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SEO Foundations (2018)

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Overview

Explore the concepts of search engine optimization (SEO). Learn the strategy behind great SEO including keyword planning, link building and SEO for ecommerce, and mobile audiences.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Leveraging the power of search to accomplish your business goals
1. Overview of SEO
  • What is search engine optimization (SEO)?
  • Reading search engine result pages
  • Setting SEO expectations
  • How SEO affects your business
2. Keywords: The Foundation of SEO
  • Why you need a keyword-research plan
  • How to research keywords
  • Tools to help you analyze keywords
  • Understanding keyword attributes
  • Understanding keyword distribution
  • Ongoing keyword evaluation
3. Content Optimization: How Search Engines and People View Web Pages
  • Understanding content optimization
  • Optimizing site structure
  • Optimizing textual page elements
  • Optimizing nontext components of a webpage
  • Optimizing for personalized search
4. Content Optimization: Technical SEO
  • Interpreting the code behind webpages
  • Understanding how search engines index content
  • Working with canonical URLs and redirects
  • Leveraging microformats
  • Working with server-side factors
  • Using Google Search Console
5. Long-Term Content Planning
  • Overview of long-term content strategies
  • Plan a successful content strategy and avoid common mistakes
  • Understanding different types of content
  • Getting ideas for content
  • Working with an editorial calendar
  • Promote your content with social media
  • Measuring content performance
6. Link-Building Strategies
  • Understanding the importance of links
  • Building internal links
  • Building external links
  • Finding link-building opportunities
7. Measuring SEO Effectiveness
  • Measuring SEO performance
  • Analyzing keywords
  • Analyzing links
8. Ecommerce: Local and Mobile SEO Considerations
  • Understanding SEO and ecommerce
  • Understanding local SEO
  • Understanding mobile SEO
Conclusion
  • Determining your next steps

Taught by

David Booth

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