SEO BLOG

Some of you might have noticed: SEO 2.0 has ads now. As I did not want to serve you spammy crap like Adsense or Text Link Ads I decided to advertise the Coudal way - only recommend resources or services that you use/d yourself. As my target audience at my SEO 2.0 blog is you, the web savvy webmaster, blogger and social media user I decided to place strictly SEO related ads that will enable any webmaster to do DIY SEO on hers or his own.

For DIY SEO you want to do several aspects of SEO yourself:

Keyword research, Optimize your website (on page SEO), link building, monitor search engine rankings, keep up with current news and developments. Did I forget something?

So I introduce to you the 5 most essential DIY SEO resources you need, please take note that those use affiliate links, so if you buy those products or services you actually support SEO 2.0!

1. The SEO Book by Aaron Wall: When I started doing SEO back in 2004 I did not know there was a SEO Book. When I finally found out, it was too late, I checked it and it is truly a must read for any beginner and intermediate user, but after being a pro for two years I could only admit, this guys knows what he does, as do I. It covers anything from keyword research, on page optimization, directory submission to spectacular link baiting.
2. Advanced SEO Tools by SoloSEO - The SoloSEO tools are a set of web based SEO tools that allow you to optimize and monitor a set of websites over longer time periods. It’s not just about checking PageRank or something. It’s basically a whole webware suite allowing you to check your rankings in the major serahc engines, link building tools such as link partner management and of course keyword research tools that spare you a lot of time and fuss.
3. Professional SEO Software Web CEO: What SoloSEO does as Webware, Web CEO does as Software. Web CEO is even more advanced. I used Web CEO for almost 2 years myself. You can download the free version which allows you to monitor a small number of eywords and offers you some fully functional other tools. Web CEO is, even in the free version, the best SEO software suite out there. I tested Web CEO as ranking checker here.
4. Search Marketing Standard, the only real SEO/SEM magazine out there. I subscribed to Search Marketing Standard even before the first issue was out. It was clear from day one, this magazine will become the global publication for the SEO/SEM industry. Now that I even contributed an article about German SEO to the magazine, I fully can recommend it for any webmaster trying to keep up with major paradigms shifts of search marketing. I read every issue almost completely.
5. Dreamhost green web hosting with preinstalled Wordpress: Dreamhost is not real SEO web hosting you might argue, true, it does not offer “several different Class C IP address” per account. What do you need those for in the first place? To mimic several different websites for Google = gray hat SEO. As I said, I write for the average webmaster or blogger wanting to score better on Google or having more traffic. To do this you need affordable hosting and if you blog, a preinstalled Wordpress. Dreamhost offers both and what’s most notable: It’s green! Dreamhost does not pollute mother earth with CO2. It uses clean energy unlike other hosts. I use Dreamhost for almost a year now for a Wordpress blog that had “too much traffic” prior to this. No problem here. Indeed a good friend of mine and a Wordpress guru offered it to me for free “because I have so much web space and bandwith I can’t use it myself whatsoever. The price 8$.

So all in all, these 5 products and services allow to engage in do-it-yourself SEO and to prosper with your website or blog. DIY SEO is not difficult if you now HTML basics, just try it. It’s what Aaron Wall of SEO Book says: You do not need a SEO consultant unless you are not web savvy at all or you work in a very competitive market. In 70% of the cases DIY SEO will be sufficient I guess.

I needed months and years to gather all that knowledge, you can in a very short time using these resources. I hope the ads are not too annoying or offensive. It took a day to position them in a useful uncluttered manner. That’s my goal: To create additional value for you by advertising those products and services that you might probably need and already look for in the quest for DIY SEO resources.