This course is helpful and fun. If you are completely new to the topic, you will leave with an understanding of the tools that are available to you and how to start using them. With some practice, you will soon be ready for one more advanced Luckyweb's courses. Rafi is a very patient teacher and he explains tasks in a clear manner so that also complete beginners have the opportunity to follow and learn. This is a fun class with interesting students from different backgrounds and industries. I recommend it to anyone who is new to WordPress and is thinking about building a website with it.
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AccuRanker Review 2026: Pricing, Excel Exports and Clickstream Data
What AccuRanker costs as of late September 2026, how often it refreshes, which tier carries exports and the API, what clickstream means, and who should buy.
Semrush UK Pricing: What You Pay in Pounds (September 2026)
Every Semrush plan in pounds as shown to UK visitors in late September 2026, how the sterling prices compare with the old dollar figures, and the VAT question.
SEO Management Software Explained: What It Is and Which Tools Qualify
What SEO management software is, the five jobs a platform must do to qualify, which named tools pass the test and which do not, and how to choose by team size.
WordPress SEO Checklist: What to Set Up Before You Pay for Tools
The 14 free WordPress SEO checks to run before paying for any tool, what the free checks miss, and which audit tools to add afterwards, as of July 2026.
How to Use Google Search Console for Keyword Research
Keyword research in Google Search Console, step by step: how to surface striking-distance queries, questions and rising terms, and its five limits.
Best Free Rank Trackers in 2026 (and Where Free Runs Out)
Which rank trackers are genuinely free in 2026, the exact cap on each, a 50 keyword panel you can run for nothing, and the point where paying wins.
How to Build a Keyword Ranking Report Clients Actually Read
What goes in a keyword ranking report clients read: the seven columns, the monthly cadence, a worked example, and three ways to build it free or paid.
AI Visibility Tools Compared: What Is Worth Paying For
Which AI visibility tools are worth paying for, what they track and cost as of July 2026, and the free manual baseline to run before you spend.
Google Search Console vs Semrush: You Need Both. Here Is Why
Search Console shows how Google actually treats your site and Semrush shows the market around it. We map what each tool sees and when you need both.
Ubersuggest Review 2026: Where It Fits (and Where It Fails)
Our honest Ubersuggest review for 2026: real pricing, the data caps that bite, who the budget tool genuinely suits and when to upgrade.
Why Semrush Traffic Numbers Differ from Google Analytics
Semrush estimates traffic from clickstream panels while GA4 measures your real sessions, so the numbers never match and were never meant to.
Semrush Authority Score vs DA vs DR: What Actually Matters
What Semrush Authority Score measures, how it compares with Moz DA and Ahrefs DR, and why none of the three is a Google ranking factor.
Semrush Free vs Paid: What You Get (and Hit) on Free
What a free Semrush account includes in 2026, the exact limits you will hit, and the point where the paid SEO plan starts earning its price.
Semrush Position Tracking: Set It Up Properly in 15 Minutes
Set up Semrush Position Tracking properly in 15 minutes: UK location, device, keywords, competitors and alerts, plus an honest read of Visibility.
Why They Outrank You: A Step-by-Step SEO Competitor Analysis
Luckywebs, an SEO and web agency, put together this guide as the seven-step workflow used to figure out why competitors are outranking a site, and what can be done about it.
ChatGPT, Claude and the New Front Page of Google: What AI Search Means for Your Traffic
People now ask ChatGPT, Claude and Google's AI Mode a full question and read the answer without clicking. Here is what is genuinely new in 2026, and what to do about it.
The SEO Tools Worth Paying For in 2026 (and the New Ones Watching AI Search)
The right toolkit now does two jobs: the classic work of keywords, links and crawls, plus showing whether your brand appears inside AI answers. Here is the stack we rely on.
Less Than a Third of Google Searches Still Send a Click: What Zero-Click Means for Your Business
SparkToro found 68% of US Google searches now end without a click. That is a strategy problem, not a death sentence. Here is the calm, practical plan.
