SEOSelf-pacedBeginner
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Under an hour of video covering the SEO workflow end to end: what search optimisation is, finding keywords, writing pages for them, earning links, and checking whether any of it worked. Taught by Backlinko's Brian Dean and published free by Semrush, with a certificate on completion. It is a compressed overview rather than a full curriculum, with five substantive lessons. Demonstrations use Semrush's own tools, and the final segment is promotional.
Complete beginners wanting a short orientation to SEO in under an hour.
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About 7 minutes framing what search optimisation is and why it matters to a site owner.
About 13 minutes, the longest lesson, on identifying queries with demand and less competition.
About 10 minutes on writing pages intended to rank for the chosen queries.
About 11 minutes on earning links from other sites.
About 9 minutes on measuring whether any of the preceding work has had an effect.
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Semrush
Taught by Brian Dean
A search marketing software company that publishes free courses and certificates through Semrush Academy.
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