SEO Course & CERTIFICATION Singapore
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the process of affecting the online visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine’s unpaid results. With years of experience, our trainers trainers are ready to imbue you with Search Engine Optimisation knowledge to skyrocket your career and help your business grow!
You are here because you saw our super high rankings on Google. Choose SEO experts who are capable of this, rather than course providers who have to resort to using ads to get your attention.
WSQ Basic SEO Course Pricing
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WSQ up to 90% funding for Singaporeans and SPRs (subject to eligibility).
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Why Should I Attend Our SEO Courses?
The course will not only help you but also teach you how to rank on the first page of Google. The Google algorithm will be dissected, and you will be introduced to the principles of how SEO works. This course will include learning materials such as slides, quizzes, and SEO tools.
FOR JOB SEEKERS:
SEO is the most cost-effective digital marketing technique today; learn SEO and be quickly employable as a digital marketer
FOR DIGITAL MARKETERS:
Complete your skillsets, improve your chances of climbing the corporate ladder.
FOR MARKETING MANAGERS:
Learn how to set outcomes and manage your team with the right objectives and KPIs,
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS:
Learn why SEO is now rated as the most popular, powerful and cost-effective tool to get more visibility, branding, authority and generate leads today.
WSQ SEO Course Learning Outcomes
How SEO Works
This knowledge will equip you with instruction on how to optimise the content in your website to get the best possible ranking on search engines. You will get training on the concepts behind search engine algorithms like Google and other real-life skills that you can apply to a digital marketing career and content creation. You will also learn how to align SEO with general business strategies.
How Search Engine Web Crawlers Work
While you should develop your content based on your consumers and not search engines, it is good to learn how the search engines function. This course will enable you to understand this and also the elements that the search engines look for to rank your site. Learning these aspects will help you use them appropriately to enhance your ranking on SERPs over your competition.
Keyword Research and Planning
You will get tutorials on how to discover competitive keywords and find keywords that are easy to rank. You will also get lessons on how to use different tools to conduct keyword research and how to identify different types of keywords. You will even know how to add keywords to GOV and EDU websites to give you high google rankings.
Implementing an Effective Link Building
Links are the most active element that determines a website’s ranking by Google. But link building is one of the hardest aspects of SEO. This course will instil you with the technical expertise on how to develop good links for SEO.
Creating Quality Content
This course covers tutorials on what makes good content, why you should be concerned with a blog, and the tips to creating an excellent post. MediaOne is an SEO agency in Singapore that gives you a trainer to run through the course to enhance your SEO expertise.
WSQ SEO COURSE OUTLINE
With this WSQ SEO Course you find that SEO is not so mysterious. Search engines like Google has a fundamental set of criteria which can be exposed and fixed in order to rank high. With our Basic SEO Course, you will uncover the "secrets" of how to audit, optimise and get results fast.
Topic 1 : SEO FUNDAMENTALS AND STRATEGIES
• What is Search Engine Optimization
• The Fundamentals of How Search
Engines Function
• Whitehat vs Blackhat SEO Strategies
• Top Ranking Factors
• Implementation of SEO Strategies.
Topic 2 : Manage Keyword Research
• What is Keyword Research and Why Is It Important
• Free and Premium Keywords Research Tools
• Keyword Research Process
• How to Build Extensive Keyword List
• Analyze Competitor Advertising Links
Topic 3 : On-page SEO Strategies and Best Practices
• What is On Page SEO
• Metas and URL Best Practices
• Image Optimization and Best Practices
• Indexing & Google Search Console
• Site Architecture Best Practices
• Content Creation Best Practices
• Structured Data
• Design and UX Best Practices
• Local vs International SEO
Topic 4 : Off Page SEO Strategies Across Multiple Channels
• What is Off-Page SEO
• Why Use Links
• Anatomy of a Quality Backlink
• Major Off-Page SEO Ranking Factors
• Content Marketing
• Drip Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
Topic 5 : Monitor SEO Performance on Google Analytics
• Linking up Search Console to Google
Analytics
• Analyze SEO Performance Across
Various Channels
• Essential SEO Metrics to Track and
Measure SEO Effectiveness
• Integrating SEO Analysis to Your
Marketing Strategy
Mode of Assessment
• Written Assessment (Q&A)
• Practicum Performance
• Oral Questioning
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About Your Trainer
RAYMOND TEOH
- 24 years in digital marketing experiences in several Singapore, Malaysia and NASDAQ listed companies
- Business coach since 2002 and coached more than 100 companies in Leadership, Sales and Digital Marketing
- NTU EEE Bachelor(Hons), ACLP Certified Trainer
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WSQ Basic SEO Course
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What Will I learn?
During the SEO course, you will be taught SEO’s core theories and techniques for website optimisation to ultimately get your website search rank to the top. You will also understand how Google’s algorithm works and how you can optimise your website whilst following their stringent guidelines.
Learn How To:
- Audit a website for on-page and off-page issues
- Propose remedies for technical issues
- Implement on-page optimisations
- Recommend off-page improvements
- Perform keyword research
- Use Google Search Console to zero in on issues Google considers important
Advanced SEO Training Course
MediaOne also provides advanced search engine optimisation courses for digital marketing practitioners who are already familiar with SEO. If you are managing your company’s website and digital marketing and want to DIY or be very familiar in order to scope and control your outsourced SEO then you need to attend this course! It is filled with not just theories but real-life examples and show-and-tell demonstrations that will make sure you fully understand. The topics included in this course include:
Philosophy of SEO
These advanced SEO topics help you understand the ethical SEO methods that focus on the long-term success of your business. They focus on the future of SEO, as the current techniques may not be adequate to sustain all the SEO needs.
Testing types of links
These lessons will enhance your knowledge of how to check your link profile, and enable you to embark on a successful link building journey.
Testing quantity and quality of backlinks
You will learn about how to assess your backlinks to ensure they generate leads and traffic consistently.
Checking links’ country of origin
The topic covers how you can monitor the geographical origin of a website to make your site monitoring more comfortable.
Building high-quality backlinks
You will learn about the power of backlinks, how to develop an excellent backlinking strategy and the various ways that you can utilise to build high-quality backlinks.
Disavowing bad backlinks
While the real process of disavowing bad backlinks is straightforward, there are specific steps you must finish first. This lesson will take through these steps.
Optimising web page setup
The coach for this topic will show you how to develop a high-performance site and rank high in all search engines by outlining a powerful strategy on how to successfully optimise your website.
Advanced Google Search Console
These topics reveal the advanced strategies, tactics, and tips about Google Search Console that you can use to get a superior ranking.
Reading And Responding To Google Updates
Abandon your fear of new Google updates if you follow our rules for spotting, anticipating and preparing for new updates. Be "algorithm-proof" and secure your website's positioning with confidence.
Reducing bounce rates
This topic is designed to equip you with the most efficient ways to lessen the bounce rate of your website and enhance sales and conversions. The trainer will help you understand the conversion architecture to enable you to come up with a good strategy to retain your visitors and grow your business.
