Introduction on How to Use the EverSQL MySQL Query Optimizer Tool for Free - 3 minutes - Lately in PHP Podcast Episode 93 Part 4) By Manuel Lemos) When you want to optimize SQL queries to optimize an application that uses MySQL, you can use "manual" methods. These methods require good SQL query optimization knowledge. If you need to optimize many SQL queries, doing it "manually" may also take time. One way to optimize SQL queries without requiring you to learn so much about optimization is to use a SQL query optimization tool. Optimization tools also take you much less time to optimize many queries than if you try manually. Read this article, watch a 3-minute video, or listen to part 4 of episode 93 of the Lately in PHP podcast to learn how to use a free tool to optimize MySQL SQL queries without much knowledge and faster than if you try to do it manually.)