tedster - 12:08 am on Aug 21, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hello Amanda, and welcome to the forums.

Here's a very good thread for learning about the way WebmasterWorld works:
Welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com]

SEO is a very big topic - in many ways all of WebmasterWorld discusses SEO. You can get a good start by studying in these categories:

Google SEO [webmasterworld.com]
Link Development [webmasterworld.com]
Keyword Discussion [webmasterworld.com]