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SEO — how it actually works

Three structured courses built around what's real and what's repeatable. No shortcuts, no theory for theory's sake. Just practical SEO you can apply from day one — whether you're just starting out or already running your own site.

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Three courses, one clear path

Pick where you want to start. Each course covers a distinct layer of SEO — from understanding how search engines think, to writing content that ranks, to reading data and adjusting what you do next.

How search engines actually read your site

This course starts with crawling and indexing — not as abstract ideas, but with examples you can reproduce yourself. You'll look at how Googlebot moves through a site, why some pages get ignored, and what technical signals matter most when a site is new. We cover on-page structure, internal linking logic, and what "site authority" means before you've earned any backlinks. By the end, you'll be able to do a basic technical audit on any small site and know what to fix first.

6 weeks, self-paced
No prior experience needed
8 modules + exercises
Certificate on completion
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8 Modules
6 Weeks
340+ Enrolled
1How crawlers discover and index pages
2URL structures, redirects, and canonical tags
3On-page signals: titles, headings, meta
4Internal linking and site architecture
5Core Web Vitals and page experience
Keyword research depth90%
Content structure85%
Search intent mapping88%
E-E-A-T principles75%
Featured snippet targeting70%
1Finding keywords with real search volume
2Understanding and matching search intent
3Writing headers and copy that rank
4Content clusters and topic authority

Writing content that search engines want to rank

Keyword research gets a lot of attention, but most people do it wrong — chasing volume without thinking about intent. This course fixes that. You'll learn to identify what people are actually looking for when they search, how to structure an article so it answers that question clearly, and where things like E-E-A-T actually come into play. We also look at real examples of pages that rank and break down exactly why they work — their heading structure, internal links, and how they handle competing for the same query.

5 weeks, self-paced
Foundations course or equivalent
7 modules + content exercises
Certificate on completion
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Reading data and knowing what to do with it

Google Search Console and Analytics give you a lot of data, but most people look at the wrong numbers. This course is about understanding what the data actually tells you — which pages are losing clicks, where impressions are high but rankings are stuck, and how to spot quick wins versus long-term work. You'll also learn how to track changes properly so you know whether something you did actually helped. We work with real site data throughout, so you'll finish with a workflow you can apply to any project immediately.

4 weeks, self-paced
Some SEO experience helpful
6 modules + live data exercises
Certificate on completion
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6 Modules
4 Weeks
210+ Enrolled
1Google Search Console — what to track
2GA4 sessions, events, and organic traffic
3Identifying underperforming pages
4Measuring the impact of content updates
5Building a monthly SEO review workflow

What people found useful

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I'd read plenty of articles about SEO before this, but they all contradicted each other. The foundations course gave me a clear mental model — especially the section on crawl budget and internal links. I finally understood why some of my pages weren't getting indexed.

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Tarquin Owusu Freelance web developer, Cape Town

Study from home, at your own pace

All three courses are designed for people studying remotely across South Africa. Lessons are broken into short segments — so you can fit them around work, family, and everything else. There are no live sessions to schedule around, and you keep access to all materials once you've enrolled.

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The keyword research section changed how I plan content. I used to guess what to write about. Now I check intent first, look at what's already ranking, and structure things differently. I can see the difference in impressions on pages I've updated since the course.

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Liesel Dlamini Content writer, Johannesburg
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Analytics was the part I always skipped because it felt overwhelming. This course made it approachable. The part about spotting pages with high impressions but low clicks was immediately useful — I found three pages on my client's site that needed a title rewrite. Done in an afternoon.

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Brendon Ferreira Digital marketing consultant, Pretoria