What do you think is the easiest/quickest way to learn about SEO?

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Apart from learning the fundamentals online (reading or online courses) - I think it's all about testing.

Going out and building a website, and trying to rank it for a specific keyword is by far the best way to learn.

This way you get exposed to all sides of SEO and you learn a lot faster.

Would love to know your thoughts on how you guys are learning and if you have any tips for other beginners.

Also here's my last video where I cover this topic more in depth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-K_elEQbY

Tejas Gawande · Accepted Answer

backlinko.com is the one-stop for all things SEO. I love their depth of coverage and actionable advice.

Jack taylor · Answer

you have to read the guides and, above all, test and work. There is no other way

Debajit Sarkar · Answer

The easiest/quickest way to learn about SEO is to learn Search Intent (also called "User Intent") first. If you can nail this, SEO will be a breeze.

There are 4 types of search intent:

1.Informational
2.Navigational
3.Commercial
4.Transactional

https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-use-search-intent-for-your-business/

Search engines understands from the 4 types of search intent what type is being searched. And based on that the search engine will display the result.  For instance, if the search intent is Informational, there is no need to optimize your landing page with keywords that are Commercial.

So if you are creating content for your website always keep the search intent of the person in mind.

Jaume Ros · Answer

@lior_galante_cohen Hey Lior! Thanks for the support.

These are a couple tools I used when I was starting out:

https://keywordsheeter.com/
https://answerthepublic.com/

Give this ahrefs blog post a read - they give pretty good guidance on these tools:
https://ahrefs.com/blog/free-keyword-research-tools/

Thrister Mas · Answer

You need to practice that is it quickest way to learn anything

Misha Krunic · Answer

Great vid as always, Jaume!

Anett Keresztes · Answer

The video is great, but I think people can learn more by working on SEO. Get an internship or a trainee position somewhere and your knowledge will expand within a few months.  🚀

Lior Galante Cohen (Vaza) · Answer

Thank you for this video, Jaume! Can you recommend any free SEO Keyword Research tools?

Charlene Gallant · Answer

Most of the really good keyword tools eventually require you to pay for a subscription of some sorts. It is unfortunate, but sometimes you have to accept that to make money, you have to invest it as well :)

Mavlonbek Muratov · Answer

Thanks for sharing.

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You learn SEO by doing. A and B testing. Check what works, review, restrategies and implement.

Atul Ghorpade · Answer

I think www.learningseo.io have amazing resources for SEO.

Galia Ben David · Answer

@tejas_gawande Will definitely check it out!

Jaume Ros · Answer

@tejas_gawande Backlinko is very good! I would also check out the ahrefs blog - they have amazing content!!

What do you think is the easiest/quickest way to learn about SEO?

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