SEOSelf-pacedBeginner
Verification identifier TMC-2026-00008
What we found
TrustMyCourse opened the published course directly and compared the advertised structure against what is delivered. Fourteen lessons across five modules were present, matching the course page, and the material begins without a sign-up or an Ahrefs subscription as stated. Examples are demonstrated in the provider’s own toolset. No ranking, traffic or income guarantee appears in the public material.
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A short video course from the team behind the Ahrefs toolset, covering the four areas a new site owner has to get right: finding keywords worth targeting, on-page work, building links, and the technical basics that decide whether pages can be crawled at all. Fourteen lessons totalling roughly two hours, published without a sign-up or an Ahrefs subscription. Examples are demonstrated in the provider's own tools, which is worth knowing before starting.
People new to SEO who want an orientation to the whole subject before committing to anything longer.
Recorded from the provider’s stated audience and the level of the material reviewed.
The review
Verified against the course and public offer as they stood on . Verification describes what was reviewed on that date, not every later version of it.
The modules, lessons and materials advertised on the sales page are the ones actually delivered inside the course.
Fourteen lessons across five modules, matching the advertised structure.
The person or company selling the course is identifiable and confirmed to control the course being verified.
Published on the provider’s own domain.
The stated platform, access method and access duration work as described for a paying learner.
Public marketing is checked for outcome guarantees the course cannot support, such as promised income, results or employment.
The advertised price, billing terms, additional purchases and refund policy are stated clearly and consistently.
Stated as free with no sign-up; the Ahrefs subscription is a separate product and not required.
Any promised feedback, community access or update schedule is described accurately on the sales page.
TrustMyCourse does not sell this course, does not rank it against others, and publishes no rating or score for it.
The course
Summarised by TrustMyCourse from the material reviewed. Wording is our own, not the provider’s.
A single opening lesson framing what search optimisation is and what the rest of the course covers.
Four lessons on finding and choosing the queries a site should try to rank for.
Two lessons on how an individual page is written and structured for a target query.
Five lessons, the longest module, on earning links from other sites.
Two lessons on crawling, indexing and the technical problems that keep pages out of search results.
Provider
Ahrefs
Taught by Sam Oh
A search marketing software company that publishes free training alongside its subscription toolset.
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