Search Engine Optimization for Dummies

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Summary: After SEO
Review: my web site was in the 13th page of google results under specific key phrase, and after I followed the advices in that book, my website now in the 30th page!

book writer does not know how google work!

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Summary: Great Book and a Responsive Author
Review: Peter Kent's Search Engine Optimization for Dummies is an indispensable resource for any web entrepreneur or web developer. The book starts out by providing an overview of how search engines work, laying the necessary foundation for the later parts of the book which guide the reader through topics such as the selection of keywords, the optimization of pages, strategies for acquiring high quality content and suggestions for managing effective link campaigns. You might observe that many books in this area cover each of these topics.....and you would be correct. However, Peter's book not only surpasses other books that I considered in terms of the quality of the content, but he manages to convey the information in such a manner that you actually want to continue reading-quite an achievement for a potentially dull topic. Lastly-and this was perhaps the most impressive aspect of this book-I wrote Peter with a specific question regarding an intricacy of one of the strategies he suggested-and he personally replied within 24 hours with an informative, concise response. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Search Engine Optimization for Dummies
Review: Search Engine Optimization for Dummies is surely the best text of its kind! It is a very useful book that has proven to be extraordinarily helpful to a business promoting its first website. Comprehensive and detailed, it discusses all relevant considerations and is written so that one who is ignorant of its subject can gain a through understanding. Peter Kent has taken the mystery out of site promotion. Don't hesitate to buy it.

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Summary: Well organized and practical
Review: This book was extremely helpful in that it focused on a systematic and easy to follow approach to understanding how to improve you site's visibility on the web. I've read other books and other resources on the web on this topic and was often left more confused than before I started. This book has helped me to understand the search landscape and how to spend my time wisely in improving teh positioning of the sites I develop.

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Summary: Decent starter book
Review: This book, as its title suggests, is a very basic overview of search engine marketing. It will give you the knowledge you need to read more detailed books on the subject.

The one thing I did not like about this book is that it seems as though the writer wrote it so that you could literally read chapter 4 without having to have read the previous chapters. It actually repeats entire sections.

It's decent if your looking for basic.

Leanne
http://www.CustomVinylGraphics.com

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Summary: A Wealth of Information
Review: This is a great book. Although I had done some good research on the subject over the last couple of years this book taught me a lot.

SEO is very dynamic subject and the author did a great job explaining the ins and outs of it.

The only complaint I had was that the author kept promoting a tool that can be downloaded for "free" from Alexa. This tool (Alexa Toolbar) has been a known source for adware and spyware for some time now. Needless to say I did not download this tool.

I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about search engine optimization.