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ABCs of SEO - Basics of Search Engine Optimization

Register at Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation, class #14246:

General: http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/index.aspx?page=540

Direct to THIS class: http://www2.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/instareg/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?ProcessWait=N&aid=1007

Learn how to get the best possible search engine results 
and maximize traffic to your website. This class is geared 
to anybody who has or is planning to have a website, 
including small businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, 
and bloggers. 

Topics include: How to write web content for best 
SEO results; What you need to know about page titles, 
descriptions, keywords; How links in and links out affect 
your SEO; How Social Media, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, 
Twitter can help your SEO; Tools you can use to determine 
your site's popularity; How to know if your web developer 
understands SEO; The 5 most common SEO mistakes; 
Google's Webmaster Guidelines. Instructors are Sara Isenberg, 
Web Consultant & Project Manager, and Steve Penny, one of 
the industry's top SEO experts.  Visit http://saraisenberg.com/ and http://stevepenny.com/.

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