Checking recency of links and link velocity
These topics come in to enhance your understanding of how to use google analytic tools to measure the frequency and recency of your links. This information provides you with an insight about your audience and the actions of the users like how often users visit come back to your site and the period a visitor stays without visiting your website.
Checking keywords, quantity and quality
This training coaches you on how to analyse your keywords using analytic metrics to ensure that the amount and quality of your keywords are improving. You will be guided on the best strategies to measure the productivity of your keywords.
Website auditing for Crawl Errors, Broken Links, Keyword Density, Security, Mobile Responsiveness, and Page Speed
These topics cover the Technical SEO aspects of a website that an average marketer would not identify and needs some expertise to uncover. These issues are web site-wide rather than particular page issues. They help in improving your site as a whole.
Introduction and practice using the best SEO tools in the market
Here, instructors will take you through various Paid, Freemium, and free tools that you can utilise to enhance the effectiveness of your SEO and content marketing.
Optimising Keywords, Links, and SEO in General
The trainers will take you through this to equip you with the technical aspects to optimise your site. They will show you some of the ways you can improve your website’s online visibility in the SERPs.
Detailed analysis of the Top Google Ranking Factors
This workshop offers you an in-depth analysis of Google Zoo update tools like Hummingbird, Penguin, and Panda. Ideas learnt from this topic will enable you to come up with an integrated strategy between the tech and creative worlds to help you create an interactive site.
Checking competitor’s marketing moves
Here you will learn how to spy on your competitors to find out if there are some things they do better than you. The trainer will take you through some tools that you can use to monitor your competitors. You will learn about checking things like their paid ads, links, and keywords as well as organic rankings of the competitors.
White Hat vs Black Hat SEO
This lesson will instil you with knowledge of the techniques that can be used to offer you a higher Google ranking. The tutor will teach you on the different methods of white hat SEO like quality content, and the various black hat SEO strategies like keyword stuffing and content spamming.
SEO Measurement Tools
In this category, you will get tutorials on the different tools for managing SEO like tools for technical SEO, link removal, link building, content ideas, rankings, and keyword analysis.
Website Auditing
This topic will guide you on how to examine the performance of your page before starting a large-scale website redesign or SEO process. You will learn how to audit your website to know if it is optimised for SEO or not.
Content Marketing
This topic covers how you can develop content regularly by investing in the latest online marketing trends. You will learn how to build content creation and distribution strategies that set you apart from your rivals.
Google Search Console (fka Webmaster Tools) Introduction
This topic will help you to increase your visibility online by equipping you with the necessary knowledge on how to track the search performance of your site with Google Search Console. You will also learn how to analyse sophisticated feedback from this tool.
AND EVEN MORE PRO SKILLS!
Tutorials from this topic will provide you with tips on how to develop high authority sites and domains. You will also get a list of some of the high authority domains and websites that you can use to improve your digital marketing campaigns.
This topic offers you some of the essential website migration recommendations to ensure that your website migration goes smoothly and improves your business.
In this tutorial, the trainer will discuss a keyword research scheme that will work well with your business. With this knowledge, you will be able to discover keywords that your rivals are not aware of.
Internal link building structure can aid you to learn how to create the best possible linking structure for your website. You will also learn how to create a hierarchy on your site, giving you a chance to prioritise the most important posts and pages with greater link value than others.
This topic will enable you to learn how you can develop a custom web page with high volume keywords that are competitive to increase the popularity of your brand.
This will give you an overview of this wide range of aspects that can help you boost the chances of Google displaying the content in your website in the search results. You will also learn about some tools that can handle your structured data like Schema.
In this topic, the instructor will take you through what you require to know to get started with Google My Business including reasons why you should have it and how to set it up.
Through this topic, you will learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of international sites versus websites that are specific to certain countries. Each alternative will be carefully measured against whether it’s intended to target a particular group of people in certain countries or the global audience.
This topic focuses on the strategies that you can use to create websites that are specific to particular countries like the domain structures to enhance your sales in a region and accept payments in local currencies.
The coach here will help you to get a precise, step-by-step checklist for SEO that you will be using any time to ensure that the process is successful.
This course also comes with additional learning materials that can help you increase traffic and the number of customers to your website within no time.
About Your Trainer
(Advanced SEO)
Tom Koh
- Principal SEO Consultant for MediaOne
- Degree in Computational Science (NUS)
- Consults for SingTel, SingHealth, Canon, Ministry of Law, Enterprise Singapore, Thomson Group, ST Electronics, Fuji Xerox, Cambridge University, NTUC
- Is credited as possibly the top SEO exponent in Singapore amassing the best rankings for MediaOne and its legions of clients
Advanced SEO Course
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22 Frequently Asked Questions About SEO Courses
SEO (search engine optimisation) certification is given to people who complete our SEO courses. It shows that you have the knowledge and skills required to optimise websites for search engines and the target customers. Adjust your daily schedule to get ample time to attend the classes and do the assignments to benefit fully from the course.
Well, there are many SEO experts who don’t have a degree, so it’s not mandatory to have it to enrol. That’s said, a bachelor’s degree in fields such as computer science, business, marketing, or an information technology niche will increase your job competitiveness after completing the course.
It’s possible to train yourself in SEO by using tutorial videos posted on platforms such as YouTube and guides posted online. However, to be recognised as an authority in SEO, you need SEO certification documents to prove to employers that you have the qualifications required to get the job done.
SEO is one of the most high-valued skills in 2023, and as more businesses venture into eCommerce, the demand for these skills will skyrocket. There are unlimited opportunities that you can leverage to establish a successful SEO brand. You can also work as a freelancer or get hired by a digital marketing company.
Note that three of the leading websites today, Amazon, YouTube, and Google, are always hiring SEO experts to help enhance their operations.
SEO is diverse and dynamic. Search engines frequently change their algorithms to give their users the best results. As a result, SEO experts are forced to change how they optimise both on-site and off-site content.
Beginners don’t have all the skills required to create and run an SEO campaign successfully. They often apply surface-level strategies, and this results in insignificant results and losses. Here are some of the beginner SEO strategies that you can do on your own before hiring an expert to handle the complex parts.
- Page speed optimisation
- Image optimisation
- Creation of top-notch website content
- Hyperlinking specific phrases with URLs of authority websites
- Conducting keyword research
- Placing keywords in the content, meta title, alt tags, and meta descriptions
Be sure to do A/B tests after complementing any of the above beginner SEO strategies to determine if the keywords are suitable for your business.
MediaOne Marketing takes pride in having the best search engine optimisation course in the world. As you will soon notice when you register, we focus on instilling SEO skills that match the market needs and trends. We work with industry leaders to ensure that our course offers the best learning materials and expertise.
By enrolling, you are guaranteed unwavering attention throughout the course and additional support after completing it. We will help you get a firm footing in this lucrative and competitive industry by giving you opportunities to apply the skills learned in class in real-life scenarios.
Even though we don’t recommend taking free SEO courses, they can help you learn the ropes and prepare you for the premium SEO courses. Here are some of the best free tools for learning SEO.
