Every so often an experienced SEO in our SEO Chat forums makes a post with the goal of answering most of the concerns of those who are new to search engine optimization. Since newbies often ask the same kinds of questions this gives them one thread to turn to and saves time and space. Here s the lowdown from the most recent version of this thread...

Some SEOs choose to specialize in particular fields. Ronald Herskowitz focuses on the eyes -- literally. In this interview you ll find that even the specialists learn plenty of tricks that can be generalized to many different kinds of web sites...

If you plan to start a new website commercially or enter a new business niche you d best be prepared to do some research. It s one thing to build a hobby site as a labor of love but if you want to make some money and aren t familiar with the competition you might as well be going into battle blindfolded. So how do you get started ...