SEO 2025: How I Hit #1 on Google – Complete WordPress SEO

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: The Complete Guide to SEO

Lecture 1: The Complete Guide to SEO: Why This Course is Unique

Chapter 2: Page Speed

Lecture 1: How Faster Site Speed = Higher Rankings & Increased Conversions

Lecture 2: A Very Simple Way to Make Your Site Run Faster

Lecture 3: Shoot Me a Message Anytime

Lecture 4: Make Your Site Load Faster for Anyone in the World

Lecture 5: A Free Service That Protects Your Site and Increases Page Speed

Lecture 6: Like Cookies for Your Website But Even Better

Lecture 7: How to Speed Up Your Site If You're on a Different Platform

Lecture 8: This Will Massively Decrease Your Page Load Time

Lecture 9: Here's How Much Faster the Site Became

Lecture 10: A Cleaner, Crisper, Faster Site in 3 Minutes

Lecture 11: A Refresher

Chapter 3: Data & Analytics

Lecture 1: How to Set Up Google Search Console

Lecture 2: Guarantee That Google Finds Your Pages With This

Lecture 3: Setting Up Analytics and Linking It to Search Console for Even More Data

Lecture 4: Figure Out Why Your Visitors Are Leaving Your Site (Bouncing)

Lecture 5: Goals & Funnels Demo

Lecture 6: Bing's Free SEO Tools: The Other 30% of Search

Chapter 4: Mobile-Friendly Websites

Lecture 1: See If Your Site is Mobile-Friendly

Lecture 2: How to Squeeze A Little More Out of Your Mobile Page Load Time

Lecture 3: The Easiest Way to Make Your Site Look Good on a Smartphone: A Demo

Lecture 4: Page Speed Checklist

Chapter 5: Webpage Optimization

Lecture 1: Matt Cutts on Hyphens v. Underscores

Lecture 2: 12 Things You Need to Include in Every Post to Hit the 1st Page of Google

Lecture 3: How to Add All of These Elements If You're Coding It Yourself

Lecture 4: A Rare, Proven Strategy to Make Click-Through Rate Go Through the Roof (Really)

Lecture 5: The Secret to Google's Titles and How to Easily Come Up in Image Search

Lecture 6: This Is How to Do It on Other Platforms

Lecture 7: How to Make Google & Your Visitors Happy: Canonicals & 301s (in Plain English)

Lecture 8: Matt Cutts on Duplicate Content

Lecture 9: 301 Redirects & Canonicals Setup

Lecture 10: Increase The Amount of Time People Spend On Your Site & Search Ranking Position

Lecture 11: An Easy Way to Increase Time on Site and Provide More Resources for Your Readers

Lecture 12: 2 Sites You Can Use to Check Your Links

Lecture 13: 3 Programs to Quickly Audit Your Site and Improve Your Visitor's Experience

Lecture 14: Website Analysis Checklist

Chapter 6: Content & Keywords

Lecture 1: An Introduction to Keyword Planning and Content Creation

Lecture 2: A Simple Way to Start Thinking About Content

Lecture 3: 2 Free Websites That Will Create 1,000s of Post Ideas for You

Lecture 4: Keywords, Search Terms and Other Words That Mean the Same Thing: How They Help

Lecture 5: 3 Methods to Instantly Find Great Post Ideas

Lecture 6: Kickin It Old School: Google's Keyword Planner

Lecture 7: Did You Know Bing Has a Keyword Planner, Too? Who Knew!

Lecture 8: A Free Program to Find All Sorts of Post Ideas

Lecture 9: How to Go From the 2nd or 3rd Page of the Search Results to the 1st

Chapter 7: Long-Tail Keywords

Lecture 1: How Keywords With Lower Search Volume Actually Make You More Money

Lecture 2: The Easiest Way to Rank for Conversational & Long-Tail Keywords

Lecture 3: 4 Programs That Will Come Up With Post Ideas You Never Thought Of

Chapter 8: Rank Checking & Organizing Your Post Ideas

Lecture 1: How to Check Your Competitor's Keyword Rankings Anywhere In the World

Lecture 2: Get Search Volume for 1,000+ Keywords in 2 Minutes

Lecture 3: Take Your Visitors from Casual Readers to Loyal Customers: The Art of SEO

Lecture 4: How to Hit #1 for Any Search Term

Lecture 5: Content Analysis Checklist

Chapter 9: Backlinks

Lecture 1: Link Building Opportunities: An Intro

Lecture 2: The New Link Building

Chapter 10: High SEO Visibility Backlinks

Lecture 1: How to Get Your Links onto the 1st Page for Extremely Competitive Keywords…

Lecture 2: …As In the #1 or #2 Spot for Your Main Search Terms

Lecture 3: The Secret to Links in The NY Times, the Associated Press and USA Today

Lecture 4: The Other Way to Get Valuable Links from News Domains

Lecture 5: Get High Authority Links With These Simple Google Searches

Chapter 11: Even More Backlinks

Lecture 1: A Cool Toolbar With Tons of SEO and Link Building Features

Lecture 2: Make Someone Feel Good and Get a Link in Just a Few Minutes

Lecture 3: Have People Promote Your Brand & Build Links at the Same Time

Lecture 4: Get Links While Improving Your Site With These Free Services

Lecture 5: An Amazing Link Prospecting Service

Lecture 6: 2 High-Authority Blog Aggregators

Lecture 7: 240+ Powerful Backlinks for Local Businesses

Lecture 8: A Great Extension to Find Sites for Sale with Tons of Existing Backlinks

Lecture 9: If Done on the Right Sites, This Will Bring a Ton of Traffic to You

Lecture 10: 1,000s of Shares on Average: The Most Shared Type of Content

Lecture 11: 3 Ways to Find Link Opportunities Right Now & As They Happen

Lecture 12: How to Protect Yourself from Negative SEO Attacks and Bad Backlinks

Lecture 13: Link Building Checklist

Chapter 12: Social Media: How to Go Viral in 3 Steps

Lecture 1: Install This Plugin & Double Your Shares

Lecture 2: Install This Plugin & Triple Your Shares

Lecture 3: Then Do This & Go Viral. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Chapter 13: Facebook

Lecture 1: Collecting Likes & Shares the Easy Way

Lecture 2: What to Include In Your Posts to Make Sure Your Content Gets Shared

Lecture 3: Michael's Guide to FP Traffic

Lecture 4: Statistics & Data on What Gets Shared on Facebook the Most

Lecture 5: A Facebook Giveaway That Brings in 1,000s of Shares

Lecture 6: Facebook Checklist

Chapter 14: Pinterest

Lecture 1: 3 Ways to Get More Repins

Lecture 2: 2 Things You Need to Do Before Using Pinterest for Business

Lecture 3: Statistics & Data on What Gets Repinned the Most

Lecture 4: An Amazing Pinterest Image Plugin