- WordPress
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Google Analytics Academy
- Google Tag Manager Fundamentals
- Majestic
- Click Quick Audit
The short and accurate answer to this question is that SEO usually doesn’t involve coding. You can optimise an entire website without writing a single code. However, a fair understanding of how programming works will increase the value of your services. If you can, learn a bit of coding on the side to enhance your competitiveness in the job market.
Well, the salary is often calculated based on one’s skillset and experience. According to PayScale.com, the salary of a search engine optimisation expert ranges between S$29,000 and S$50,000. Most companies offer additional perks such as health insurance, accommodation, paid vacation annually, and many more.
Make sure that you negotiate the salary with the employer before signing the contract to avoid disagreements down the road. Also, confirm that the firm or company is focused on helping you become the best SEO expert.
Like digital marketing and other business facets, several skills are needed to offer quality SEO services. They include;
- Critical thinking
- Ability to speak and write fluently
- Technical and programming skills
- Social skills
- Analytical skills
- Data analytical skills
- Adaptability & Motivation, and Drive
- A sense of humour
These skills will come in handy during service delivery to ensure that clients get maximum ROI from your services. Always be on the lookout for new skills that you can add to your portfolio to stand out from other SEO service providers.
SEO is not rocket science, but that doesn’t mean it’s straightforward. Don’t underestimate the amount of effort and time required to create strategies and implement changes on websites. Concisely, you will reap what you sow, so if you spend only 20 minutes per day, don’t expect to get on the first page of Google in several weeks.
It would be best to focus on learning everything about SEO, have the right mindset, and push yourself every day to optimise and test the various website elements. Take the time to learn the ropes before progressing to the advanced SEO processes.
A recent study by Sparktoro shows that 87% of SEO services providers charge monthly retainer charges. 65% of the charges are either fixed rate per project or hourly rate. Only 15% of the services have a performance-based pricing model. In addition, the study found out that the average monthly cost of SEO is between $2,500 and $5,000.
On average, it takes one to three months to grasp the SEO basics. However, the advanced SEO concepts can take between six and 18 months to understand and implement in an SEO project fully. Establish a cordial relationship with the trainers to get the most benefit from the SEO course. The trainers can also help you to find job opportunities after completing the course.
The cost of SEO services is dependent on the agency contracted and the amount of work to be done on the website and blogs. When hiring an SEO agency, compare and contrast the prices and pricing model to find one whose rates match your budget.
That said, mid-range SEO services can cost you anywhere between $3,000 and $12,000 per month. The services include content marketing and optimisation and regular website audit. On the other hand, the high-end SEO services cost more than $15,00 per month.
The latter is offered by high-end SEO agencies that are reputable and accredited. They have teams with hands-on skills required to resolve technical issues that mid-range SEO agencies cannot handle.
There is a learning curve when working to becoming a professional SEO expert like anything else in life. Based on experience, SEO is not that difficult to learn as it mainly involves more practical than theory processes such as content optimisation and image optimisation.
The joy of seeing implemented SEO strategies helping a website get more traffic and sales will encourage you to keep on keeping on despite the challenges along the path. The secret to learning SEO is committing enough resources to the course and using many online resources to hone your skills further. With the right mindset, you will become a qualified SEO service provider in no time.
SEO is not a one-time project but a long-term investment in your brand. It may take up to two months to start seeing tangible results such as increasing organic traffic and better ranking in SERPs. That said, most companies have SEO plans to keep tabs on the changes in the digital marketing industry.
We recommend having agile team research and incorporate new strategies into your website for long-term success. Consequently, enrolling in an SEO course will help you better monitor the operations of this team and get the utmost ROI from the SEO services rendered.
SEO tools are additional resources that provide data and notifications about your website’s overall performance and health. By taking an SEO course, you will learn how to use SEO tools for auditing your website and making informed decisions.
For instance, learning how to use Google analytics will enable you pinpoint website strengths and weaknesses. With this information, you will be able to create robust SEO campaigns and create content that matches the target audience’s search intent.
Many agencies are offering online marketing services to businesses and organisations. None of them can match the quality of the services provided by MediaOne Marketing. Since our inception, we have been delivering top-notch services to businesses in Singapore and abroad.
Our unwavering focus and results-oriented work ethic ensure we consistently deliver exceptional services to our customers. Every service package is carefully customised to suit the brand’s needs and expectations. With our team of professionals on your side, success is guaranteed. Get in touch with us for more details.
Well, some experts perceive SEO as an online tool for success in digital marketing and lead generations. But we beg to differ; SEO is a combination of processes designed to increase the website’s visibility online and ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs). SEO also entails conversation rate optimisation to ensure website visitors convert.
On the other hand, SEO tools analyse or investigate a website page’s potential for high ranking in SERPs. They do this by evaluating the quality of the content and keywords used to determine if they match the searchers’ intent or information needs.
Yes, Google Analytics is an SEO tool that is offered for free by Google. As an SEO student, you will learn how to do various processes such as keyword research and analysis. Even though there are other better SEO tools in the market, more than 50% of all websites use it for research and analysis.
One of the benefits of using Google Analytics is that it does not rely on third-party apps or systems. All the information presented in its reports is fetched from the organic traffic recorded by the bots. You can count on it to make informed decisions, but make sure that you understand the definition of the various terms such as bounce rate and click-through rate.
As an SEO expert, you should calculate SEO ranking or gauge the performance of an active SEO strategy to ensure that your customers get the best results. Here are the key metrics that you should monitor continuously on behalf of the client.
- Amount of organic traffic received in a given period
- Keyword ranking
- Website visibility in SERPs
- Click-through rate
- Bounce rate
- Backlinks
- Page Speed
- Website authority over time
All these factors have a direct impact on the performance of a website. For example, a high bounce rate signifies that you should re-optimise the content to resonate with the target audience’s needs and preferences. This can be done by including more visuals and reducing the amount of text on the pages.
Simply put, an SEO score is a measure or metric of how well the technical and user-facing aspects of a website contribute to SEO, higher rankings, and organic traffic.
Have you ever wanted to learn SEO so that to have more control over your digital marketing campaigns? Fortunately, there are several SEO courses and trainers in Singapore, but choosing the right one for you is the biggest challenge you will face.
For this article, we have researched the best SEO courses and trainers in Singapore so you do not have to go through the trouble.
SEO Basics
SEO is constantly changing and you must choose SEO courses and trainers wisely. However, some basics hardly change. Mastery of the basics is one of the ways you can tell if you are dealing with a competent SEO trainer in Singapore. Here are the SEO basics you should know:
Learn What Your Customers Are Searching For
It is impossible for you to optimise your website for SEO without knowing who your customers are and what they are searching for on Google and other search engines. The easiest way to learn about your customers is by creating buyer personas, which is one of the topics covered by SEO courses and trainers in Singapore.
For instance, if you run a hotel in Singapore, your customers are searching for phrases such as ‘hotels in Singapore,’ ‘place to stay in Singapore,’ or ‘accommodation in Singapore.’ Before undertaking complex SEO strategies in Singapore think about what the customers could be searching for and write them down.
