I am a budding seo guy here. I want to know whether to master SEO is there any place online which teaches from basics to advanced step by step. Is there any ebook (probably free) to learn seo, kindly suggest. I am very much into SEO and very keen to learn it and master it.

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i really appreciate your interest in learning seo. seo is really an interesting field to work with fun. i enjoyed my work a lot. here i can give you some of the tutorials where you can learn seo easily and can gain good knowledge.

SEO Tutorials:

1.http://seo-tutorial.seoadministrator.com/

2.http://www.webconfs.com/seo-tutorial/

3.http://www.measuring-up.com/seo-tuto...-tutorial.html

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The best thing to do is to read the wikipedia for the basic concepts and blogs of expert web-masters for the implementation.The best way to understand SEO is to practice it.Keep discussing about it in forums.You will be guided.

yeah right. you never learn it if you dont try it.

I met someone on a forum who wanted some help with a moderator. So I became a moderator for them, then they taught me SEO and a lot of other useful things ... HJT .htaccess ... so on and so forth.

But for someone who didn't get that opportunity, this is a great way to learn, I'm gonna check these out later today.

online articles and tutorials are good sources of SEO tips and techniques cause the information are up-to-date and you'll never be left behind. BTW here's my resources:
seomoz.org/articles
doshdosh.com

You can try this link for your training..

seo-tutorial.seoadministrator.com

staying at SEO forums like this one is also another way of learning SEO strategies

The SEO is really a knowledge nowadays and it needs time before you can have a bright idea of the most topics and techniques but the web forums and the discussion boards offer a wealth of knowledge in this regard and it is recommended to read as much as you can.