SEO Resources

Part reason for starting this blog was to learn how to do SEO properly.

I still suck at it, but in this post, I collect tools and resources I find useful.

My most used links

• Google Search Console: https://search.google.com/search-console
• Plausible.io privacy friendly analytics: https://plausible.io
• Ahrefs dashboard: https://app.ahrefs.com/dashboard
• Cloudflare Dashboard: https://dash.cloudflare.com

Cheatsheets

• Markdown cheatsheet (for content): https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/

Keyword research tools

• Ahrefs: https://ahrefs.com
• Spyfu: https://www.spyfu.com
• Semrush: https://semrush.com
• Keywords Everywhere (chrome extension): https://keywordseverywhere.com
• VidIQ (youtube): https://vidiq.com

Page quality check tools

• Lighthouse extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lighthouse/blipmdconlkpinefehnmjammfjpmpbjk

Resources

• Ahrefs blog: https://ahrefs.com/blog
• Semrush blog: https://www.semrush.com/blog/
• Google on Ranking and search appearance: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance
• SearchEngineJournal SEO Ebooks (visible after you subscribe to newsletter): https://www.searchenginejournal.com/newsletter-confirmation/

Concepts

• EEAT: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-e-e-a-t-how-to-demonstrate-first-hand-experience/474446/
• YMYL vs non-YMYL: https://www.theblogsmith.com/blog/google-quality-rater-guidelines

Random bookmarks

• https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/rigorous-testing/
• https://www.theblogsmith.com/blog/google-quality-rater-guidelines
• https://x.com/thepatwalls/status/1730037463484080496
• Google recrawl: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/ask-google-to-recrawl
• Google Mar 2024 core update: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/03/core-update-spam-policies
• Semrush on internal links: https://www.semrush.com/blog/internal-links/