Generative AI (GenAI) is now a key power tool in an SEO professional’s toolkit. In this beginner-friendly course, you’ll learn how to leverage its power using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Semrush, and Keyword Insights AI to build AI-driven SEO workflows that boost speed, accuracy, and creativity. You’ll learn how to use GenAI for SEO to conduct AI-driven keyword research, create topic clusters, and build content briefs that align with your target audience’s search intent.
GenAI for SEO: A Hands-On Playbook
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Beginner level
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4 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Apply GenAI effectively across SEO workflows to boost productivity, accuracy, and content quality while maintaining brand voice and search relevance.
Develop AI-driven SEO workflows using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to research keywords, cluster topics, and optimize content efficiently.
Generate and validate schema markup (JSON-LD) for articles, FAQs, and products to ensure rich results and accurate structured data.
Optimize meta titles, descriptions, and multilingual variants using GenAI tools like Semrush to improve CTRs, readability, and SEO performance.
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November 2025
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There are 2 modules in this course
In this module, you will conduct a hands-on sprint that integrates generative AI into the traditional SEO workflow. You'll begin by learning how AI supports keyword discovery and content improvement: move from seed topics to clustered keyword lists, translate those clusters into briefs, and use AI to tighten headlines, coverage, readability, and internal links. Then, you'll ship on-page essentials that win clicks and rich results: write high-performing meta titles and descriptions (including multilingual variants), then generate and quality-check JSON-LD schema for Article/FAQ/HowTo/Product. Short videos lay the "why," labs give you repeatable prompt patterns, and quizzes lock in guardrails, so speed never sacrifices accuracy or brand voice.
What's included
5 videos1 reading3 assignments3 app items3 plugins
In this final module, you will apply your learning by crafting an SEO-friendly blog for a researched keyword and performing on-page optimization. A graded quiz will help assess your overall mastery of the course concepts. The module also includes a course glossary to reinforce key terminology and concludes with a wrap-up that summarizes the key takeaways and guides you on applying your learning in your career.
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment1 app item3 plugins
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Frequently asked questions
Generative AI enhances SEO by automating keyword research, content clustering, and optimization. It helps marketers scale content production while maintaining accuracy, alignment with intent, and brand voice.
Unlike standard SEO training, this course teaches you to integrate generative AI into every stage of the SEO workflow—from research to schema validation—helping you work faster and more strategically in an AI-first search landscape.
You’ll learn to use AI tools for keyword research, optimize blog content for clarity and depth, create schema markup (JSON-LD) for rich results, and automate on-page SEO tasks with precision and consistency.
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