Search Engine Tutorials:
PANDECTA'S LIST OF SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TUTORIALS

List of Search Engine Optimization Tutorials

The Art of Business Web Site Promotion
By Jim Rhodes
http://deadlock.com/promote/?1482
The original. Way back in 1997, I stumbled onto this tutorial by search engine guru, Jim Rhodes. It is still among the best. This is a good place to start if you are new to search engine optimization.

Lookoff Web Site Promotion Tutorial
http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/promotion.html
Look at the "Mistakes webmasters make" section about halfway down the page.

Webreference.com
http://www.webreference.com/dlab/books/html-pre/43-2-1.html
This site has a massive tutorial for webmasters. The link takes you directly to the chapter on search engines.

A Quick Guide to Search Engine Positioning
By Danny Sofer
http://www.sofer.com/research/searchmain.html
How to improve the position of your site on the major search engines, without it taking over your life.

SearchEngines.com
http://www.searchengines.com/
A good tutorial that does not forget to cover the basics.

The Table Trick
http://homepage.altavista.com/list01/files/
For your site to be ranked high, it's important that your site content should precede your menu. You can either move your menu to the bottom or the right hand side of the page - like we did - or you can use the trick in this tutorial.

This list of search engine optimization tutorials is not maintained. For an updated list of search engine optimization tutorials, please refer to the Search Engine Yearbook (see details below).

If you haven't already, get yourself a copy of the Search Engine Yearbook. It is arguably the most complete reference book on search engines available. Click here to see the complete Table of Contents.