SEO Training Course
Online Resources Reference
Guide
SEO Training Kit
Prepared by John Romaine
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1. PURPOSE OF DOCUMENT
This document has been provided as a quick reference sheet of useful online tools and resources. The
listings below are a collection of sites that will help you with your search engine optimisation efforts.
2. MAJOR SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION URLS
GOOGLE
URL www.google.com/addurl
Description
Adding your site directly to Google itself can be highly benefical although not necessary. I would
encourage however that this be done to cover all bases. Google has recently changed the submission of
website addresses, and now force user login, before being able to process the request. This means, that
in order to submit your website s url, you must have an active Google account.
YAHOO
URL http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
Description
The process for submitting your url to Yahoo is typically the same as both Google and Bing. Again, as
with Google, Yahoo forces user login before processing the request, so an active Yahoo account is
required.
BING
URL https://ssl.bing.com/webmaster/submitsitepage.aspx
Description
Bing provides both an anonymous submission as well as an account driven option. The process is very
straightforward  simply enter your websites url, and confirm the captcha code, and the process is
completed. I encourage the submission of all three major search engines.
3. INDEXING AND SITE UPDATE NOTIFICATION TOOLS
IS MY SITE INDEXED
URL http://ismysiteindexed.com/
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Description
Is My Site Indexed is a useful online tool that I use every time I m wanting to quickly index a new website
within Google. This tool is very easy to use. Simply enter in your websites URL then press submit. This
then queries a host of directories that are continually crawling and indexing the web. Typically I can have
newly created sites indexed within just a matter of hours using Is My Site Indexed. For a demonstration
of how this achieved please refer to Module 9, within the training course.
PINGLER
URL http://www.pingler.com/
Description
Pingler is the leading SEO tool on the net that gets your website, blog or affiliate links ranked quickly and
at the highest results in search engines. Its also a great way to notify services of newly created content
on your site.
4. FREELANCING SITES
MICROWORKERS
URL http://www.microworkers.com/
Description
Microworkers is a community based site that offers a unique service compromising of webmasters and
site owners that perform  mini tasks , such as blog commenting, placing backlinks, performing surveys
and more. Microworkers is a fantastic service and one that I use often and highly recommend.
ELANCE
URL http://www.elance.com/
Description
Elance helps businesses hire and manage in the cloud. For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an
hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to qualified professionals who work online and
provides the tools to hire, view work as it progresses and pay for results.
ODESK
URL https://www.odesk.com
Description
oDesk is the marketplace for online workteams, with the best business model for both employers and
contractors. Our unique approach guarantees to employers that an hour billed is an hour worked, while
guaranteeing to contractors that an hour worked is an hour paid.
5. ONLINE PLAGIURISM CHECKING TOOLS
ARTICLE CHECKER
URL http://www.articlechecker.com/
Description
This is definitely one of the more easier plagiarism checkers available online. I often use this tool to
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check any and all work submitted by writers that I may have hired to ensure they havent simply copied
content from the web. Its important that you check all work handed over before you publish it to your own
site. This is an online tool I highly recommend.
PLAGIARISM CHECKER
URL http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/
Description
This is another great service that checks for copied content. This one works very similar to article
checker above, but lets you search directly within the search engines. This is another plagiarism check
that I would recommend if article checker is down or unavailable.
6. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION TOOLS
SEO BOOK
URL http://tools.seobook.com/
Description
This is quite possibly the best collection of online tools available. Rather than list each tool individually, I
thought I would share this link as its own entry. Be sure to check out this great list of resources from
SEOBook. One of the most reputable SEO websites on the net today.
SEO BOOK
URL http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/
Description
Here s another great resource available from the guys at SEOChat. Much like SEOBook, this page lists
numerous tools that are very useful.
7. LINK BUILDING SERVICES
LINKVANA
URL http://www.linkvana.com
Description
Linkvana is a system that will improve the ranking of your websites in the search engines. It's a network
of over 1,200 high Page rank websites that are themed to different topics. With a Linkvana membership,
you can make posts to these sites, which will increase the number of backlinks to your website. When
Google sees this, they see your site as more authoritative and increase your rank.
SEO LINK VINE
URL http://www.seolinkvine.com/
Description
Another link building service is one that I havent used myself, but again, have heard very good reviews
about. Its called SEO Linkvine, and just like Build My Rank and Linkvana, they provide a link building
service based on a large network of privately owned blogs.
8. PRESS RELEASE WEBSITES
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PRWEB
URL http://www.prweb.com/
Description
PRWeb press releases give you everything you need to get attention, improve search engine rankings,
and drive more business to your door. You create an announcement about your organization. We send it
across the Web and around the world.
WEB WIRE
URL http://www.webwire.com/
Description
WebWire distributes your business, organizational and personal news releases and press releases on
and over the Internet. Our unique online service distributes news releases directly to Internet readers
and is an integral part of Search Engine Inclusion and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We also
deliver press releases directly to targeted media (reporters, registered media as well as trade
publications) and media-only wire services (accessed by leading print, broadcast and online
publications) powered by our unique partnership with PR Newswire.
9. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES (WEB 2.0)
SQUIDOO
URL http://www.squidoo.com
Description
Squidoo believe that original, handcrafted, written-and-loved-and-tended-by-you content is not only the
most enjoyable to write, but also the most useful for readers to discover, and the most likely to get
shared with other people.
WORDPRESS
URL http://wordpress.com
Description
WordPress.com lets you easily create your own blog, and write about the things that interest you. It is a
blogging community managed by makers of the open source WordPress software. WordPress.com
blogs are free with the option of adding upgrades such as personalized domain names, custom CSS,
video storage, and more.
HUBPAGES
URL http://hubpages.com
Description
HubPages has easy-to-use publishing tools, a vibrant author community and underlying revenue-
maximizing infrastructure. Its also a great way to promote yourself as an expert in your field.
BLOGGER
URL http://www.blogger.com
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Description
Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It
was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003.
10. DOCUMENT SHARING WEBSITES
DOCSTOC
URL http://www.docstoc.com
Description
DocStoc is a document sharing platform and social networking community for professionals. It currently
hosts over 12,000 legal, business, and other professional documents that can be searched, previewed,
and downloaded for free.
SCRIBD
URL http://www.scribd.com
Description
Scribd is very similar to DocStoc, except that it s targeted more toward individual users. Scribd claims
that it s the largest document sharing community with over 17 million people per month viewing
documents.
GOOGLE DOCS
URL http://docs.google.com
Description
Google Docs allows users to share and collaborate around documents. From a document reuse
perspective, the Google Docs Templates is of most interest here since it makes hundreds of different
templates available for download. These templates were created by Google and others in business
community.
MICROSOFT OFFICE ONLINE
URL http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx
Description
Microsoft Office Online contains hundreds of reusable templates available for download. The site allows
users to submit self-created templates and to share with others.
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