Next, start searching the words and phrases you have written down to get what your competition is doing. This is important since the websites have already researched and optimized their title tags for SEO and you will get ideas on how to optimise the tags.
Learn All You Can About Keyword Research
Keywords are the lifeline of a successful SEO campaign, and doing keyword research can be a challenge, even for seasoned SEO experts. There are hundreds of keyword research tools available, some free while you have to pay for some, and they are part of the topics taught in SEO courses and trainers.
After getting the most appropriate keywords and phrases, you can then go on to assign them to the various pages on your site. With that said, it is worth the shot to create a map that links each keyword to a web page.
Optimising Pages for Search
After identifying what your customers are searching for and the keywords you need to use to get more organic traffic, you need to ensure that your web pages are optimised to satisfy the customer. This is a move geared towards reducing your bounce rates.
Optimising the pages includes providing a great user experience, by having a flawless user interface design. This revolves around the removal of unnecessary design elements such as opt-in boxes, pop-ups, and more that can irritate site visitors. This is another topic you should consider when choosing between SEO courses and trainers in Singapore.
Here are a few ways that you can optimise your pages for search:
- Create content that is in line with the user’s search intent
- Use short and descriptive URLs
- Come up with compelling meta titles and descriptions
- Create a logical structure by using headers and sub-headers
- Optimise your images and videos
- Set up schema
This is one of the topics covered by SEO courses and trainers in Singapore.
Ensure That Your Site Is Accessible By both Humans and Search Engines
When creating an SEO camping, you should know that you are working for two different customers; human readers and search engine crawlers that index your website. While we are seeing bots become more intelligent and human-like, there are still some subtle differences.
Your goal, therefore, is to ensure that your site is accessible to both humans and search engine crawlers. However, optimising your site for search engine crawlers can be difficult, and we recommend that you get an experienced professional to help you out.
Here are ways that you can ensure that both humans and search engine crawlers can access your site:
- Improve the website and page loading speed
- Make your website mobile-friendly
- Install an SSL certificate
- Create a site map
- Upload a robots.txt file to your website
- Link related posts and pages
Moreover, you need to learn about technical SEO in Singapore and website structure to boost the chances of success.
Build Backlinks from Other Websites
Building backlinks is critical for the success of your SEO strategy. For this reason, you need to spend resources on creating content as well as promoting and generating links to the content. Backlinks are one of the top three factors that have a strong influence on Google’s ranking algorithm.
Source: Gorilla 360
We have seen many link building tactics over the years, with some being more legit than others. However, the first thing you need to do is learn how your competitors are building their links. With that said, these are some of the proven link building tactics you can use for SEO in Singapore:
- Swipe links from inferior content
- Broken link building
- Guest blogging
When it comes to broken link building, we mean that you search for relevant broken pages that have links on other sites. Reach out to the sites linking to the broken pages and suggest that they swap the dead resource for a suitable alternative on your site.
Organic SEO vs. Local SEO
Organic SEO, otherwise known as traditional SEO is distinctively different from local SEO. For starters, local SEO has a geographical component, and it is the practice of building relevant signals around a specific location. This means that only brick-and-mortar businesses get to use local SEO.
Organic SEO, on the other hand, revolves around a website. The website can be a business on its own which may or may not have a geographical location. It is for this reason that bloggers, digital marketers, and other internet-based businesses use organic SEO to improve their SERP rankings and thus increase traffic to their sites.
With that said, organic SEO can also be influenced by a geographical location, but it is not linked to a brick-and-mortar business. In traditional organic SEO, search engines are looking for valuable, trustworthy, and relevant content. Local SEO on the other hand, search engines are looking for trustworthy and relevant locations.
Citations and Links
Links are often described as the currency of the internet since they lead to higher SERP rankings and increased traffic. This means that links are only used for traditional organic SEO. Local SEO, on the other hand, uses citations instead of links.
However, citations and links are not the same. Citations are references for your name, address, phone number. Search engines regard that the availability of citations as proof of relevance and validity of the business in a specific location.
Citations help businesses become relevant for particular searches that may relate to the business. Traditional organic SEO involves the building of links and has little need for creating citations.
SEO Trends You Should Know About
As we have said, SEO in Singapore is constantly evolving and before you enrol for SEO courses, you need to know the current trends and what influences them. To stay on top of the trends, you need to read widely on SEO articles or hire a competent SEO professional to avoid wasting resources.
These are some of the prevalent SEO trends you need to know about:
Mobile and Voice Search
Mobile search has been growing in popularity seeing that 90% of Singaporeans today use their smartphones to browse the internet. Moreover, consumers in 2018 spent three and a half hours a day on their mobile devices, which means that it has edged out desktops as the preferred access point to the internet.
You should take note of mobile search since Google introduced the Mobile-First Index. This means that Google will predominantly use your website’s mobile version for indexing and ranking.
Mobile device users have also started to use voice search to find answers on Google while on the go. It is safe to assume that we are going to see an in-tandem rise in mobile and voice search dominating SEO in Singapore. Read on how you can optimise your website for mobile and voice search.
Semantic Search and Intent Optimisation
Search engines today do not use the exact keyword string to return answers to a user’s query. Instead, they are looking at the context of the query and then they analyse the possible search intent to deliver the results.
This is evident in Google Suggest results. You could use semantic search tools to help you cluster any search query into related entities and concepts.
Content Diversification and SERP Marketing
Focusing on organic listings is getting old and SEO professionals need to optimise their websites for all other search items including quick-answer sections, videos and images. This is the concept behind SERP marketing.
Content diversification, on the other hand, requires that you come up with quality content in various formats. On the bright side, you will have the opportunity to leverage more mediums and try a variety of tools.
You could also consider content collaboration to diversify your content. The benefits are huge the best on being getting natural backlinks, shares and trust.
Structured Data
Google has been fast-tracking the use of semantic data by updating its initial guidelines and adding support for new varieties of structured data. This means that Google is interested in extracting more information from your site to improve your SERP rankings.
You need to start adding a variety of structured data such as FAQ pages, fact-check and more. Once crawled, your FAQs will appear in an interactive snippet, and the user can click on the link to get more answers. When choosing SEO course and trainers, you need to consider if they offer this topic.
On-Page Optimisation
Despite the different turns, SEO might take over the years; on-page optimisation remains one of the most critical aspects of your online presence. The backbone of on-page optimisation is high-quality and relevant content presented in a way that is easy to consume.
Source: Backlinko
Make sure that you check and optimise the site’s loading speed and the user interface to ensure that the users have a great experience when on your site.
Best SEO Training Courses in 2023 (Paid and Free)
It used to be the only way to kickstart a career in anything was to enrol for formal education and pay thousands of dollars in form of fees. University certificates carried a lot of weight when applying for a job.
But things have changed.
Even more important than that university degree is the experience and skill you’ve developed through hard work and initiative.
That’s the modern way of learning, and the path you should be thinking of taking if you want to learn about SEO.
What’s an SEO Course?
An SEO course is a certified program that you can enrol for to study SEO or one of its many aspects.
