IBM
SEO Mastery: From Fundamentals to GenAI and GEO Strategies Specialization
IBM

SEO Mastery: From Fundamentals to GenAI and GEO Strategies Specialization

Harness the Power of GenAI for SEO & GEO Success. Get hands-on using powerful GenAI tools to achieve outstanding SEO and GEO results

IBM Skills Network Team
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Rajesh Menon

Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Hands-on skills using GenAI to achieve real SEO and GEO success and future-proof your digital marketing career

  • Conduct SEO research for keywords, topic clusters, search intent & content maps for strong site architecture

  • Optimize content for on-page SEO and GEO, and craft compelling headlines, meta titles & descriptions to boost ranking and engagement

  • Create SEO & GEO strategies, including structured data, performance evaluation & a capstone project to demonstrate professional readiness

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What you'll learn

  • Develop job-ready SEO and content marketing skills essential for success in digital marketing and growth hacking.

  • Implement on-page and off-page SEO strategies, including keyword research, content optimization, meta tags, link building, and domain authority.

  • Apply technical SEO best practices to enhance website performance, mobile responsiveness, indexability, and overall search engine rankings.

  • Create and execute content marketing strategies that align with SEO goals—developing high-quality, engaging content. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Content Marketing
Category: Content Strategy
Category: MarTech
Category: Market Research
Category: Content Creation
Category: Web Analytics
Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Growth Strategies
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Blogs

What you'll learn

  • Apply GenAI effectively across SEO workflows to boost productivity, accuracy, and content quality while maintaining brand voice and search relevance.

  • Develop AI-driven SEO workflows using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to research keywords, cluster topics, and optimize content efficiently.

  • Generate and validate schema markup (JSON-LD) for articles, FAQs, and products to ensure rich results and accurate structured data.

  • Optimize meta titles, descriptions, and multilingual variants using GenAI tools like Semrush to improve CTRs, readability, and SEO performance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Keyword Research
Category: Google Gemini
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Generative AI

What you'll learn

  • Learn to draft content that gets noticed by leading AI search platforms, including Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot, Perplexity, and ChatGPT

  • Develop a clear understanding of how SEO has evolved into AI-powered SEO, reshaping visibility, discovery, and user intent

  • Compare traditional SEO with AI-driven SEO by exploring entities, topical authority, and GEO strategies in action

  • Evaluate GEO performance by working with real datasets and uncover new opportunities to optimize for AI-driven results

Skills you'll gain

Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Analysis
Category: Content Marketing
Category: Content Development and Management
Category: Competitive Analysis
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Category: Semantic Web
Category: Web Content
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Keyword Research
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Content Creation
Category: Data Strategy
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Generative AI

What you'll learn

  • Complete a portfolio-worthy project showcasing your skills in SEO and GEO that will catch the eye of employers

  • Craft SEO prompts and outputs, including keyword clusters, optimized blog content, and structured data and schema for AI search engines

  • Generate recommendations for GEO supported by evidence

  • Compile a clean, portfolio-ready case study with inputs, process, outputs, and results

Skills you'll gain

Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Keyword Research
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Digital Content
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Generative AI
Category: Content Creation
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Case Studies
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Blogs

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