How did you learn SEO when you first started?

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There are so many blogs, YouTube channels and online courses available that it's difficult to know to begin. I'm curious how experienced members here learned SEO when they first started Did you follow a structure path or learn mostly through trial and error?
 
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SEO_COMPANY said:
There are so many blogs, YouTube channels and online courses available that it's difficult to know to begin. I'm curious how experienced members here learned SEO when they first started Did you follow a structure path or learn mostly through trial and error?
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learning took pace when I realized that I need to stop reading too much about seo and start experimenting on my own. It sems that practical experiece I gain through experiment is more valuable than reading for several months.
 
When i started i followed a few trusted SEO blogs and spent a lot of time on forums trial and error taught me far more than any course ever did
 
i started with blogs and youtube but the real learning came from building my own sites testing different strategies and tracking results taught me much faster than theory alone
 
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I learned SEO by building my own websites and testing things myself. reading guides helped but real experience teach me much more.
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Much the same here, 20 years ago. Scouring the internet for reputable directories, 'stumblin upon' pal's websites in order for them to do the same to me, trying so hard to play nice with google - all sorts of stuff. Was good fun. I'd do 8 hours of this after a day in the office in the city. Loved it.
And then I stopped and now... well I am thinking I am gonna try and re-learn everything :-)
 
Don't get stuck on too much information, that's what I say. Build a simple site and start trying what you've learned from one source. Real-life experiences taught me more than any class ever could. That's how I made most of my progress.
 
My path was mostly trial and error i learned the basics from free resources then spent time experimenting with content links and on page SEO to see what worked
 
SEO_COMPANY said:
There are so many blogs, YouTube channels and online courses available that it's difficult to know to begin. I'm curious how experienced members here learned SEO when they first started Did you follow a structure path or learn mostly through trial and error?
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what made it very beneficial was to review everything that I did in terms of changes. It is realy amazing how much one learn simply by doing something like this recording the change and seing the outcome.
 
i started with a few trusted SEO blogs to learn the basics then spent most of my time testing things on my own websites the real learning came from seeing what actually worked and what didn’t
 
It is like keep doing it until you see some signs of success.
It dont matter you are doing it correctly or not, as long as you are trying things and not looking to escape from doing efforts, you will be get better at everytime on what you do
 
I learned mostly through trial and error Reading blogs helped but building sites and testing things myself taught me far more than any course ever did.
 
I learned SEO mostly through trial and error rather than courses. I started by building small websites, testing different content strategies, backlinks and on-page changes, then watching what actually moved rankings.

Blogs and videos helped me understand the basics, but real learning came from analyzing successes and failures on my own projects.

Looking back, the fastest way to learn SEO is to combine education with hands on testing.

You can read 100 articles about SEO but running a website and seeing how Google responds will teach you more than any course ever will.

@SEO_COMPANY
 
Top Frim SEO said:
I learned SEO mostly through trial and error rather than courses. I started by building small websites, testing different content strategies, backlinks and on-page changes, then watching what actually moved rankings.

Blogs and videos helped me understand the basics, but real learning came from analyzing successes and failures on my own projects.

Looking back, the fastest way to learn SEO is to combine education with hands on testing.

You can read 100 articles about SEO but running a website and seeing how Google responds will teach you more than any course ever will.

@SEO_COMPANY
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Good!! ;););)
 
When I first started, I learned mostly through trial and error I read SEO blogs, watched YouTube tutorials and then tested everything on my own websites

The practical experience taught me much more than any course

My advice is to learn the basics first and start applying them on a real site as soon as possible
 
trial and error on my own site, broke way more stuff than i fixed at first but that's how it actually sticks
 
Tbh one of the main reasons i entered bhw was for that.... but i've been developing sites, ecommerces and some other projects for quite a while now, always trying some stuff i read here and in the internet, prety much as almost all people here
 
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