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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

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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.

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.

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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.

By Philip P

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Mar 27, 2016

It's great to take a college level course on SEO. We covered a lot of material during this Introduction course. Look forward to the next course.

By Beyza C

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Apr 3, 2020

I think this course very effective. Especially reading documents really helped me to understand what is going on in SEO world. Thank you so much!

By luca i

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Oct 26, 2017

An effective course that highlights Google evolution.

Understanding how it has evolved make easier for a SEO specialist forecasting its behaviour.

By Onu D

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Jan 11, 2024

One of the best SEO courses I've seen. The lessons and study material were easily comprehensible, and the tutors taught effortlessly. Thank you.

By WebSavänt E

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May 15, 2021

The materials covered are very enlightening and the instructor is very knowledgeable about the subject. Kudos to UC Davis and the Coursera team.

By Sudan G

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Jun 13, 2020

The structure of the course content is really good. It is always good to know the inception of SEO first and then how things changes after that.

By Md. M R

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May 5, 2020

Very easy and brief lectures. The best part of this course are the extra reading materials as they are very helpful and give in depth knowledge.

By Wafi M

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Feb 8, 2018

for long time working as seo specialist, this course summarized almost all basic knowledge that took me more than a year to realize & experience

By Moise L

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Apr 14, 2018

I loved the way this SEO specialization is introduced. The instructor helps first to understand what is SEO, its evolution, and good practices.

By Barta D

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Mar 21, 2018

Very helpful and concise course. Highly relevant study material. Great content for to build foundation for advanced courses. Thank you UCDavis!

By Oleg B

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May 3, 2017

Great course for beginners. If you have some experience in SEO and content marketing, you can pass it quickly, but still get valuable insights.

By Swade S

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Mar 30, 2021

very intriguing course I learn a lot for an introductory course and I had no idea of how important SEO is to websites until I took this course

By Mary A C

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Dec 24, 2020

Thank you so much, I love that I have learned from SEO Expert and on how their daily lives are. Thank you and God bless you all more and more.

By Anne S

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Jun 4, 2020

Really great course! I was impressed with the experience of instructors, quality of the content, and effectiveness of the testing. Thank you!

By Adnan A

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Feb 7, 2019

This was my first course on coursera.com . I learnt a lot from this course. The depth of this course makes me amazed as well as the standards.

By Steve

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Mar 16, 2016

Rebekah May was excellent. She provided a clear and thorough presentation on each module and course. I now have a better understanding of SEO.

By Juan F A

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Nov 13, 2019

Very complete introduction the the world of SEO. I will definitely continue my education to build a deeper understanding of the SEO landscape

By Ivonne S

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Sep 21, 2019

Really liked this course, simple, clear and very informative. I liked the articles given us to read on the side and the instructor was great.

By GUADA W

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Nov 4, 2017

Rebekah is a great instructor and I really learned a lot from this course. I have tried other online SEO courses and so far this is the best.

By Manish T

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Mar 25, 2016

Excellent course materials. The course contents have been methodically planned and structured leading to a solid foundation for SEO learning.

By Michael R G

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Dec 26, 2020

The first course is well-prepared. The reads hold so much value for aspiring SEOs like us. Please continue educating folks around the world.

By David A O

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Aug 27, 2020

un curso muy completo y bien estructurado, aunque solo es el inicio este curso entrega una bases solidas a quien le intreres el mundo de SEO

By Riza G B

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Jun 19, 2019

Satisfactory for an Introductory lesson. Not too detail, not too burdensome quizzes and discussion prompts. I am ready to go the next level!

By Khôi M

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Jul 23, 2017

I Love this course, it helps me more understand about internet and SEO one it. Google is such a thing we must discover it all time. Sure! :D