SEO Foundations
1h 41mBeginner2024-08-15
Authors

David Booth
Consultant, Instructor, Founding Partner of Cardinal Path
Course details
Modern consumers navigate the world through search. From laptops, smartphones, tablets, and more, they search the wild and wondrous internet for the products and services they need. By mastering and leveraging the fundamentals of search engine optimization (SEO), you can ensure that your business pops up in these all-important search results. Join instructor David Booth as he covers how to make improvements that boost your website's visibility on search engines, attracting the right kind of traffic to the right pages on your site.
Explore the basics of SEO, including how to read a results page and see how rankings affect businesses large and small. Discover how to implement foundational optimization strategies and techniques, including how to conduct keyword research, build internal and external links, optimize your pages and content, measure your successes and progress, and plan for a long-term SEO strategy. Additionally, learn specific SEO tips for ecommerce, local search, and mobile audiences to expand your reach.
Explore the basics of SEO, including how to read a results page and see how rankings affect businesses large and small. Discover how to implement foundational optimization strategies and techniques, including how to conduct keyword research, build internal and external links, optimize your pages and content, measure your successes and progress, and plan for a long-term SEO strategy. Additionally, learn specific SEO tips for ecommerce, local search, and mobile audiences to expand your reach.
Skills covered
Google AnalyticsSearch Engine Marketing (SEM)Search Engine Optimization (SEO)GoogleFoundationsMarketing
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Leveraging search to accomplish your business goals
1. Overview of SEO
- 02 - What is search engine optimization
- 03 - Reading search engine result pages
- 04 - How SEO affects your business
2. Keywords - The Foundation of SEO
- 05 - Planning and researching your SEO keywords
- 06 - Analyzing SEO keywords and leveraging keyword attributes
- 07 - Mapping SEO keyword distribution and continually evaluating
3. Content Optimization for SEO - How Search Engines and People View Webpages
- 08 - Outlining content optimization
- 09 - Optimizing site structure
- 10 - Optimizing on-page elements
4. Content Optimization - Technical SEO
- 11 - Interpreting the code behind webpages for SEO
- 12 - Outlining how search engines index content
- 13 - Working with canonical URLs and redirects - Technical SEO
- 14 - Leveraging structured data - Technical SEO
- 15 - Using Google Search Console for SEO
- 16 - Using the Google Page Experience signal and Core Web Vitals
- 17 - Planning content over the long term
5. Links, Measurement, and AI for SEO
- 18 - Outlining the importance of links for SEO
- 19 - Building links for SEO
- 20 - Measuring SEO performance
- 21 - Analyzing keywords and links
- 22 - AI for discovery
- 23 - SEO measurement and AI
Conclusion
- 24 - Using your SEO foundational knowledge
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