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About the Course

Ever wonder how major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo rank your website within their searches? Or how content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users? Welcome to the world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This course is the first within the SEO Specialization and it is intended to give you a taste of SEO with some fun practices to get seen in Google. You will be introduced to the foundational elements of how the most popular search engine, Google, works, how the SEO landscape is constantly changing and what you can expect in the future. You discuss core SEO strategies and tactics used to drive more organic search results to a specific website or set of websites, as well as tactics to avoid to prevent penalization from Google. We hope this taste of SEO, will entice you to continue through the Specialization!...

Top reviews

KP

Oct 2, 2023

This was a very helpful introductory course which helped me to understand further areas of study I need to pursue in order to be effective in this field! Thanks UC Davis, I really enjoyed this course.

SS

Aug 9, 2016

Great course, very informative!! I can tell the classes are starting to be structured differently though. Not too much meat to this first course... reserving my opinion, until I go through a few more.

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By yasir h

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Feb 10, 2018

Hello friends,

I am Yasir.I start study on coursera and complete my course am very happy its very interesting and easy course so join this course friends.

By adel5151

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Jul 23, 2020

The course was very informative and clear about the basics of Search Engine Optimization and a very good jumping start for me as I am new to this field.

By Hanae W

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Sep 23, 2019

I have Learned many new things about SEO. the reading content is very interesting.

This is a very good course to explore and start your way in SEO.

Thanks

By S M S R

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Nov 14, 2016

It's been a very helpful course providing all the introductory knowledge on SEO. Perfect for anyone with interest in Search Engine and Online Marketing.

By SAJID A

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Jun 27, 2021

Great start with detail insight into Google search history , best practices , keyword research and building of persona. highly recommend for beginners.

By Jason A

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Oct 31, 2020

Lessons are great. They are meticulously arrange and looks more academic than just a bunch of info. I find it easy and enjoyable to learn. Great stuff!

By Valerio A

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Dec 1, 2020

Very interesting introduction of the course, I used to study basics of SEO at the university so this introduction allowed me to remember many concepts

By KETIREDDY K R

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Apr 28, 2020

Very Good course to start with for learning SEO. This course is basically an introductory course which focusses on the evaluation, need, power of SEO.

By Christiaan J

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Aug 6, 2019

Well done! Love this! Check my website www.akwa.be

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Course is well build and logically organized. A very good introduction to SEO.

Christiaan Janssens

By Stephane S

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Jan 17, 2019

Great content, you also shared quality external content in the course. It'd be awesome if you had provided a little deck at the end with keytakeaways.

By Linda B

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Jan 5, 2018

I found this introductory course well structured, easy to follow, and very informative. Perfect for beginners who wish to take a first step into SEO.

By Manny L

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Oct 2, 2016

Very insightful Well taught Easy to understand though not so easy stuff Looking forward to learning more Believe it's moved in a much better direction

By Huynh L D

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Feb 9, 2016

The presentation of this course is top-notched.

I hope the content of this course can be longer.

I hope the quizzes can be more rigorous and challenging

By Beatrise M

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Mar 24, 2022

Good course to get an overall insight into SEO, how it has evolved, why it is important and how to optimize a website to have better raknking results

By Carlos P J

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May 7, 2021

A great introduction to the SEO world, a great way to start an SEO career, or just refresh core concepts relevant to the digital marketing industry.

By Manon G

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Mar 10, 2020

Really interesting! I never thought I would learn about the history of search engines yet here I am! So fascinating, I had no clue about all this :)

By Joshua F

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Feb 21, 2018

Great starting course on the basics of search engine algorithms, SEO best practices, and SEO practices that can get your site penalized with Google.

By Gregory T

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Mar 5, 2017

Excellent introduction to the world of SEO and how you can potentially become an SEO specialist and help websites improve their ranking and traffic.

By Szabó L

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Feb 24, 2016

Excellent introduction to SEO. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in gaining a more-or-less complete picture of best SEO practices.

By Myda H

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Feb 13, 2021

It was wonderful to learn about SEO history about different updates by Google to track SEO tactics. Thanks it was insightful. Regards Myda Sikander

By Georges s

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Nov 30, 2020

Thanks for Coursera and for UC Davis for the opportunity to study .. it is much appreciated and it is great and full of knowledge , Thank you again

By Gaurav M

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Jun 11, 2020

It's a fabulous course, fully packed with immense knowledge for anyone who wants to understand a brief overview of how exactly search engine works.

By Rodrigo F C

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Feb 25, 2019

Although the course only touches on the basic concepts involved in SEO, it is a great introduction to anyone looking to learn more about the topic.

By Nisharg S

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Apr 11, 2020

This Course really gave a basic understanding and mindset that an SEO has to build up while working on optimizing the websites and search results.