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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Google SEO by University of California, Davis

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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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Jun 22, 2020

Great course for understanding the world of SEO.

Activities and assessments provided enforce greater understanding of topics and concepts

By Ana M C

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Jan 29, 2021

This course is excellent to better understand the field and get more realistic expectations in order to pursue or not a career in SEO.

By Abha T

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Sep 7, 2020

All the content was very relevant. Career related and History of SEO could be shortened by 20-25% to maintain application focus on now

By Cheryl T

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Dec 14, 2023

Some of the concepts are outdated because technology changes so fast. Other than that, I think it was informative and well explained.

By Meredith W

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Dec 18, 2019

This course is a great foundational SEO course. It focuses more on the history of SEO, rather than the actual implementation of SEO.

By Taranpreet K

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Jun 5, 2018

This was a very interesting course covering the basics of SEO and also provided a lot of useful information through study materials.

By Liana M

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May 5, 2020

Good overview of the basics and history of SEO, but would have liked a little more in-depth material or assistance in optimization.

By Michael N

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Apr 18, 2020

My first coursera course, as part of the SEO specialization from UC Davis. The course was a good introduction to coursera learning.

By Richard P

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Jan 21, 2019

Great information on the history of Search Engines as well as how the major Google algorithm changes affected over-optimized sites.

By Syed S

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Feb 6, 2023

Understanding of content is excellent but in my opinion you need to add demonstrative video how website rank before and after SEO.

By Pranav P

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Sep 28, 2020

The course was very interesting, engaging. The instructors encouraged us to do research on our own which I think is a great thing.

By Chiara Z

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Jan 18, 2017

This course offers good knowledge of the history and evolution of search engines, that allows you to understand nowadays solutions

By Jeff

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Aug 15, 2023

4/5 I want the Google SEO classes to have a little more punch and excitement. Felt boring in some parts, but I liked it overall.

By ayham a a

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Aug 11, 2020

I would like to thank all the instructor and those in charge of this wonderful course for the great benefit that I got through it

By Marc P

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Apr 14, 2020

Très intéressant. Bien structuré.

Attention certaines vidéos et certains articles datent de 2018. Cela nécessite d'être mis à jour

By Goutam R

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May 8, 2020

The topic and examples are good and clear to understand. However, I expect some more examples with mentioning specific software.

By Alvaro N

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Mar 11, 2020

Overall very good it gives you the basics of SEO. Good for starters of for people who look for being more aware of the subject!

By Shahkar K

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Feb 15, 2020

have got better understanding about the algorithms but things arent practical so much! however course is designed for newbie's

By Mahmudul H S

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Sep 3, 2020

The course is very good. But I did feel very bored in some moments. I hope it becomes more engaging and energetic. Thank you.

By vanshika a

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Sep 12, 2020

really insightful and it provides a great study materials and easy to understand for a complete novice. really recommend it.

By Areeba N

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Aug 28, 2020

A good course everything is cleared specially the way of defining word is excellent but they should told more basics of SEO

By Kegan S

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Feb 6, 2017

Excellent intro course ! I would've liked more focus on hands-on exercises, but it provided a great overview and foundation.

By Deleted A

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Jun 8, 2020

A great course which is truly focused in teaching aspirants in conducting Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on great height.

By Rogerio L

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Feb 4, 2017

Good overview of the SEO. Not diving into tatics, but into strategies. Very useful tips for beginners on how to find a job.

By Lawrence Q

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Jan 29, 2020

Solid course that gives a good understanding on the history of SEO, the job of and SEO, and best practices moving forward.