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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 Asad A

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Nov 30, 2020

I am happy with the course. It served its purpose of introduction and gave me proper knowledge of what SEO is and how it works. Thanks.

By kishan j s c

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Feb 3, 2020

it helps you to understand the basic of the SEO in simple language and understand the SEO terminology and grasp the fundamentals easily

By Avinash G

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Sep 22, 2019

Its just an awesome course helped me to learned a lot about seo and its advantages.

Looking forward to enroll other courses in coursera.

By Andrea A F

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Aug 28, 2017

It is a excelent course because the professors teach in a simple way that captivates the student. It is a very well thought out course.

By Nikolas W

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Aug 14, 2018

Clear, informative primer for anyone interested in SEO, whether you're a startup blogger or professional within a legacy organization.

By Konspiracy

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Jul 28, 2016

Outstanding delivery - very engaging - amazing how much I learned in such a short time all while sitting at my desk during lunch hours

By ADNAN K

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Jun 12, 2023

I really like the course content as they mention key points, so I learned a lot from this short course and next will be started soon.

By Bilal J

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Sep 28, 2022

Constructor explained in a good way and the content is very feature rich. Good mix of videos lesson and quizzes, this is very helpful

By Shiladitya A

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Oct 6, 2020

In Depth Knowledge and Very Clearly Elucidated with the right mix of videos and reference material for learning. Enjoyed this course.

By YASHODHA H S

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Aug 15, 2020

One of the best courses to learn the basics of SEO in the simplest way by covering all the required fields without wasting your time.

By Mugabi M

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Mar 22, 2020

It was tough getting through some of the historical background of SEO, but overall the main content and supporting material was solid

By Dariana C

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Apr 9, 2018

I am honestly impressed on how your can mixed SEO with Branding. It is an amazing way to approached marketing from a new perspective.

By Devika R R

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Mar 28, 2018

This Introductory course was really helpful in understanding what SEO is and how it works efficiently in the current Marketing world.

By Sean R

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Apr 19, 2017

The teacher provides a thorough explanation of the SE landscape. If you are just getting started in SEO, you should take this course.

By Nikola P

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May 2, 2022

Very good content, for sure a nice start to clear your thought about SEO practises and how the whole Search Engine philosophy works.

By Inga V R

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May 16, 2017

It was an easy course. But it did help me learn more about the terminology. Being self taught, this was indeed a weakness of mine.

By Amit S

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Jan 5, 2017

I enjoyed the course and gather much more information related to history and current terms of SEO. Indeed it is good course overall.

By Oleksandr M

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Nov 9, 2016

Course was really very interesting and gives me a basic information about seo and it's history!

Thank you very much for this course!

By Izzat A

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Mar 8, 2022

Clear and direct Info provided through the course. Very helpful and perfectly serves the purpose. Thanks for UC Davis and Coursera.

By Norzalita M

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Nov 15, 2020

this course provides a comprehensive knowledge & info on SEO for a person like me, who was not very sure what SEO really is before.

By Michael N

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Oct 11, 2020

So comprehensive despite just being an introduction. I will continue this specialization because I've become so passionate about it

By Himanshu N

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Aug 9, 2020

Learnt a lot my new things. A lot of my doubts were cleared after going through the course material. The course is well structured.

By Nader S

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Jul 6, 2017

Will give you a historical view about SEO and current update, it is a good start if you need to take more depth steps in SEO field.

By Stephanie G

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Oct 27, 2021

Super informative for beginners. This course has helped me better understand the goals and industry best practices in SEO. Thanks!

By Kenji S

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Feb 23, 2021

Great introduction course to SEO, the history of the internet, and basic best practices. Highlight enjoyed the teacher and format.