How We Connect Claude to Our SEO Stack with MCP (and Why It Makes Us Faster)
Most SEO still runs on export-a-spreadsheet drudgery. We connected Claude to our SEO tools through MCP, so we ask questions in plain English and spend our time thinking, not fetching.
AI Overviews Are Shrinking the Local Pack: How Estate and Lettings Agents Stay Visible
Google now answers many local property searches with an AI Overview before anyone reaches a list of agents. Here is how estate and lettings firms stay the name it trusts.
Winning the Legal Searches Google Now Answers Itself: AI Search for Law Firms
Google now answers many legal questions itself before a firm's site is seen. Winning means being the trusted, genuinely expert source the AI quotes. Here is how law firms do it.
Your Product Feed Is the New SEO: Getting Your Store Into ChatGPT Shopping
Keywords in product titles are no longer the main event. The completeness of your product data now decides whether ChatGPT Shopping and other AI tools recommend you. Here is what to fix.
Local and AI Search for Home and Trade Brands: From Range Cookers to Garage Doors
Customers research considered home and trade purchases hard, and increasingly they start inside an AI answer or a map pack. Here is how these brands stay visible in 2026.
Best Rank Tracking Software for Agencies
We rank the best rank tracking software for agencies in 2026, with verified prices, update frequencies, white label options and per-keyword costs for eight real tools.
How to Track Keyword Rankings (and Why GSC Is Not Enough)
What rank tracking is, why Search Console's average position misleads, and how to set up proper keyword ranking monitoring step by step: each documented Google limitation checked against Google's own pages, July 2026.
Rank Tracking API: Options and Pricing Compared
What a rank tracking API is, who actually needs one, and how SE Ranking, DataForSEO, SerpApi, Semrush and Ahrefs compare on access and pricing, with every figure checked against vendor pages in July 2026.
Best Link Building Tools for Agencies
The best link building tools for agencies in 2026, organised by job: prospecting, outreach, backlink analysis, monitoring and digital PR. Verified pricing, a comparison table and honest verdicts.
SEO PowerSuite vs Semrush vs SE Ranking
Desktop licence or cloud subscription? We compare SEO PowerSuite, Semrush and SE Ranking on price, features, collaboration and reporting, with verified July 2026 pricing and clear verdicts for solo consultants, agencies and in-house teams.
Meta Description Length in 2026: What the Data Says
There is no official meta description character limit. We look at the pixel truncation figures, the Ahrefs and Portent rewrite studies, and the lengths actually worth writing to in 2026.
Best White Label SEO Audit Tools (Agency Tested)
We compare the best white label SEO audit tools for agencies in 2026, from embeddable lead widgets to branded PDF reports, with verified pricing and honest verdicts.
How to Run a Technical SEO Audit in Under an Hour
A minute-by-minute workflow for technical SEO audits: crawl setup, indexation, status codes, redirects, Core Web Vitals, structured data and a triage table, all inside 60 minutes.
Best White Label SEO Reporting Platforms Compared
We compare five white label SEO reporting platforms on price, branding depth and email scheduling: SE Ranking, AgencyAnalytics, DashThis, Swydo and the free Looker Studio route.
What Is llms.txt and Should Your Site Have One?
llms.txt is a proposed markdown file that gives AI tools a curated map of your best content. We explain the format, who actually reads it as of July 2026, and whether it is worth adding to your site.
GEO Rank Tracking: Monitor Your Brand in AI Search
What GEO rank tracking is, why AI answers need monitoring, and how to set up an AI visibility tracker: a free manual workflow plus verified tool pricing for July 2026.
Best SEO Reporting Tools for Agencies
We rank the best SEO reporting tools for agencies in 2026, with verified pricing, white label options, cost per client maths and honest verdicts for each type of agency.
