1. History of Search and Introduction to SEO:
- Evolution & Growth of Search Engines.
- How Google Work's: Basics of SEO.
- Periodic Table of SEO success factors.
2. On-Page Practics:
- Basics of HTML.
- URL, Meta Tags, Title, H1, Images.
- Crawling: XML & HTML Sitemaps, Robots.txt.
- Achor text, Internal linking.
- Tools: Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster, Google Analytics setup.
3. Keyword Research and Competitive Analysis:
- Keyword Planner tool (Search volumes, Competition, Business priority).
- Mapping keywords to website pages.
- Competition Analysis.
4. SEO Friendly Design & Architecture:
- Thinking before designing a website (goals, strategies & measurement models).
- Mobile responsive / adaptive design.
- Importance of HTTPs.
- Site schema (rich snippets) & architecture.
5. Technical Website Optimization:
- URL Architecture.
- Page Speed Analysis (GTMetrix / YSlow / Google Page Speed).
- Broken links.
- Canonicalization.
- 301 redirects.
- Custom 404 Error pages.
6. Link Building Methods:
- Content marketing basics & its importance.
- Directory submissions.
- Local listings.
- Niche backlinking via influencers & articles.
- Social bookmarking.
- Press Release optimization.
7. SoLoMo - Social-Local-Mobile SEO Strategies:
- Social Media backlinking (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest).
- Online Reputation Management & Influencer outreach.
- Local SEO (Schema for addresses, local keywords, local websites).
- Mobile SEO best practices.
8. Social Media Optimization (SMO):
- SMO Basics.
- Twitter Page Optimization.
- Facebook Page Optimization.
- Linkedin Optimization.
- Google+ Page Optimization.
- YouTube Optimization.
- Social media sites.
- Image Optimization and Networking.
9. Social Media Marketing (SMM):
- Twitter Ads.
- Facebook Ads.
10. SEO Site Audit:
- On-page & Off-page audit strategy.
- Tools: Screaming Frog, Moz (Fresh Web Explorer, Open Site Explorer etc.), SEOprofiler, domain tools.
- Audit Report.
11. SEO Tracking:
- Tracking ranks (Webcam).
- Google Analytics Custom Reports.
- Creating your custom dashboard.
12. The Future of SEO:
- Voice search.
- Augmented & Virtual Reality.
- Wearable devices & latest tech.
- Semantic web.