What is the best practical SEO book?

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Can anyone recommend a good hard-copy book for the SEO beginner?

[Pascal Perry]

Steve,

When someone asks me for a good book for beginners, I always recommend "Google SEO Starter Guide" at http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/se...guide.pdf.

Why?

1) Because it tells you all you need to know about SEO in 32 pages only.
2) Because it's coming from... Google itself.
3) Because it's entirely FREE.

Another excellent, community-acclaimed reading for beginners is Aaron Wall's 160-page "SEO Book" at http://www.seobook.com It's co-authored by 4 highly respected SEO experts, so it's not an individual point of view but an interesting collective work.

Now, if you're like me and really want a hard-copy book to buy, go for the recent "The Art of SEO" at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596518...0596518862

—Pascal Perry
Online Findability and SEO Strategist
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[Jasmine Sanderson]

seobook.com and google webmaster guide is best books for learning beginning level SEO.