SEO, SEM & WordPress Growth Professional Certificate
Build practical skills in search & keyword strategy, wordpress & on-page seo, technical & local seo.
Programme overview
Build practical skills in search & keyword strategy, wordpress & on-page seo, technical & local seo.
What you’ll study
01Search & Keyword Strategy
Search intent, keyword research, SERP analysis, competitors, topic clusters and realistic traffic goals.
Practical work: Create a keyword map for a business website.
02WordPress & On-Page SEO
Site structure, pages/posts, titles/meta, headings, internal links, media optimization and plugin workflow.
Practical work: Optimize a training WordPress site.
03Technical & Local SEO
Crawl/index concepts, sitemaps, robots, speed, mobile, schema concepts, Google Business Profile and local citations.
Practical work: Complete a technical/local SEO audit.
04Content SEO & Authority
Content briefs, E-E-A-T concepts, link earning/outreach, digital PR basics, spam-risk awareness and AI content QA.
Practical work: Produce two optimized content briefs and one article.
05SEM & Measurement
Paid-search fundamentals, campaign structure, ad/keyword match concepts, conversions, GA4/Search Console and reporting.
Practical work: Build a draft paid-search plan and analytics dashboard.
06SEO Growth Capstone
Audit, 90-day roadmap, priority matrix, implementation, reporting and client communication.
Practical work: Present an SEO/SEM growth plan for a real or simulated site.
Tools & learning resources
- WordPress
- Google Search Console
- GA4
- Google Keyword Planner
- PageSpeed Insights
- SEO audit tools/free tiers
- Google Sheets
Practical projects & portfolio
- Keyword map
- WordPress optimization
- SEO audit
- 90-day search growth capstone
Who can apply?
Basic internet use. A laptop is required; no coding prerequisite.
