For starters, SEO is search engine optimization. This is a technical process that webmasters perform on the web pages of an entire website to gain online traffic. The most basic foundational technique starts with Meta tags, having the correct Meta tags in the correct parts of the HTML of a web page.

Once a website has been successfully optimized, it needs to be submitted to search engines or search directories for indexing. There are various types of search engines and search directories. They are general, others can be vertical. Actually, there are so many types of search engines on the web today. See the link below for a full list of search engines. On the financial side, some search engines and directories are generally free; some are free with a reciprocal link exchange and for the rest there is a fee for inclusion.

SEO service involves a lot of work. If you have an important image for your online business or just want a successful online business, you may want to consider setting up a team to help you run your online business particularly in this area. The work related to search engine optimization is an ongoing process. For example, you need to do proper link building, update your web pages on a regular basis, write a blog and keep an eye on changes in the competition and much more. Here are some free online resources to help you with your efforts (they may apply for a fee in the future):
To check how your website is doing on Google and also your website statistics, go to Google.com under the business solutions link. Website statistics are very important in SEO; Statistical software programs can be very expensive. Google Analytics is an excellent free tool for website owners and webmasters.

For a quick page rank check, visit the link below. The page rank of your website is very important, it helps a lot in search ranking which leads to more quality web traffic for your important keywords. According to sources, the page rank is updated three to four times a year. The guess is that the next page ranking will be between the end of July and the first week of August 2010. You really don’t want to miss that, all your hard work has to pay off!

Get the basics of SEO, sign up, consider some of these important resources or tools, and see some success in your online business.

Search engine list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines

page rank checker
http://www.prchecker.info/