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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 Ziad K

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Jan 25, 2021

This is a great introduction for people with non-Computer Science backgrounds. The instructor is great and the tests are relevant.

By Lorenso S

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Oct 14, 2020

Excellent, This opens my mind about SEO on so many things about what SEO actually is.

as a beginner, this helps me a lot. Thank you

By Benjamín C S

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Jun 17, 2020

Very informative. A difference with other course is that it actually focused on explainning the why behind the SEO best prectices.

By Muhammad A

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Apr 5, 2020

amazing course its clear my all SEO basic thing which i don't know although i am expert in onpage SEO or SEO but its help me alote

By Diana R

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Jul 15, 2019

Great introduction to this wonderful topic! It fueled my curiosity to go further into studying and learning more about it! Thanks!

By Fati K

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Jul 7, 2017

Thank you for the SEO career tips! It broadened my perspective and gave me a clear idea of what I want to become when I grow up :)

By Sergii S

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Jan 22, 2017

First I didn't like it but throughout the course it became more and more engaging and gave more relevant and practical information

By Daniel D

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May 16, 2022

Excellent course. Very informative with plenty of useful information that I was able to apply in my own content creation. Thanks.

By Chinmoyee A

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Oct 22, 2020

Instructors were fabulous , very informative , since i am a beginner, this course helped me a lot in understanding how SEO works

By Muhammad A

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Jul 20, 2020

Excellent course for starters. It pretty much covered everything a beginner needs to know to pursue a career in the field of SEO.

By BODGAMWALA H K

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Jul 20, 2020

I got to learn a lot of things from this course. The course is well structured and has great content. Completely worth your time.

By Allegra B

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Mar 23, 2020

As a beginner in the world of SEO I thoroughly enjoyed learning about it. I will continue on with the rest of the specialization.

By Eugenio F

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Nov 25, 2021

I recommend this course to anyone that is pursuing a career in SEO. 10/10 User-Friendly, Well-Explained, Convenient course. 🥳

By Oliver A

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Apr 5, 2020

This is my first course in Coursera and I am very happy I have learned a lot of new things that I will use in my new profession.

By tanvir a

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Apr 13, 2016

It's a great course. I've already gained some in depth knowledge on SEO from this one. Waiting Eagerly for the upcoming courses.

By Cheryl B

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Aug 19, 2021

I found the course very informative and easy to follow. The short videos interspersed with reading resources was useful format.

By Vipul K

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Aug 15, 2021

Very Professional and Engaging. This course helped me learn about SEO from scratch and helped me develop interest in the field.

By Denice N B M

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Nov 8, 2020

Very informative and I learned a lot. looking for the next course in the specialization. Thanks a lot for creating this course.

By vipin r

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May 27, 2020

This course has provided solid fundamental basics that are required for SEO aspirants. Topics and questions are well organized.

By Patricia E

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Jun 21, 2019

The course was well explained. The video with questions asked sometime were useful to ensure that you were following the topic.

By Anushka B

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Mar 16, 2019

The best way to kick-start your SEO career is through this course. Thanks to Rebekah May for teaching this one so effortlessly!

By Arailym A

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Dec 30, 2020

Enjoyed the course materials! Easy to understand even for beginners who do not have any background in SEO before. Thank you! I

By ARCHANA M

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Dec 12, 2020

It was a great learning experience with both of the mentors. I am excited for the rest of the courses to tke deep dive in seo.

By Suraj M

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Sep 12, 2020

Great course! Learnt many things new.

Great introduction to a new world (SEO) which was undiscovered by me. Overall enjoyed it.

By Daniel C

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Jun 20, 2017

I really enjoyed this course. It was really easy to understand and follow. I am looking foward to continue learning about SEO.