Doctor Sleep
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I want to start learning SEO. Can you recommend me the best online course?
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TheShrewMan
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I wouldn't bother with a course, just use youtube and bhw to learn it. Ask questions on bhw if you are unsure about something. I think that's the best way of learning 
There's a ton of information and tutorials on the forum.
Also check out the downloads section https://www.blackhatworld.com/forums/member-downloads.29/.
Doctor Sleep
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Thank you!I wouldn't bother with a course, just use youtube and bhw to learn it. Ask questions on bhw if you are unsure about something. I think that's the best way of learning
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Doctor Sleep
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Where to start?
Where to start?
Hey, after 14 months on the forum, you know your way around surely.
OsideRida06
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Yes, I agree with those guys as well. There is no need for a course. Just read a lot on here and ask as many questions as you need to.
The only real way to learn is through trial and error. So the sooner you get your feet wet the better.
What kind of site are you wanting to build? I assume it's probably going to be a blog of some sort?
The only real way to learn is through trial and error. So the sooner you get your feet wet the better.
What kind of site are you wanting to build? I assume it's probably going to be a blog of some sort?
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Igor, just look through the forum threads, you don't need any course, but a real-life stories
Doctor Sleep
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Never with SEO man
Doctor Sleep
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I`m not sure blog or ecommerce store? Your thoughts?
OsideRida06
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I would personally start a blog. But that's because I would prefer long term security. However, if you are wanting a quicker way to make money then eCommerce may be the best route. Making money with blogging can take months or even a year or more.
Doctor Sleep
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I already have a ecom store, also I have a few blogs but with very bad content...I used to spam on Facebook
. I think is easier for beginner like me with ecom store SEO. But I also want long term security. Thank you for your answer friend
Doctor Sleep
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The most popular SEO channels... please could you name some of them? Thank you
kromik100
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1) Start a blog in a low-competition niche
2) Dont focus on profit at all. Write informative and relevant content. You can add all the fancy affiliate and monetiziation methods later on. That's the easy part.
3) Try fiddle around with the site. After having 3-5 well optimised pieces of content, see if you can manually make them move up into serps. Ranking and working with big-G is complex, but there's a really simple tool to benchmark your progress. That's simply your serp placement. Like top 10, 20, 30 ....
4) You will see what makes a difference and what does not. Of course it will always be different, but you get a feeling for it. Remember that SEO is longterm, so this is something that has to be ungoing for a few weeks if not months.
5) Do everything manually. Dont buy any services from BHW (yet!!), until you fully understand the proccesses, advantages, methods and of course the consequences.
6) Build a few blogs
7) Add AdSense to them to get a bit of motivation. You will not earn anything, but it's nice to see a few $ coming your way. If you're truly passionate, you will feel a hunger to get more.
8) Now that you've built a few whitehat blogs with relevant and quality content, you can move on to the real monetization. Of course there are 10000 ways to do this, but the "easiest" and most popular must be Amazon affiliate. The program itself is free to join, and even though the comission is low, you get access to billions of products and categories.
9) Try and write articles like "Top 10 best ....." - depends on your niche. There are many variations of these type of keywords, but pick some with high buyer intent (Google this - important!!)
10) See if you can rank some of these with the tools and method you've learned.
11) If you have 2-3 blogs by now with quality content and buyer articles, and manually built quality links in a low-competition niche, I'd say you're problably ranked around 10-20. Some lower, long-tail keywords(GOOGLE THIS) volume keywords might higher.
12) Try buying some blackhat links for one of your blogs. Keep using a whitehat strategy on the others - and develop your creative linkbuilding strategies (This is the area which I dedicate 90% of my SEO work to)
13) Monitor the movements and impact of your changes
14) Keep improving, testing and learning.
Learn the whitehat, then use your knowledge to do blackhat.
Good blogs to follow (Skip dumb Udemy courses):
Ahrefs blog
Neil Patel
Brian Dean / Backlinko (Excellent one!!)
Moz (Good for more advanced and technical SEO)
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. I run my own digital agency here in Scandinavia, and have been selling courses and mentorship in SEO for a few years now.