SE Ranking vs Semrush: Which Fits Your Agency?
A head-to-head comparison of SE Ranking and Semrush on verified July 2026 pricing, agency features, white label reporting and AI visibility, with a worked cost illustration for a small agency.
JavaScript SEO: The Practical Guide
How Google crawls, renders and indexes JavaScript, the failure modes that quietly cost rankings, and the checks we use to diagnose and fix them.
What Is a Content Audit and How to Run One
A content audit is a systematic review of your website's content to decide what to keep, update, consolidate or remove. Here is the full process, with a decision matrix and template checklist.
AccuRanker vs Ahrefs vs SE Ranking for Rank Tracking
AccuRanker, Ahrefs and SE Ranking compared on update frequency, local and mobile tracking, SERP features, APIs and July 2026 pricing, with clear verdicts by use case.
401 vs 403: What the Difference Means for SEO
401 means the server does not know who you are. 403 means it knows and still says no. Here is how Google treats each code, how to diagnose the wrong one, and when to use them on purpose.
Ahrefs vs SpyFu vs Semrush vs SE Ranking Compared
Ahrefs, SpyFu, Semrush and SE Ranking compared on verified July 2026 pricing, core strengths and value for money, with a short Moz section and persona verdicts.
The Client SEO Report Template That Justifies Your Retainer
The monthly client SEO report structure we use at Luckywebs: what clients actually read, a full copy-and-paste template, reporting cadence, the mistakes that get agencies fired, and how to automate the boring parts.
DIY SEO: A Sane Guide for UK Small Business Owners
A calm, honest DIY SEO plan for UK small business owners: the five jobs that matter first, a 90-day month-by-month plan, an effort versus impact table, a free tool starter kit, and a straight answer on when to pay for help.
How to Use Semrush: A 7-Day Plan for Beginners
Learn how to use Semrush in seven days: one tool per day, from first project to first report. A beginner plan with a day-by-day table, the five reports to run first, and UK database settings.
How to Use Semrush for Keyword Research (Walkthrough)
A step-by-step Semrush keyword research tutorial for UK sites: Keyword Magic Tool settings, the filters that matter, exporting, clustering and turning keyword lists into pages.
How to Check Your Google Rankings (Properly)
Googling yourself lies to you, and incognito does not fix it. Here are the three reliable ways to check your Google rankings: Search Console, free checkers, and rank trackers.
Semrush vs Google Keyword Planner: Not the Same Job
Google Keyword Planner is a free advertising tool; Semrush is a paid SEO platform. We explain the structural differences, when each one is the right choice, and the workflow we use to combine both.
How to Optimise for AI Overviews (What Actually Works)
AI Overviews now trigger on nearly half of tracked Google queries, and the citation data changed sharply in March 2026. Here is our working checklist, plus an honest list of what nobody can promise.
Semrush AI Toolkit: What It Tracks and Who Needs It
What the Semrush AI Toolkit tracks across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, what it costs in 2026, and who actually needs it.
Semrush Competitor Analysis: The 30-Minute Method
A minute-by-minute Semrush competitor analysis workflow: Organic Research, Keyword Gap, Backlink Gap and Traffic Analytics, plus the accuracy caveats most guides skip.
Semrush Site Audit: Setup, Settings, What to Fix First
How to set up the Semrush Site Audit properly, what the site health score really measures, and a triage table showing which issues to fix first, which can wait, and which to ignore.
How to Use Semrush for Local SEO (UK Setup Guide)
A UK setup guide to Semrush local SEO: what Semrush Local costs per location, how the Map Rank Tracker grid works, Base versus Pro in a table, and the review and Google Business Profile features worth switching on.
Free Keyword Research Tools: 8 Tested on One Niche
Eight genuinely free keyword research tools compared on one niche, with the real limits of each free tier as of July 2026 and the point where paid data starts to pay for itself.
