What's a good place for a copywriter to start researching the more technical aspects of SEO?

[nxmassa]

I've been working as a copywriter for about a year and a half now and I feel like the more advanced SEO topics (rel= tags, .htaccess files, etc) are a bit over my head. Is there a website where I can read up on all of these things?

I have a basic understanding of them but I couldn't talk about them for very long, and I want to become more well rounded as a search marketer.

Thanks!!

[USHoleInOne]

I found a pretty basic SEO book called SEO secrets by Danny Dover. Gives you basic ideas and terminology. Sometimes it is nice to read a book. Old school but I still like reading my newspaper that has been printed.

[nxmassa]

What is this ...book...that you speak of? Just kidding, I'll check that out. Thanks for the tip!

[SEOPA]

I hear there is a cool site with a bunch of great SEO resources. It's called SEOmoz.

[mjtaylor]

Have you exhausted the Q&As here on the topic? And the whiteboards, etc.? SEOMoz is really full of a lot of excellent information on all aspects of SEO. I am not familiar with the book Brett recommended, but looking at the index and browsing it (in Amazon's search tool) it looks as though it would answer well for things like using the rel canonical tag, etc.

I also think you would do well to google the topics that interest you and scan the tutorials that pop up. You will find that some writers will speak more clearly to you than others.

For example, I think this site on .htaccess http://www.htaccess-guide.com/ is a great place to start ... but you will find many other sites and another may be more suited to your learning style.

I also recommend you read and follow the blogs of some of the more advanced SEOs. Personally I like to see what Mike Martinez has to say. http://www.seo-theory.com/ and http://seo.xenite.org ...

[nxmassa]

This is great, thanks everyone! I've read a lot of SEOMoz, but focused mostly on content-related information. Guess I'll have to get serious and get back into it