If you want to learn SEO and online marketing, you do not have to spend any money. Sure, there are great books and membership sites you can pay for. However, if you are just starting out in the SEO industry, there are many great places to find free information.

Forums are an excellent place to increase your knowledge about SEO and internet marketing. I spend a lot of time participating at Digital Point Forums. With over 20,000 active members, Digital Point has experienced webmasters who can help you on your SEO journey. Also, you can browse over 3 million posts. Use the search bar to filter this massive information.

Another great forum is Net Business Talk. Net Business Talk has topics like internet business and e-commerce. My favorite web page on Net Business Talk is their internet marketing news feeds page. This page keeps you updated with the latest content from 6 of the best internet marketing sites.

SEO blogs are a great place to learn more about SEO. Two of the most authoritative SEO blogs are SEO Book and SEO Moz. I like these two blogs because the bloggers, Aaron Wall at SEO Book and Rand Fishkin and his staff at SEO Moz, have a lot of practical SEO experience. Also, both blogs are updated often, so you can expect to learn something new every week. To keep up with the blog updates, subscribe to the respective RSS feeds.

There are also blogs about internet marketing. Two good ones are Click Newz and V7N. These two blogs are good places to keep up with the latest internet marketing news and information. Also, Jim Boykin's blog is an excellent place to learn about link building.

If you frequent the forums and blogs I've listed for a couple of weeks, you will quickly gain knowledge and skill in the SEO industry.