5 Best SEO Certifications in 2023

To find courses that fit the bill, we polled our 200K+ newsletter subscribers on the best SEO certifications they would recommend. Most employers don’t care about SEO certificationsWe asked 15 SEO hiring managers for the skills and requirements that they deem important when hiring an SEO specialist. SEO certifications don’t guarantee a good SEO educationGetting an SEO certificate doesn’t necessarily mean that you learned anything useful. SEO certifications are often just marketing ploysPassing an SEO certification gets you a certificate (and sometimes a badge too). Final thoughtsMost SEO hiring managers see certifications as unimportant when hiring SEO specialists.