PSA: I had to pick between a free online course and a paid local workshop for learning basic SEO.

The free one was from a big university, but the $200 workshop was in my city and promised hands-on help. I went with the local class last month, and the instructor spent an hour fixing my site's meta descriptions. It was way better than just watching videos alone. Has anyone else found that in-person stuff is worth the extra cost for this kind of learning?

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the_ben4d ago

Seriously? That sounds like a huge waste of money. Paying $200 for someone to do a basic task you could learn in ten minutes is wild. The free course would have given you the knowledge to fix ALL your meta descriptions yourself, forever. That local workshop just created dependency instead of real skill. The real value is in learning the principles, not having your hand held for one single fix.

graymiller3d ago

Yeah @the_ben, I totally fell for a similar overpriced SEO trap last year lol.