since there are so many SEO artists are here on DP. I was just wondering (for those who do this for income/living) where did you get your education? College? Or self taught? I was just wondering because I want to learn SEO but don't know where to start... I know basics though.. like.. back links and using keywords in site content.. but that's very basic. Thanks
it is all self-taught for me Its suprising how far up the search engine rankings just the basic SEO can take you. Each site needs its own amount of seo, some sites only need basic seo to rank in the top ten
Ha yea thats all I know I don't think there's that much to know about it, just to be good at it you have to know where to get links, or you have to own lots of sites that you can link with...
i think the most important part of seo is researching the right keywords, and finding the ones that will bring you traffic with little work. a well seo'ed website aint worth $h!t if the keywords it targets only get 50 searches a month.
I agree. Finding the right keywords are very important. Sometimes you see keywords that no one has SEOed any websites for, but can bring in a lot of business...
Thanks for your input everyone! What software/freeware do you guys reccommend for finding these keywords?
No need of any special education for SEO and even not any university college provide such information in detail. I got my all SEO related knowledge here in DP..
No worries. To answer your other question, it was self taught, which I am sure is the case for 99% of DP'ers.
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True! Digitalpoint is great resource. Iam learning SEO through the following few steps: (1) Visiting old SEO related threads. (2) Reading succesful Webmaster's previous posts in Search Engine Optimisation Section. (3) Following briliiant Webmaster posts of the day. (4) Reading and bookmarking SEO related Recent blogs by Digitalpoint members. (5) Making friends and clarifying doubts through IM. ...and the steps to learn SEO are unlimited at DP.
How many searches per month would you consider worth while? If you wanted say 400 uniques a day Also wordtracker says 12 searches per day oveture says 108 per day for the same KW?????
i use to use WebCEO, its a decent tool, and gives you a basic overview of how well your page is SEO'ed. i think there is still a free version available.
I'm self taught... Its not good taking lessons from a professor, teacher, or book that is old and out of date. The only real way to learn is keep up to date daily on changes and new strategies.
I think all the SEOs are self-taught, 'cause the only way to know something about it is the way of trying, making mistakes, trying again and so on. Sometimes you learn on others mistakes (thanks to DP that gives you such a possibility ), sometimes on your own. Surely special courses and trainings can give you basic knowledges, but the rest is done by yourself. So it is not bad to take some special trainings and to get a certificate to show your employers that you are willing to study and are improving your skills all the time.
we all learn seo from internet. dp has did a lot of help for teaching me seo, i just try to get as much seo knowledge as possible. keep reading these threads and try to learn new seo methods everyday.