I want to learn about SEO

[Saturnin]

Originally Posted by Jim

I have often looked at this "book" but have not purchased it.
http://www.seobook.com/

I got it, and it's been great for boosting traffic. The book was enough to give me an idea of how and why I was getting certain kinds of traffic and not others. Still have to take things further, though, and really monitor statistics and what's happening in the general SEO world.

[Linkster]

I agree that most of what you read out in the forums and E books is either outdated or something you should take with a grain of salt (opinions and general consensus conclusions do not write algorithms) - there are two links I can provide that will give you the most up to date and accurate information out there:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ - written by an engineer at Google who is the head of their webspam team and has the occasional interviews posted in video format that answer a lot of questions

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ - official answers to questions about Googles search and has some links to some of their group discussions