Do you want to rank your website in the search engine and don’t know how? this SEO resources will help you to get started.

In this article I am going to list some of the high quality SEO resources that I know.

The first in my list is the (1) SEO starter guide from google.com, this is the updated version that was published 2 years go.

The next one in my list is the (2)beginners guide to SEO of SEOMOZ.org. If you are really serious about learning SEO this website must be in your list.

Don’t forget to check their (3) search engine ranking factor surveyed from 72 of the world’s top SEO experts.

SEO is not just about ranking, if you want to learn how to measure your SEO success then (4) SEO benchmark and KPI

by Houmah.com should be in your list. Also known as SEO Dojo community, by joining them you can access a huge valuable SEO resource that is not available out there.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): (5) A beginner’s guide of econsultancy is another resource for you to check out, the SEO guide aims to be the first step in a journey that will see you become a fully-fledged expert in search engine optimisation (SEO)

If you are looking for SEO acronyms and abbreviation (6) SEO glossary of SEObook.com by Aaron Wall is another great SEO resource for you to check. This is the most complete SEO glossaries that you can see out there.

SEO local? Check David Mihm website, he compiled (7) local search ranking factors based in a survey from 34 prominent bloggers and practitioners.

You need to know about link building? According to wiep knoll, there is no 2 links are equally the same, based on his (8) link value factors survey, it includes the opinions of 17 well respected, international SEO and Link Building professionals on nearly 40 factors that possibly influence the value of a link.

Wait there is another one, SEO Video – (9) Reel SEO is a must read for techniques and advice about optimizing web videos for search.

More Resources:

Search Engine Webmaster Guidelines

• My site and Google
• Yahoo Search Content Quality Guidelines
• Bing Webmaster Guidelines

SEO News and Information

• search engine land
• search engine journal
• search engine watch
• web pro news
• bruce clay
• Copyblogger

If you still have questions don’t forget to check SEO Dubai Forum and let me know if you have  favourite SEO resources so I can add it here.

4 more days before GeekFest  5.0 Dubai and we are happy to announce that we will be a part of this sooo Geeky community event. SEO Dubai members Jon Santillan, Dave Fuentes and hopefully Allan Duncan(if he’s not busy building links..:)) will be doing SEO Workshop (search engine optimisation) at the Shelter in Alqouz on June 24,2010 around 8:00ish.

This workshop will break down all the myths and we will give you the knowledge, tools and advice you on how to optimize your personal blog or website.

SEO is so important that when it’s done right, you will get all the targeted traffic that you need – but there are some important steps when implementing SEO. In this SEO workshop we will share with you how to go about doing that and also how to get traffic that converts.

This workshop is only for bloggers, small business owners who want to learn how to make the internet work for them.

What you will learn:

1. Understanding SEO
2. Core Fundamentals of SEO
3. Keywords Research
4. Optimizing your Content
5. Making sure your website is Search Engine Friendly
6. Building links for your website.
7. Tools that you can start using today
8. Measuring your results

I am sure that this will be a fun and exciting ways of sharing and learning for all of us. SEE You There!

About the Event: Geek Fest Dubai  is a social networking event unorganised for geeks, aspiring geeks and people who think that they might have a little geek in them!
Twitter: twitter.com/geekfestdubai
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GeekDubai

Last month Google announced the changing of name from Google Local Business Center to Google Places, aside from that Google also introduce more features:

• Service areas: If you travel to serve customers, you can now show which geographic areas you serve. And if you run a business without a storefront or office location, you can now make your address private.
• A new, simple way to advertise: For just $25 per month, businesses in select cities can make their listings stand out on Google.com and Google Maps with Tags. As of today, we’re rolling out Tags to three new cities — Austin, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. — in addition to ongoing availability in Houston and San Jose, CA. In the coming weeks we’ll also be introducing Tags in Chicago, San Diego, Seattle, Boulder and San Francisco.
• Business photo shoots: In addition to uploading their own photos, businesses in select cities can now request a free photo shoot of the interior of their business which we’ll use to supplement existing photos of businesses on Place Pages. We’ve been experimenting with this over the past few months, and now have created a site for businesses to learn more and express their interest in participating.
• Customized QR codes: From the dashboard page of Google Places, businesses in the U.S. can download a QR code that’s unique to their business, directly from their dashboard page. QR codes can be placed on business cards or other marketing materials, and customers can scan them with certain smartphones to be taken directly to the mobile version of the Place Page for that business.
• Favorite Places: We’re doing a second round of our Favorite Places program, and are mailing window decals to 50,000 businesses around the U.S. These decals include a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone to directly view the mobile Place Page for the business to learn more about their great offerings.

The most exciting is it’s because Google Place also add United Arab Emirates in their list of countries. When Goole local business center launched this service, United Arab Emirates is not included in the list, you can check this link http://bit.ly/glbcenter , a lot of people complaining that UAE is not included in the list of countries.

This is an excellent opportunity for those companies in the UAE who have a website… duh!. If your website is not ranking In your local targeted keyword in page one of SERPS(Search Engine Result Pages), this is now your chance to take advantage of the google places service because a map will show above the organic listing (example below).

Go on and place your business on Google Place now, before everyone else..