Newbies!

 

Now remember, newbies, this is not the end-all, be-all of your SEO journey. It will take much, much more reading, experimenting, and practicing before you gain all the knowledge you need (and in fact, that is a never-ending process), but this should definitely jumpstart the learning curve for you.

Articles:

http://www.asphosts.com.ar/report.asp?ID=23
Link Popularity article

http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
Google Advanced Search Operators

Tools:

http://www.mcdar.net/dance/index.php
Google Datacenter Watch

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/
Search Engine Keyword Tracker & Keyword Ranking Tool

http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/
A Bunch of Free tools

http://www.googlerankings.com/
Check your Google position (up to 1000)

http://www.ranks.nl/tools/spider.html
Keyword Density Analyzer

http://www.wordtracker.com/
WordTracker Keyword Tool

http://www.adamswebpage.com/keyword_lookup/
Overture Keyword Lookup

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
Keyword Suggestion Tool - WordTracker and Overture combined



If you know of any other online resources that I've not included here please e-mail me and we'll see if we can put 'em up.