8 free ebooks to read to improve your SEO

Search Engine Optimization gathers a wide field of knowledge that need to be maintained. Actually, search engine updates occur several times a year and that’s why facts you took for granted can evolve with time. It exists many free ebooks to stay up to date with SEO but not all of them are equal. Also, if you are a beginner, it can sometimes be uncomfortable to know which content you should study. If you need qualitative support you should take a look at ebooks. They are often quite complete, more informative than a simple blog posts and offer in-depth knowledges. It exists many resources over the Internet but not all of them are free or deserve an attention. Our selection of 8 free ebooks will for sure deliver some basics knowledges in SEO but also more advanced ones.

The indispensible free ebooks

1# Moz-The-Beginners-Guide-To-SEO by Moz

Details: 52 pages – 2015 – PDF

This ebook is the perfect one for every person who desire to start learning the founding principles of SEO. This ebook is split between 10 chapters:

This resource stresses out all the basics you should know about SEO.

2# 17 SEO miths you should left behind in 2015 by Hubspot

Details: 25 pages – 2015 – PDF

SEO is constantly evolving. Something that was true in 2013 can still be but some points can have changed. With Panda, Penguin, Pigeon and the others updates, something you can read on the top search engines results can be outdated and wrong. This ebook presents 17 myths that are still running the Internet and habits that should be abandonned by SEOs. Here is how this ebook is composed:

You however need to fill out some informations before getting access to the document.

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The practicals free ebooks

3# SEO – The Past, Present, and Future by Rebecca Churt

Details: 22 pages – 2014 – PDF

This ebook is a quick overview of the SEO state of play and its history. It also offers tips for the future and points of development. Bonus of this one: the author shares a Keyword Development Worksheet to help you out with your business or website keywords development.

The document is split between 5 chapters:

As the previous one, this guide is available for free in exchange of some professional information.

4# The SEO Survival Guide by Weidert Group

Details: 18 pages – 2014 – PDF

This ebook is pretty qualitative since it draws many fields of the SEO discipline. It thus explains the right way to settle an SEO strategy that correspond to your global marketing goals. But it also focuses on search engines, content creation, public relation and even social media. Actually, this ebook is divided between the following categories:

The website asks for a few informations to dowload the ebook for free.

#5 SEO Tutorial For Beginners 2015 by Hobo

This ebook is directly available on the Hobo website.

That resource is a classic for people starting to work in the SEO industry. It has solid references and is kept up to date every year. Even if for SEO experts this might be too light, it is still a good one to keep in mind for marketers or beginners. The guide is split into the following parts:

The specialized free ebooks

6# How to Create Compelling Content that Ranks Well in Search Engines by Brian Clark


Details: 52 pages – 2014 – PDF

This ebook goes throught content optimization in terms of visitor’s engagement but also in terms of SEO. Even if this guide hasn’t done much effort on its design, it delivers interesting informations about the way you should write for both your readers and search engines.

You must create a free account to get a full access to this content.

#7 Keyword Research: A Real-World Guide by CopyBlogger

Details: 37 pages – 2014 – PDF

Copyblogger is a must when it is about content and SEO. That’s why this ebook is a reference to improve your keywords related knowledges. This guide will help you understand how to research keywords and how to pick the right ones. You need to create a free account to get an access to this resource but I think it worths it.

Here is how the ebook is divided:

8# Free Guide to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for NZ Businesses

Details: 35 pages – 2015 – PDF

This guide provides 17 actionable steps that you can implement on your website right now to optimise it for search engines. This step by step blue print will almost guarentee you better placement for your targeted keywords in search.

To be clear, there are plenty of resources on the Internet to improve your SEO knowledges and skills. Do you think of any others? Let us know in the comments.