While there are courses that tackle SEO as a whole, most of these courses solely specialize in either On-page or Off-page SEO, while some are designed to teach you how to conduct effective keyword research and get the most bang for your SEO buck.
After you complete an SEO course, you may be awarded an SEO certification. Essentially, this is meant to show that you have the necessary training and skills in a particular aspect of SEO.
Why Should You Take an SEO Course?
SEO isn’t like riding a bike.
It’s not instinctive. And just because you’ve acquired a particular skill set that doesn’t mean you’ll never have to learn about it again.
Much to the contrary, SEO is a complex set of rules, methodologies, and techniques designed to guide you through the process of fine-tuning your content and preparing it to be parsed and judged by the might power of search engines’ algorithms for ranking.
And considering search engines are always updating their algorithms, and releasing new rules and guides, that makes SEO a never-ending learning curve.
Meaning, as an SEO marketer, you have to keep on changing your approach by adapting to new search engine guidelines and rules. Failure of which your marketing efforts will soon be rendered obsolete.
So, why should you enrol for an SEO Course?
The question most of you are asking right now is that, “is it really necessary to take up an online SEO training course?”
Well, one approach you could take is to start self-educating yourself about it. However, there’re benefits that comes with signing up for a reliable SEO training course – and which you’ll never get from relying on free resources.
Let’s break them down.
Tested and Proven SEO Strategies
The good thing about taking an SEO training course from a reliable trainer is that their content will always be up to date. The reason being, they’re in the field and, as such, know what works and what doesn’t.
The problem with free resources is that much of the information they contain is outdated. It’s a long shot working with them, considering most of the strategies provided have yet to be tested.
A reliable SEO training program will only focus on what works in the current scenario as well as what SEO practices need to be followed.
Access to Premium SEO Tools
Theoretical knowledge in SEO won’t get you that far. You need practical exposure with any new lesson you soak up.
Speaking of which, the only way to gain the required practical knowledge is by taking up real projects. You have to implement everything you learn and monitor the generated results.
Now, much of what you’ll be doing involves using SEO tools – which by the way don’t come cheap.
Imagine spending hundreds of dollars per month just to experiment with these tools.
The good thing with signing up for a paid SEO training course is that you’ll be given access to various SEO tools (without paying extra for them). You get to work with all these tools in real-time and gain practical experience.
Guidance from a Practicing SEO Expert
It’s one thing to teach something but quite another to implement that knowledge on a real-time project.
Just because someone teaches how to code, that doesn’t mean they can code.
Well, SEO Experts that set up training courses don’t do it because they have a masters degree in teaching.
They do it because they have mastered the skill through many years of learning and working on different projects.
They have experimented with different SEO techniques to know what works. Their expertise is not set on guesswork, but on making calculated moves based on what they have come to learn and understand over the years.
Get Certified
You’re not doing all this to just become skilled and have nothing to show for it. With many of these courses, you’ll be given a certificate or digital badge that you can link to a professional networking site such as LinkedIn and increase your credibility, as well as your chances of getting hired (if you’re hunting for a job, that is).
These reasons are compelling enough to make you consider taking up an SEO training course.
There are so many reputable SEO training programs that you might want to sign up for today and get the ball rolling.
How to Pick the Right SEO Courses and Trainers for You
Having given you a background on what to expect from SEO in the modern age, you need to pick SEO courses that are in line with your objectives. This is crucial since going from the basics to becoming an SEO professional takes time and money.
The objective of any SEO course ought to help you get all the resources needed to optimise a small or medium-sized website for search engines and to create a basic strategy to increase traffic to the site. Ideally, you need an SEO course and trainer that answers these questions:
- What is keyword research?
- How do search engines crawl and rank websites?
- Which are the free SEO tools and how are they used?
- How do links influence SEO?
- Where keywords should be placed on a web page
- How does a website’s architecture influence SEO?
These are some of the basics that you can expect to learn from SEO courses and trainers in Singapore. However, you should choose one that provides answers to questions involving more complex SEO practices.
These questions include:
- What is link building and how is it done?
- What is link baiting and internal linking?
- What are the free linking tools and how are they used?
- How does social media marketing affect SEO?
- What is a content strategy?
SEO courses and trainers that address these issues should provide you with a firm foundation about SEO.
Online SEO Courses and Trainers or In-Person Training
The choice between in-person and online training largely depends on your preferred learning style. Online training offers you more flexibility and it is structured to be taken by people with a busy schedule that need to learn SEO in a short time.
In-person SEO training, on the other hand, is preferred by people who need a more interactive learning experience or people who have a dedicated time for learning. This mode of learning tends to be the best since you will be more focused when you have a person in front of you.
The Best SEO Courses and Trainers in Singapore
Good content alone will not mean that you will have a successful website, for this reason, you need to learn from the professionals with a good reputation and have run successful SEO campaigns. Your best options are short SEO courses and online SEO trainers. Here are the best SEO courses you should consider:
MediaOne SEO Courses
Trainer/Company: MediaOne
Basic SEO Course Outline
Course Outline: MediaOne offers two SEO courses – basic and advanced. We have the best SEO trainers in Singapore and the basic SEO course curriculum includes topics such as:
- How SEO works
- How search engine web crawlers work
- Keyword research and planning
- Creating quality content
- Implementing effective link building techniques
- Dos and don’ts of good website SEO
- Content marketing
- Meta title, headings, and descriptions
- Website SEO auditing
Duration: You could also opt for the 2-day option with 4 hours each day.
Fees: The price for the basic SEO course is SGD 888. The course can be taught for one day between 9 am and 6 pm with one hour break.
Advanced SEO Course Outline
Course Outline: This course takes a deeper look into SEO and it is recommended to experienced marketers or people with prior knowledge and who are already practicing SEO. The curriculum includes topics such as:
- The philosophy of SEO
- Technical SEO
- Advanced Google Search Console
- Introduction to and practice using top SEO tools
- Testing the quantity and quality of backlinks
- Checking links’ country of origin, recency of links and velocity
- Keyword analytic metrics
- Link and keyword optimisation
Duration:You can opt for the 1-day option that runs between 9 am and 6 pm with one hour break or the 2-day option where you are taught for 4 hours per day.
Fees: The price for the advanced SEO course is SGD 2,888 with two learning options.
2-Day SEO Training Course by Equinet Academy
Trainer/Company: Equinet
Course Outline: Equinet first opened its doors in 2013 with one agenda in mind – to help marketing graduates and teams tap into the potential of digital platforms via quality bite-sized training.
You will get a Certificate of Attainment from SSG and Equinet Academy after the successful completion. The course is accredited by the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). The training course is the best given that Equinet Academy is one of the few schools accredited by SSG to offer SEO courses in Singapore.
The curriculum consists of topics such as SEO campaign management, keyword research, link building, and website optimisation among others. You will also learn about the best practices and the instructors will also help you in identifying how you should choose a suitable SEO agency.
Duration:Their 2-day SEO training course includes lifetime access to the updated course content materials, after-training support via forum access, direct email support, and small group mentorship.
