Online Search Engine College Launched
Institution to offer tutor-supervised and self-study
online courses
13-May-03 - A new online training institution offering
instructor-led short courses and downloadable self-
study courses in search engine optimization (SEO) and
search engine marketing subjects was launched
today.
Search
Engine College is the brainchild of search engine
optimization industry expert Kalena Jordan of Web Rank
Ltd who, for the past eight years, has been optimizing
the web sites of clients to help them achieve higher
search rankings.
Kalena, who teaches the SEO courses for the new
institution, recognized a gap in the market for an online
training facility where persons could learn search
engine optimization techniques and other search engine
marketing subjects from experts in the industry:
"I was constantly being asked the same questions
by webmasters about how to make their sites search
engine friendly", she says.
"I was also asked if I knew of any online institutions
that offered courses in search engine optimization. I
didn't, so my industry colleagues and I decided to
create one. Now anyone with a PC and an Internet
connection can go and learn this stuff for themselves,
no matter where they are in the world."
Search Engine College courses are aimed at a wide
target audience, including marketing executives
responsible for promoting their company's web site via
search engines, small business owners wanting to learn
how to market their own web sites via search engines
and students or unemployed persons wanting to learn
how to optimize web sites for search engines in
preparation for starting their own search engine
optimization business or applying for a job in the
lucrative search engine marketing industry.
Kalena's colleagues at Search Engine College include
well-known industry experts Dan Thies, Bob Gladstein,
Karon Thackston, Chris Dimmock and Kimberly Krause.
These tutors all have extensive search engine marketing
experience and are highly qualified to lead
students through the course material. Subjects
available for study at SEC include search engine
optimization, pay per click search marketing (including
how to manage advertising campaigns on Google
AdWords and Overture), web site usability, keyword
research, link building and web site copywriting.
Search Engine College is a truly global concept. Tutors
hail from the world over, including the U.K., New
Zealand, U.S.A. and Australia. Classes are held in
various time-zones to accommodate both tutors and
students. Course material is available via PDF
downloads and students complete online quizzes each
week to ensure they have successfully absorbed the
course content.
No risky search engine optimization techniques
or "spamdexing" methods are taught in the classes.
Only those methodologies deemed acceptable to search
engines, (based on webmaster guidelines published by
the search engines themselves), are encouraged.
"I'm tired of seeing innocent companies get burned
by unscrupulous firms claiming to be search engine
marketing gurus and promising to submit their sites to
50,000 search engines. These are nothing more than
backyard cowboys who play Russian Roulette with their
client's sites", says Kalena.
"Unfortunately, this industry is full of such firms who
propagate myth and legend by publishing information
that is misleading, deceptive and often downright false.
No wonder webmasters are confused when it comes to
search engines. With the amount of incorrect
information floating around out there, it is extremely
difficult for newcomers to sort out fact from fiction. I'm
hoping graduates of Search Engine College will address
this imbalance".
All courses offered by Search Engine College use a
holistic approach to web site promotion, focusing on
the importance of web site design, functionality and
usability as well as search engine compatibility.
Students can choose to participate in tutor-led courses
or download a self-study course to take at their own
pace.
The College is currently accepting student registrations
for their first intake of search engine marketing courses
commencing in June.
Click Here to visit Search Engine College...
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Dear Reader,
In our last newsletter, I promised you a big
announcement and here it is!
I am very pleased to announce the launch of Search
Engine College, an online training institution
offering instructor-led short courses and downloadable
self-study courses in search engine optimization and
search engine marketing. You can read all about it in
this month's feature article. I look forward to seeing
you all in class :-)
Enjoy this issue and remember to visit our daily Search
Engine News Blog for the latest industry news and
gossip.
Till next time - wishing you high rankings...
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