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Lynda: SEO - Search Engine Optimization Getting Started

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Finally completed another Lynda course (see certificate Link no longer working). I've mentioned that I'm doing some SEO work at Cogneato, so I decided to go through a course on Lynda. I had started one a while back, but it was very long and on the old side (2006). There's a newer, shorter one now entitled "SEO: Search Engine Optimization Getting Started ". It was good and detailed without being overly verbose. I like her methods, especially her message to write for users rather than search engines. I think they work better long term and are better for users than some of the more old school methods. I will try to implement some of the methods at Cogneato.

Some important points from the course:

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Lynda.com Training Again

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Since I am not in school or working at the moment, I think I am going to learn some more using Lynda.com, with a normal subscription this time. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up some skills that will help me get a job, or maybe help make me more attractive for freelance work.

Lynda isn't as much into development as design courses, but they do have some that'll help me. I plan to learn Drupal, Joomla, and ASP.NET, which are popular items in the job postings I find. I could learn some of this without paying any money, but Lynda I can just sit and go through without searching and reading random articles or reading large books, and I can still do those as well if the Lynda course isn't giving me enough.

I considered picking up a class or two at Tri C. However, one class would cost more than a year of Lynda, and the classes are on a rigid time schedule, not at my own pace where I can start and stop as I please. The classes I wanted are all online there anyway, so I wouldn't get the classroom benefit.

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