Fees: The full fee for the 2-day course is SGD 740 nett, and SGD 37 nett if you get the SkillsFuture funding of up to 95%.
Address: Equinet Academy10 Anson Road,#25-08 International Plaza, Singapore 079903
Website URL: https://www.equinetacademy.com/seo-training-course-singapore/
Telephone: +65 6816 7831 / +65 6816 3016
Email: enquiry@equinetacademy.com
5-Day Certification Training Workshop by Asia Search Engine Academy
Trainer/Company: Asia Search Engine Academy
Course Outline: Asia Search Engine Academy is the brainchild of Pageadvisor co-founder Fabian Lim, one of the best SEO trainers in Singapore. The workshop has one of the best SEO curriculums in Singapore and they cover topics such as:
- Mobile search
- Social media and SEO
- SEO for video
- Webmaster Tools
- Google Analytics
Participants also get to learn the basics of content marketing, copywriting, and tips on article writing to name a few. The Asia Search Engine Academy is a franchise of Search Engine Academy based in the USA. However, you will have to contact the institution for the fees of their SEO courses in Singapore.
Duration: The training workshop consists of a 2-day basic workshop and 3 days of advanced training in SEO
Website URL: http://www.asiasearchengineacademy.com/seo-training.htm
NICF Web Analytics and SEO Course by National University of Singapore
Trainer/Company: The National University of Singapore
Course Outline: The National University of Singapore offers Web Analytics and SEO fundamentals as part of their Executive Education Programme. This is regarded as one of the best SEO courses in Singapore and by the end of the course, participants are expected to have learnt and understood how to use Google analytics to obtain and analyse data for SEO campaigns.
There is no prior knowledge required to enrol in this course and you will get a certificate of completion in the end.
The curriculum includes:
- Exposure to Google Analytics tools
- Fundamentals of Web Analytics
- SEO and content optimisation
Duration: The course takes 3 days from 9 am to 5 pm.
Fees: The fees for the course are SGD 866.70. However, Singaporeans get a lower rate depending on whether they qualify for relevant grants and schemes.
Address: 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Block C, D & E Singapore 119620
Website URL: https://www.equinetacademy.com/seo-training-course-singapore/
Telephone: +65 6516 5409
Email: isseee@nus.edu.sg or isstraining@nus.edu.sg
Search Engine Optimisation Course by Emarsity
Trainer/Company: Emarsity Digital Marketing Academy
Course Outline: Emarsity is a digital marketing academy that uses experienced digital marketers and they offer in-person and online SEO courses in Singapore. The head SEO trainer at Emarsity is an experienced digital marketing practitioner who is also a senior digital strategist in one of the biggest SEO agencies in Singapore.
The students will receive 6 months of support after completion, a one-time free refresher course, and lifetime access to online course videos. The course runs for 2 days from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.
Emarsity is a Google Partner and a Bing Ads Accredited Professional. The curriculum is split into 8 modules covering the following topics:
- Introduction to SEO
- Onsite and offsite SEO
- Local SEO
- Mobile SEO
- Keyword research
- Website SEO auditing
Participants also get to learn the basics of content marketing, copywriting, and tips on article writing to name a few. The Asia Search Engine Academy is a franchise of Search Engine Academy based in the USA. However, you will have to contact the institution for the fees of their SEO courses in Singapore.
Duration: The training workshop consists of a 2-day basic workshop and 3 days of advanced training in SEO
Website URL: http://www.asiasearchengineacademy.com/seo-training.htm
SEO & Google Adwords Course by the Digital Marketing Institute
Trainer/Company: The Digital Marketing Institute (DMI)
Course Outline: The Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) is the global certification standard in online marketing education and it is recognised the world over. The course gives students a clear perspective about SEO, paid search (PPC), digital display advertising. The course also offers details on how to use data analytics to enhance search marketing campaigns
Duration: The course takes 3 days from 9 am to 5 pm.
Fees: The fees for the course are SGD 866.70. However, Singaporeans get a lower rate depending on whether they qualify for relevant grants and schemes.
Address: 29 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Block C, D & E Singapore 119620
Website URL: https://www.equinetacademy.com/seo-training-course-singapore/
Telephone: +65 6516 5409
Email: isseee@nus.edu.sg or isstraining@nus.edu.sg
1-Day SEO Training Course by Digital Senior
Trainer/Company: Digital Senior
Course Outline: This SEO training course by WordPress Training Singapore is suited for people who want a quick rundown of what SEO entails. They accept only a small number of students for each class, and they get to take away an SEO training guide to help them in their post-course learning.
The curriculum includes an introduction to SEO, on-page and off-page SEO and optimisation, Google analytics, and more.
Duration: 1 Day
Fees: $800
Website URL: https://digitalsenior.sg/wordpress-training-singapore/
Email: info@digitalsenior.sg
Daragh Walsh SEO Trainer on Udemy
Trainer/Company: Udemy
Course Outline: Udemy is another of the largest online learning platforms, and after completing their SEO courses in Singapore, the students receive a certificate of completion. There are over 30,000 people who have undergone this training thus far.
The course was created by Daragh Walsh, one of the best SEO trainers in Singapore. However, you might benefit from having prior knowledge about SEO. With that said, you will get lifetime access to course materials.
The curriculum consists of on-page and off-page optimisation, keyword research, technical SEO, local SEO, and more. You will also find other SEO courses on Udemy, but the one by Daragh Walsh is the best one of all.
Duration: The course is administered online through 2.5 hours on-demand video accompanied by 2 articles.
Fees: SGD 14.88
Address: Two Horizon Centre, Golf Course Road, DLF Phase 5, Sector 43, Gurgaon, Haryana, India – 122002
Website URL: https://www.udemy.com/course/seo-roadmap/
Email: bizdev@udemy.com
Various SEO Courses on LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is gaining in popularity and if you are looking to know more about SEO this is the place to be. A majority of the SEO courses in Singapore offered on Linked Learning are from Lynda.com, and they can come in handy to develop your SEO skills.
Linked will recommend the best SEO courses and trainers in Singapore based on your profile. The courses are offered online and are self-paced. Some of the topics covered in the curriculum include video SEO, fundamentals of SEO, link building, keyword strategy and research, headline writing, video SEO, and more.
The average fee you will pay is $30 per month, which is approximately SGD 41. However, users get the first month free.
2-Day SEO Course by Tommy Koh
Trainer: Tommy Koh
Course Outline: Tommy Koh is one of the best SEO trainers in Singapore and practitioner and has been teaching SEO since 2011. In the recent past, he was invited to talk at various events including at Microsoft, Amazon, and WordPress. So far, he has conducted over 30 classes and trained over 500 students.
The curriculum covers a variety of topics including but not limited to:
- Introduction to SEO and how search engines work
- Keyword research
- On-page and off-page optimisation
- Google Webmaster
Participants also get tips on how to be a good website optimiser. The SEO course has attained SkillsFuture Credit approval.
Duration: The 2-day course is open to entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, and anyone who wants to pick up a new skill for the digital era.
Fees: The fee for the 2-day course is SGD 500. However, students aged 25 years or older and have not yet used their SkillsFuture credit can receive a $500 credit for the course.