.... Oh, and I might own just online blogs/magazines;-))))
2) Dont focus on profit at all. Write informative and relevant content. You can add all the fancy affiliate and monetiziation methods later on. That's the easy part.
3) Try fiddle around with the site. After having 3-5 well optimised pieces of content, see if you can manually make them move up into serps. Ranking and working with big-G is complex, but there's a really simple tool to benchmark your progress. That's simply your serp placement. Like top 10, 20, 30 ....
4) You will see what makes a difference and what does not. Of course it will always be different, but you get a feeling for it. Remember that SEO is longterm, so this is something that has to be ungoing for a few weeks if not months.
5) Do everything manually. Dont buy any services from BHW (yet!!), until you fully understand the proccesses, advantages, methods and of course the consequences.
6) Build a few blogs
7) Add AdSense to them to get a bit of motivation. You will not earn anything, but it's nice to see a few $ coming your way. If you're truly passionate, you will feel a hunger to get more.
8) Now that you've built a few whitehat blogs with relevant and quality content, you can move on to the real monetization. Of course there are 10000 ways to do this, but the "easiest" and most popular must be Amazon affiliate. The program itself is free to join, and even though the comission is low, you get access to billions of products and categories.
9) Try and write articles like "Top 10 best ....." - depends on your niche. There are many variations of these type of keywords, but pick some with high buyer intent (Google this - important!!)
10) See if you can rank some of these with the tools and method you've learned.
11) If you have 2-3 blogs by now with quality content and buyer articles, and manually built quality links in a low-competition niche, I'd say you're problably ranked around 10-20. Some lower, long-tail keywords(GOOGLE THIS) volume keywords might higher.
12) Try buying some blackhat links for one of your blogs. Keep using a whitehat strategy on the others - and develop your creative linkbuilding strategies (This is the area which I dedicate 90% of my SEO work to)
13) Monitor the movements and impact of your changes
14) Keep improving, testing and learning.
Learn the whitehat, then use your knowledge to do blackhat.
Good blogs to follow (Skip dumb Udemy courses):
Ahrefs blog
Neil Patel
Brian Dean / Backlinko (Excellent one!!)
Moz (Good for more advanced and technical SEO)
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. I run my own digital agency here in Scandinavia, and have been selling courses and mentorship in SEO for a few years now.
.... Oh, and I might own just online blogs/magazines;-))))
Doctor Sleep
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Thank you very much. I have just one question: How many articles I should have on my first blog and how many of those articles need to be optimized?
kromik100
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"Optimized" is a broad definition, since no one can really agree on what the optimal article looks like. But try watching a few cases and studies on SEO content. But remember that "SEO TEXTS" are dead. You cannot simply write your main keyword 10000 times and expect to rank #1. Google is a lot more focused on data such as CTR (Click Through Rate), Bounce rate, Time spent on a page etc. - signals that shows Google that visitors like your site. So optimised content is basicly writing quality content that your audience enjoys. Make sure you're text is easy to read, contains plenty of relevant headlines, bulletpoints/lists, relevant images and outbound links to trustworthy sites within your sites.
All content should be optimised - why not?
Try writing 3-5 pieces of content pr. blog (Do 1-3 to begin with). Make sure that you're producing quality content, that contains a few thousands words. Google loves content.
Dont outsource any of your work to begin with - including content.
OsideRida06
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I already have a ecom store, also I have a few blogs but with very bad content...I used to spam on Facebook
No problem at all. That's what we are here for!
paulagabin
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Have you thought about your niche?
Courses can become outdated after a while. I mean what you learn today may not be 100% applicable in a year because of updates and new trends. If you're just starting and is still unsure which direction you want to take, maybe try browsing the forum here first. Get ideas from threads and helpful links (like what MisterF posted).
Hope you find your way soon.
Courses can become outdated after a while. I mean what you learn today may not be 100% applicable in a year because of updates and new trends. If you're just starting and is still unsure which direction you want to take, maybe try browsing the forum here first. Get ideas from threads and helpful links (like what MisterF posted).
Hope you find your way soon.