Resources

Downloadable Resources

• A Guide to Planning Your Website (PDF)
• A Guide to Approaching Web Designers (PDF)
• Top Tips for Search Engine Optimisation (PDF)
  

Use these links to help determine your inbound links (ie. how many websites are linked back to your website)

• http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch?p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u
  (you need to copy this into your browser and replace domain.com with your web address)
• Go to www.google.co.uk and type in link:www.yourdomain.co.uk
• Go to http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/link-popularity/ (follow the instructions given)

Submit your website address (URL) for free to:
[Make sure any website you submit your website address to is relevant and trustworthy]

• http://www.google.co.uk/addurl (Google)
• http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2 (MSN)
• http://uk.search.yahoo.com/freesubmit/submit (Yahoo - requires registration)
• http://www.dmoz.org/add.html (DMOZ Open Directory)
• http://www.splut.com/cgibin/suggest.cgi?type=site&level=000 (Splut)
• http://www.thomsondirectories.co.uk/contact/listed.asp (Thomson Directories)
• http://www.local.co.uk/Advertise.htm (Local.co.uk)
• http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/ (UK Small Business Directory)
• http://www.inbeverley.co.uk/findit.php (Beverley Directory Service)

A quick and easy search tool to see your website rankings for specific search terms and phrases

• http://www.bruceclay.com/searchhub.htm (follow the instructions given)

A keyword traffic tool to see activity for specific search terms and phrases

• http://www.seotoolset.com/cgi-bin/checktraffic.cgi (follow the instructions given)
• http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/ (follow the instructions given)