Website URL: https://seogeek.sg/search-engine-optimization-seo-courses-classes-singapore/
Telephone: +65 9863 8665
Email: Tommyksh@seogeek.sg
Overview of the SEO Courses and Trainers Packages in Singapore
SEO trainers and institutions have their way of computing how much they will charge for the SEO courses and training. However, the average cost for the SEO courses in Singapore ranges between SGD 200 and SGD 3000.
The difference in costs depends on the topics covered in the curriculum and the experience of the SEO trainers in Singapore. The reputation of the institution will also come into play in determining how much you will pay.
Fortunately, you will also find online and short courses in Singapore that offer cheaper courses, but they only cover the bare minimum. They are suitable for individuals that are starting in SEO. The average cost of the basic SEO courses is around SGD 40.
SEO Course Packages | Basic | Advanced |
2-day | SGD 800 | SGD 3000 |
1-day | SGD 500 | SGD 800 |
Online | SGD 40 | SGD 210 |
The tables below the some of the key topics covered in SEO courses in Singapore.
What You Learn | Services | Basic | Advanced |
Keyword optimization | Keyword research | Yes | Yes |
Keyword targeting | Yes | Yes |
What You Learn | Services | Basic | Advanced |
On-page optimization | Title and Meta tag optimization | Yes | Yes |
Header optimization | Yes | Yes | |
URL structure optimization | Yes | Yes | |
Image and link optimization | Yes | Yes | |
Daily page management | Yes | Yes |
What You Learn | Services | Basic | Advanced |
Off-page optimisation | Domain analysis | Yes | Yes |
Search performance analysis | No | Yes | |
Link analysis and building | Yes | Yes |
What You Learn | Services | basic | Advanced |
Content optimization | Copywriting | Yes | Yes |
Blog posting | Yes | Yes | |
Images | Images and videos | No | Yes |
What You Learn | Services | Basic | Advancedd |
Analytics
| Google Analytics | Yes | Yes |
Performance Analysis | Yes | Yes | |
Monthly report | Yes | Yes |
Questions to Ask Before Hiring Registering for an SEO Course
The above SEO courses and trainers are the best there is in Singapore. However, not all of them will meet your needs, even for the basic course. For this reason, you need to take them through their paces to see if they are a good fit for your desired objectives.
Here are some questions you need to ask before you register for SEO courses and trainers in Singapore:
14 SEO Training Courses You Should Check Out
Free Courses
1# SEMrush Academy
Course Fee:
All their courses are 100% free
You’ve probably heard of SEMrush, one of the leading providers of the SEO tools you’ll be using to run your SEO campaign.
What you don’t know is that they also run a digital marketing learning centre labelled SEMrush Academy.
And the best part is that all their training courses are completely free.
Among the courses offered there’s SEO, PPC, SMM, and content marketing.
Their SEO course covers almost everything you’ll need to know to become an SEO expert. It goes without mentioning that these courses have been prepared by two established SEO experts, Bastian Grimm and Greg Gifford.
By taking up this course, you’ll get to learn how to use the SEMrush SEO toolkit like a pro. The best part, SEMrush often updates these courses with every new feature they introduce.
2# HubSpot SEO Training Crash Course
Course Fee:
100% free
This crash course was created for those who want to get started with SEO quick.
It’s a 5-day course, where you’ll be receiving the course materials every day via email.
Read through each material and learn something. Nothing fancy, just the basics — but enough to get you started with SEO.
It’s a short but sweet SEO training that allows you to learn the following:
- How to conduct keyword research
- How to help search engines understand the content you publish on your website
- How to earn backlinks
- On-page and off-page SEO techniques you can use
- Understand the mechanics behinds search engines. How do they crawl and index websites?
- Link building tactics to help you level up your SEO game
The best part: the course is completely free.
3# eMarketer’s SEO Certification Course
Course Fee:
100% free
eMarketer offers one of the most comprehensive SEO training courses for beginners. At the time of writing this, more than 120, 000 students have already taken the course.
When you enrol for the course, you’ll be provided with a 156-page eBook on SEO. The books cover almost all the base information about SEO, from link building to technical SEO and so much more.
After you’ve gone through the book and gone through all the provided material, you can take their free exam. If you score 25 out of the possible 50 after taking this exam, you’ll be provided with an SEO certification that you can download for free.
4# Mangool’s Complete SEO Guide
Course Fee:
100% Free
This free SEO guide from Mangool was created for absolute beginners who have no idea of how SEO operates.
It’s a 9-chapter guide covering some of the most important SEO topics, including keyword research, technical SEO, link building, and so on.
You’ll be provided with real use cases, downloadable PDF checklists, and infographics to guide you on how to get started with SEO, as well as what techniques to apply.
There’s a test at the end of the course and a certificate for those who ace it.
5# ClickMinded SEO Certification
Course Fee:
Free to Learn SEO Fundamentals
$497 for a Single User
For multiple users? You have to consult ClickMinded for that.
If we were to recommend an SEO certification, then we’ll go with this course.
Suffice it to say it’s got all the materials you’ll need to succeed as an SEO expert.
The course starts by teaching you how to create marketing personas. They also go on to give you a general overview of how marketing funnels operate, as well as give a comprehensive outline on keyword research, search intent, etc.
What makes ClickMinded stand out is the fact that they’re pretty upfront with you. The first thing that they’re quick to point out is that a majority of professional SEOs don’t have SEO certificates.
Their course is targeted at people with a bursting passion for SEO. They offer to provide all the tools and resources you might need to hone your craft and improve your performance on various SEO aspects
6# Free SEO Course on Udemy (by Moz)
Course Fee:
100% free
This is a 3.5-hour video course designed to tackle different aspects of SEO. The course covers a wide range of SEO lessons, as well as handy tools and some of the tricks people use to run successful SEO campaigns.
It’s a content-rich course that has benefited so many students and even helped some land SEO jobs with respectable companies.
The best part? It’s provided by Moz, one of the most trusted providers of SEO tools.
By signing up for this course, you’ll get to learn about:
- How to audit a site and create a proper SEO structure
- How to conduct keyword research
- On-page SEO fundamentals
- How to Appear on Featured Snippets
- How to develop a solid content strategy
- How to create a professional SEO report
If you’re just getting started with SEO, you should sign up for this course. It’s more practical than any other free SEO course on the list.
7# Ecommerce SEO 101 by Shopify
Course Fee:
100% Free
This is a free video series on e-commerce SEO by Shopify. It’s a course that any online store owner looking to drive traffic and convert customers should consider signing up for.
The course is instructed by Hellen Overland, from Search Engine People. It consists of 7 video series spanning 61 minutes, with tips and pointers on how to improve your store’s SEO score.
The course offers a solid foundation to store owners that are just getting started with e-commerce SEO and are looking to start growing their organic traffic.
Paid Courses
8# All-Round SEO Training by Yoast
Price:
$89 per year
You’ve probably heard of Yoast. It’s the company behind the popular SEO plugin for WordPress, Yoast SEO.
