SEO Training Program
Course Syllabus   
Theory Concepts - Three Days: Step by Step explanation of all the topics  as given below will be done with suitable examples:
Roles and responsibilities of a Search Engine Optimization Professional
•	What characteristics will help you become a good Search Engine  Optimization Professional?
•	Some good websites to keep you abreast of the latest happenings in the  
SEO industry.
•	Some characteristics that make great Search Engine Optimization  Professionals.
•	Ethical responsibilities of the Search Engine Optimization  Professional.
Search Engines and Directories
•	What are Search Engines?
•	Types of Search Engines.
•	How Search Engines work and how they rank websites based upon a search  term ?
•	What are Directories and how do they differ from Search Engines?
•	Difference between Search Engines and Directories.
•	What is Open Directory project and how can a listing in DMOZ boost my 
SEO effort?
•	What is the importance of Yahoo directory listing?
•	How do you submit your site to search engines/directories?
•	How do you monitor the performance of your website in the search  engines?
Introduction to 
SEO and what it involves
•	What is the importance of search for websites and how can 
SEO save valuable dollars in advertising  expenses?
•	Which search engines should I concentrate on while performing 
SEO activities?
•	Who can or should perform 
SEO  activities?
•	What are the areas of operation for Search Engine Optimization  Professional?
Keyword selection and optimization strategies
•	Keywords - the key to successful 
SEO.
•	What is the importance of keywords in 
SEO?
•	How do you search for the right keywords that will help bring in the  most traffic?
•	What is keyword density and how should you optimize keyword density  for the search engines?
•	What is keyword prominence and how does it effect the 
SEO efforts?
•	How should keywords with two or more words be ideally placed within  the webpage? What is Keyword proximity?
Images, Search Engines and Google Page Rank
•	What is the effect of adding images in the webpage from the 
SEO perspective and how can you optimize images  within the webpage?
•	What is keyword stuffing and why you should avoid it?
•	More about Google and Page Rank (PR)
•	What is Google Page Rank?
•	More on GoogleBot - Google's web crawler.
•	What is the Google dance and deep crawling?
•	What are Google Advanced Operators?
Tuning the Meta Tags
•	What are meta tags and how do they help in 
SEO  efforts?
•	What is the Robots.txt file and how can it be used to pass on  instructions to search engine robots?
•	How do you create a Robots.txt file?
•	What is meta refresh tag?
Important factors that effect the 
SEO
•	What are the advantages of a site map for 
SEO?
•	Should you use image maps?
•	What is the best way to use splash or flash intro pages?
•	How do you optimize Java script within your webpage?
•	Solutions to improve the usage of Java scripts.
•	How can you optimize the use of frames within the web pages?
•	How can you use CSS to hide keywords in pages that are deficient in  keywords and text?
•	What is Site Popularity?
Good and Bad 
SEO Techniques
•	What are Doorway Pages?
•	What are Hallway Pages?
•	Do dynamically generated pages such as with ASP get indexed by the  search engines?
•	What is Cloaking?
•	Does Google prefer themed in-bound links?
•	What are the reasons for which I could get penalized by Google?
•	White hat 
SEO Techniques.
•	Black hat 
SEO Techniques.
•	In what ways could Google penalize me?
Link Popularity and Linking Strategies
•	What is link popularity and how can it effect your search engine  ranking?
•	What are the important aspects of a links program for a website?
•	What are authority sites and what significance do they have for sites  linking to them?
•	How can you get links from quality websites that will make a bigger  difference in the SERP's?
•	How to give a press release and get instant in-bound links and  traffic?
•	What tools can you use to increase in-bound links from other sites?
•	Creating a network of your websites to boost your links program.
•	What are link-filters in Google?
•	Can reciprocal links be bad for your website?
•	What are natural links?