Special focus on local SEO tools and resources tools and resources
Submit to Major Search Engines
Google – http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
Yahoo – http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request
MSN - http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?
Search Engine/Directory Submission Guides
Google's Advice - http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html
MSN's Advice - Here
Ask Jeeves Editorial Guide - http://sp.ask.com/docs/about/policy.html
Yahoo Advice - http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/ranking/ranking-02.html
Open Directory Advice - http://dmoz.org/add.html
Key Onpage Web Design Elements
Title Tags -
Meta Tags
Alt Image Desription
Headline (H1, H2)
Content Placement
Internal Links
External Links
Keyword Research Tools
DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker - http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/
Google Keyword Sandbox - https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox
Google Suggest -http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool - Overture
Overture View Bid Tool -http://uv.bidtool.overture.com/d/search/tools/bidtool/
Other Free Tools
Xenu (finds broken links and builds a site map) - http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Hub Finder - finds topically relevant links by looking through links pointing at competitors websites - http://www.andyhagans.com/tools/hubfinder/
Paid SEO Tools
Keyword Discovery - http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
Wordtracker - http://www.wordtracker.com
SEO Elite (text link analysis software) - http://www.seoelite.com
Local Keyword Tool - http://www.keywordcombine.com/default.aspx
Local Search Engines
Google Local - http://local.google.com/
Yahoo Local - http://local.yahoo.com
MSN Local - http://local.msn.com/
Ask Jeeves Local - http://local.ask.com
AOL Local - http://localsearch.aol.com/main.adp
Listing Directories
City Search - http://www.citysearch.com
SwithBoard - http://www.switchboard.com
Smart Pages - http://www.smartpages.com/
Super Pages - http://www.superpages.com/
Yellow Pages.com - http://www.yellowpages.com/Index.aspx
Other Notable Directories
Open Directory Project - http://www.dmoz.org
Business.com - http://www.business.com
Uncover the Net - http://www.uncoverthenet.com
GoGuides - http://www.goguides.org
Joe Ant - http://www.joeant.com
Gimpsy - http://www.gimpsy.com
Jayde - http://www.jayde.com
Ruberstamped - http://www.rubberstamped.org
SEO Blogs
TopRank - Lee Odden's Blog
SEO Book - http://www.seobook.com
Thread Watch - http://www.threadwatch.org
Search Engine Blog - http://www.searchengineblog.com
Search Engine Lowdown - http://www.searchenginelowdown.com
SE Roundtable - http://www.seroundtable.com
Traffick - http://www.traffick.com
Battellemedia - http://www.battellemedia.com
Search Engine Watch - http://blog.searchenginewatch.com
SEO Forums
Search Guild - http://www.searchguild.com
Search Engine Watch Forum - http://forums.searchenginewatch.com
SEO Books/Subscrition services
SEO Book - http://www.seobook.com
Planet Ocean - http://www.planetocean.com
High Rankings - http://www.highrankings.com
Search Engine Watch - http://www.searchenginewatch.com
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