Understanding Search Engine Optimization

Writing by Nick Stamoulis Tweet

Earlier this week I wrote a post titled Search Engine Optimization: Understand The Terminology where I referred reader on to an excellent glossary of terms related to search engine optimization. In the post I wrote about understanding the concept of search engine optimization.

Nick La of Web Designer Wall has a great post, SEO Guide for Designers, which looks at search engine optimization and web design. However, don’t be fooled by the title. The post is a great introduction into the world of search engine optimization. In fact, rather than repeat his post, I will just nick his paragraph headings and you can head on over and read at your leisure.

• Why Should You Learn About SEO?
• The Basics: How Search Engines Work?
• Your Job As a Search Engine Optimizer
• Top 9 SEO Mistakes Made by Designers and Developers
• General SEO Do’s and Don’ts
• Search Result Position
• Resources to Help You Go Farther

It is a long post however when it comes to learning some of the basics of search engine optimization, it provides a good coverage including links to authority sites with more in depth information.

One of the things I like about Nick’s post is the easy to understand language he uses – it is not full of unnecessary search engine optimization jargon. A great post for search engine optimization newbies looking for a weekend read.