Learning Resources for SEO
Three free resources that together cover the full SEO curriculum — the roadmap, the hands-on courses, and the tool fluency.
The rest of SEO is a skill you build, not a file you copy. Three free resources cover it in order — read the first, watch the second, run the third.
The three
- LearningSEO.io
The curriculum. Aleyda Solís maintains a free, ordered roadmap of every SEO area — fundamentals, execution, CMS, advanced topics, automation — with vetted guides and tools per topic. Start here and follow the order; it exists so you do not have to guess what to learn next.
- Ahrefs Academy
The hands-on courses. Free video lessons that walk a real site from zero to its first rankings, using the tools as you go. Best once you have read the roadmap and want to watch someone execute it.
- Semrush Academy
The tool fluency. Free courses and certifications across technical SEO, content, and link building, each tied to a specific tool. Useful for the mechanics of running an audit — the same kind of audit that surfaces this site's own structured-data errors.
What this is not
These are the learning half. The distribution half — the places you actually publish, submit, and earn backlinks — is its own page, and it is the next one in this starter kit.
Next: Backlinks Cold-Start List — 90+ high-authority platforms, sorted by score.