Here is a list of useful and trustworthy SEO resources and tools I have prepared...
> SEOmoz.com:
Beginner's Guide to SEO:
http://www.seomoz.org/beginners.php
Search Engine Ranking Factors: http://www.seomoz.org/articles/search-ranking-factors.php
Page Strength Tool:
http://www.seomoz.org/tools/page-strength.php
Social Media Marketing:
http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1341
Best Practices for URLs:
http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1422
Google Algorithm Analysis:
http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1467
Increase Blog Traffic:
http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1347
NEW Website Health Check SEO Tool:
http://www.seobook.com/new-seo-tool-website-health-check-tool
> SEOBook.com:
SEO/SEM glossary:
http://www.seobook.com/glossary/
Search Engine Algorithm Comparison:
http://www.seobook.com/relevancy/
Link Popularity:
http://www.seobook.com/archives/001792.shtml
> Search Engine Tools:
Yahoo Site Explorer:
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
http://www.google.com/intl/en/webmasters/guidelines.html