Esparza
EAN	9780470379738
Label	For Dummies
Dewey Decimal Number	338
Studio	For Dummies
Number Of Pages	768
Title	Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies
Publication Date	2009-04-27
Manufacturer	For Dummies

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Customer Reviews

Small stuff

Review by A CPA, 2010-07-06

I have a small 150 page web site for a small CPA firm. The book has a lot of good information and is well written, but they mention free tools which install right on the browser. Trouble is, the tools aren't free. I found some tools on MicroSoft's web site that are free that give me what I need for my site. I've been doing my site and SEO since 1995. I loved his web site and the book.

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Buying This Book = My Worst SEO Mistake Ever!

Review by Jeffrey L. Morelock, 2010-03-18

Buying this book was the worst SEO mistake I've ever made. I could not wait for it to arrive because I had my private investigation agency site in the following positions on google.

I had # 1 for one keyword, I was at the bottom of page 1 for two other keywords, 2nd from the bottom of page one for two more, # 2, on another and # 4 on the last that I cared about.

The book seemed just what I expected and I was looking forward to being number 1. After all, I managed to get the ranking I did from free SEO mini-couses. I couldn't imagine what the info in a $50 book would do for me.

Well after the correction were made and uploaded, here's the results...

I have COMPLETELY disappeared for EVERY keyword search result position listed above. The book was not a total waste of money though, the temp down here in Florida dropped into the 30s and I have an outdoor fireplace I hadn't used all year. My mistake was to trust this book so much, I did not save the pages that got me the good positions.

I have a huge book collection and I felt a little bad burining a book even one as evil as this one - I promise it will be the only book I ever burn - really.

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Ten Books in One But Lacks Clarity

Review by Jason L. Mcdonald, 2010-03-10

Bruce Clay is one of the gurus of Search Engine Optimization, so I was very eager to read this SEO book. I teach SEO in San Francisco and also online at [...], and am always looking to the SEO leaders like Bruce Clay to learn.

The good - the book does have a lot of useful information. It is especially strong on the technical aspects of SEO, such as how fast your server responds to Google queries. This is a relatively new emphasis in SEO and one that many beginners are not yet aware of. His concept of siloing - putting like items into like directories is also a very good way to conceptualize how you should organize your website.

But, like so many SEO books, the book suffers from esoterica fatigue. Too much information, too many details, and not enough clear "big picture" guidelines into what should be done when. As I have learned from my own SEO students, they often need a simple step-by-step guide to SEO, and need to prioritize their efforts. Yes, your server response speed is important, but getting your home page TITLE tag correct is even more so.

I would recommend this book for experts and advanced SEO people. For beginners, Peter Kent's SEO book is a better bet.

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SEO Optimization

Review by R. N. Donovan, 2009-10-11

Excellent. Includes lots of solid information I haven't found elsewhere. I plan to spend lots of time implementing his suggestions on my very large (1000+ page) web site.

The author wrote this book in part to promote his subscription-based SEO tools. That's OK, but the reader needs to take into account that the author has an agenda other than writing a helpful book.

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This Book Will Prompt You to Get Busy!

Review by Sparkle, 2009-09-30

I am new to SEO. I am studying up for my career as well as for our family business. As a beginner, I am pleased to say I felt like it was written in a way that was easy to grasp, which I did not expect. I read most of it with my computer right next to me so I could check out our own website and those of our competitors. It's almost like a checklist with more meat to make sure you do the most you can to be near the top of the list when someone searches for your offering. It is a big, thick book with a lot of information. I should have read up on SEO sooner.

I would recommend this for any business owner currently with or considering a web presence. (I know I would have done things differently had I read this book before getting our site designed.) Also, marketing, sales or customer services execs. may find this handy as they look to increase sales / revenue and/or the ability for their customers to find their product or service easily on the web.

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