SEO Training Courses
Seattle - Spokane, Washington State

Most search engine optimization training courses or workshops are information intensive, but not hands on training.  In other words, in seo training courses you take notes, may receive some handouts, and ask a few questions.  Again, search engine optimization training courses are usually information only.

Search engine optimization training courses may have many students with marginal access to ask the instructor qualifying questions.  Like most classroom courses there is a time frame to cover the intended information which allows minimal time for extensive questions and answers.  However, the benefit of the a seo training course is the cost.  At any rate, a search engine optimization training course will put you miles ahead of most web designers by helping you understanding some of the intricate elements of search engine optimization.

I don't know about you, but for me, after attending a seo training course, a day or two later, it's a problem finding and/or understanding my notes, whereas, if it's one on one with a tutor (consultant) and my hands on the computer, I experience a faster learning curve and have a greater retention rate.

What is a SEO Training course?

What Search Engine Optimization Training courses should cover.

A good search engine optimization training course should cover the following areas:

• How to research and what information before you layout your website.
• Select keyword phrases for your entire website.
• Get your graphics and photos ready.
• Determine how many webpages you are going to need.
• Write two or three sentences of seo killer marketing copy for each webpage.
• Next write additional seo general content for each webpage, 250-350 words.
• Layout a search engine friendly website including folder names.
• Layout out a search engine friendly webpage template.
• Then assign filenames and 2 or 3 similar keyword phrases to your webpages.
• Here is where you put it altogether, content, graphics and photos.
• Now you check and/or correctly place keyphrases on each webpage.

More about SEO Training Courses.

These are the minimum areas that should be covered in any search engine optimization training course.  This only scratches the surface of what search engine optimization is all about.  Believe me when I say this information is only one or two brush strokes on a wall mural.

Bottom line, a seo training course is OK, but a search engine optimization consultant is more personal and detailed.  You get the help when you need it, when you're working on it.

Again, there is no question that search engine optimization training courses will help improve your or your clients search engine position.  The problem is when you start competing for the top 30 with over 20,000,000 web pages using the same keyphrases.  That's when you need to take the next step as an understudy of a search engine optimization consultant. One on one. Search engine optimization is a very intricate and challenging profession.

Last word on seo training courses.  A profession search engine optimization specialist understands that it is nearly impossible to get a 100% in the top 30, especially if we're dealing with millions of web pages with the same keywords, or should I say keyphrases.  Personally, I feel good if we get 25% in first place, 50+% in the top 10 and 75+% in the top 30.  So, a short seo training course is not going to get you to the top of the search engine optimization specialist category, but it will help.

Remember, if you don't do extensive research, planning and good layout, and excellent content, you'll find after the first few web pages, everything starts to unravel. Search engine optimization is like a puzzle, if you organize the pieces, you'll be more efficient and the puzzle goes together faster with less redundancy, and redundancy is a wasted web page.