Their All-around SEO training course is offered as part of their premium SEO plan and comes with their premium Yoast SEO plugin and a host of SEO courses you can take.
Yoast is a household name, not just in the SEO field but in the general online community – especially for their contributions to WordPress.
The course consists of a series of 3-hour instructional SEO videos. And upon completing the course, you’ll be awarded an SEO badge and certification to add to your work profile.
9# Advanced SEO Certification Training
Price:
Once-off fee of $299 for self-paced learning
A once-off fee of $399 for their online boot camp
This course isn’t cheap. Imagine paying $229 for only 180 days of access to this course – not so many bloggers and small business owners can afford that.
But for those who can, let’s just say that it’s worth the price. That’s because the course covers all aspects of SEO in detail.
Plus, the lessons are taught by established SEO professionals, with the option to choose between learning online or attending an offline class.
If you’ve been thinking about enrolling your staff on a good SEO training class, look no further.
10# The SEO Playbook
Price:
One-time fee of $497
Talk of an SEO training program with so much depth to it. This isn’t a course for beginners, but intermediary SEOs to advanced ones.
It picks from the basic to more advanced and proven SEO traffic that increases traffic and generates sales.
Here’s what you’ll learn by taking up this course:
- How to land new clients
- How to fill the critical gaps in your agency’s marketing and sales processes
- How to rapidly grow and increase your organic traffic
- How to build new SEO skills and expand your service offerings
What makes this course stand out is the fact that you get to watch as the course creator, Robbie Richard, implement some of the lessons in real businesses and projects.
You get to watch him run a technical content audit from scratch, conduct keyword research and map out content for an eCommerce store.
Not only that.
After you’re done with the course, you’ll be added to a private Slack community where you get to interact with other SEO professionals.
11# Detailed SEO Blueprint
This Detailed SEO Blueprint is a comprehensive SEO training course, consisting of over 150 videos covering different aspects of SEO, from keyword research, to link building, to on-site SEO, and so much more.
The course was created by Glen Allsopp of ViperChill – and he did more than just compile a few lessons. He shared some of the tactics he’s been using on the website he manages, and which have worked for him – and not likely to be found anywhere else.
It’s a fluff-free course that goes slow on theoretical knowledge in favour of real-world experiences that comes with working with some of the biggest brands you know.
12# SEO that Works by Backlinko
Price:
Price tends to vary every time Brian launches the course. But the fee averages $5964, or 12 monthly instalments of $497.
SEO That Works is thorough and detailed but not cheap. We’d suggest you start saving for it.
Nonetheless, we can assure you this course will change your SEO approach for the better. You’ll start seeing things a little bit differently after you’re done – or better, have a glimpse of how Brain Dean handles his SEO business.
You even get to watch real-life SEO case studies, real SEOs at work.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- What’s the latest SEO craze?
- What’s working at this point?
- Link realtors
- Power page
- Link building and content promotion
- How to optimize your UX design for SEO
13# Traffic Think Tank
Price:
You have two pricing options to choose from
- Monthly billing of $119 for the 12 months
- One-off payment of $1, 190 for the whole 12th month
You’ve probably never heard of Traffic Think Tank, and that’s what makes it special. More so because it’s a super exclusive and premium SEO training community hosted and managed by Slack, a popular messaging app.
By taking up this training, you’ll be given access to a host of SEO learning materials – videos, templates, free materials, and awesome webinars.
You’ll also have direct access to the course creators, Ian Howells, Matt Barby, and Nick Eubanks, where you’re free to contact them and ask them anything.
These are not ordinary SEOs, but true SEO masters – each of whom has garnered hundreds of billions of site visitors through nothing else but SEO.
14# SEO Courses on LinkedIn
We’re not talking about all SEO courses on LinkedIn, but a number of them that we think would make a good fit for list like this.
LinkedIn has tons of mini-courses that touches on different aspects of SEO. One good example of such a course is SEO Foundation, which takes you through the basics – like how search engines operate, how to create SEO content, how to analyse backlinks, and how to conduct technical SEO, among so many other things.
Another LinkedIn worth mentioning is SEO Keyword strategy, which is a little bit more advanced that most of the SEO course offered on the platform. It starts by covering keyword research, before segueing into more advanced topics, such as search intent, how to draw insights from your PPC campaigns, and so on.
As you will see from the courses discussed above, there is a wide variety of topics covered for both basic and advanced SEO courses. It is therefore important that you look into what you are will to learn before you start scouting for SEO courses and trainers.
When you make the first contact, ensure to ask what topics are covered. The SEO trainers in Singapore or institutions should not be at pains to offer the curriculum topics to you in advance. Better yet, they should outline the topics to be covered on their website.
Due to the evolving nature of SEO in Singapore, learning SEO can be expensive as you can see from the tables above. However, some accredited SEO courses qualify for schemes and grants. This means that you will pay a fraction of the cost.
There are two modes of teaching SEO in Singapore, online or in-person. Unfortunately, this is one of the most underrated questions when choosing between SEO courses and trainers in Singapore. You must know which method your preferred SEO trainers in Singapore use to avoid disrupting your schedule. If you can move some of your activities around, in-person training is the better choice since it gives you access to interact with the SEO trainers and classmates.
Online training, on the other hand, is preferred by people with a tight schedule. This method allows for flexibility and you only have to make time to do the assessment at a supervised examination centre.
We are seeing an increase in the number of SEO trainers in Singapore opening SEO training institutions coming up with SEO courses. Unfortunately, even someone who has been practicing for years might not have the proper material to train and teach.
For this reason, you need to ask for proof of accreditation. Most of the SEO courses in Singapore are accredited by SkillsFuture. However, some institutions have earned the right to offer independent SEO courses based on their reputation, such as MediaOne Marketing.
Most of the SEO courses are taught in one or two days, which is barely enough to give you mastery in SEO. However, some SEO trainers in Singapore offer access to post-course material and lifetime access to videos and support. For the price you are going to pay, it is only fair that you get post-course support, given the changing nature of SEO in Singapore.
The time it takes to master SEO depends on your ability to learn and retain information. On top of that, you will need to practice every day and keep your ears and eyes open for trends that will disrupt the current SEO techniques.
However, learning as much as you can about your customers is a sure way to know what they want, and you can then align your strategy to meet their needs. Moreover, you need to choose between the available SEO courses and trainers wisely to fast track your journey to becoming an SEO expert.
These are the best SEO courses and trainers in Singapore. We recommend that you contact several of them to see which one best fits your needs. However, it will take a while before you can master SEO in Singapore. For this reason, you could hire an SEO agency to carry out the complex tasks of website optimisation.
Contact us today for professional SEO services and comprehensive search engine optimisation course in Singapore. Our support team is on hand to offer you free and non-obligatory quote 24/7.
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RAYMOND TEOH
- 23 years in digital marketing experiences in several Singapore, Malaysia and NASDAQ listed companies
- Business coach since 2002 and coached more than 100 companies in Leadership, Sales and Digital Marketing
- NTU EEE Bachelor(Hons), ACLP Certified Trainer