How to See Who Links to Your Website (Free and Paid)
Three ways to see who links to your website: the Google Search Console Links report, free backlink checkers with their real limits, and paid tools compared.
The Local SEO Checklist for UK Small Businesses
A tick-box local SEO checklist for UK small businesses: Google Business Profile, NAP and citations, reviews, on-page signals, location pages and local links, in priority order with a monthly audit loop.
How to Find Local Keywords for a Trade Business
The exact process we use to find local keywords for trade businesses: a worked plumber example, the service plus town formula, emergency versus planned intent, and the free and paid tools that do the job.
Semrush Keyword Magic Tool: Filters Most People Miss
A practical walkthrough of the Semrush Keyword Magic Tool, focused on the filters most people miss: intent, questions, difficulty and match types.
How to Find Your Competitors' Keywords (3 Ways)
Three ways to find the keywords your competitors rank for: the free manual method, free tools with their real limits, and the paid keyword gap approach.
Keyword Difficulty Explained: Why Every Tool Disagrees
What keyword difficulty means, why Semrush, Ahrefs and Moz give the same keyword different scores, and how to actually use KD to pick winnable terms.
How to Check a Competitor's Website Traffic (What Works)
How to estimate a competitor's website traffic, which tools actually work, and the accuracy caveats every guide skips before quoting a number.
How to Find Long Tail Keywords (With and Without Tools)
What long tail keywords are, why they are easier to rank for, and six methods to find them, with and without paid tools, plus worked UK examples.
Google Business Profile Optimisation: The UK Guide
A field by field guide to Google Business Profile optimisation for UK businesses: the ranking factors that matter, in priority order, with a monthly routine.
SEO for Solicitors: A UK Law Firm Playbook (2026)
A practical SEO playbook for UK law firms: the practice area keywords that convert, local and trust signals, and how solicitors win in search and AI answers.
Does ChatGPT Recommend Your Business? How to Check
A free, repeatable way to check whether ChatGPT and other AI assistants mention or recommend your business, with prompt templates and what to do next.
The Freelance SEO Toolkit: Minimum Viable Stack for 2026
The minimum viable SEO tool stack for freelancers in 2026, in three budget tiers with real GBP costs, plus which tool covers which client job.
How to Choose Your Domain Name (Without Regretting It)
Pick a short brandable name, buy the .co.uk and .com together, check trademarks first and skip keyword stuffing. Our 2012 guide, updated for 2026.
The Cookie Law in 2026: What UK Websites Actually Need to Do
Consent before non-essential cookies, a real reject button and honest wording: what UK GDPR and PECR actually require of UK websites in 2026.
How to Link a WordPress Featured Image to an External URL
Three ways to link a WordPress featured image to an external URL: block editor controls, theme settings or a short filter snippet.
How to Remove the Image Title Popup in WordPress
WordPress shows a tooltip because the image has a title attribute. Clear the Title box in the block editor or strip it in code. No plugin needed.
The Truth About Vague, Fancy Terminology
The truth: jargon usually hides a simple idea or a weak offer. Here is how to translate 2026 buzzwords and buy web and SEO services with confidence.
How to Start a WordPress Blog in 2026
Register a domain, choose a host, install WordPress, learn the block editor and publish. A 2026 walkthrough, plus when WordPress is the wrong tool.
The 550 No Such User Error and How to Fix It
A 550 no such user bounce means the receiving server cannot find that mailbox. Learn the common causes and the fixes for senders and domain owners.
Great experience, very informative. The course was an excellent overview of setting up a website, then Rafi broke down each section into steps to follow. Rafi was very generous with his time overrunning to allow for Q&A. I feel confident now to create my own website Thank you
Read moreIt's been a great course. If you want to create your first website without, this is a good course to get started. Rafi explained everything by making the learning process easy and has been so professional and kind enough to answer any question.
Read moreRafi is a very experienced and patient teacher. He is adept at explaining how to build a SEO ready website from scratch, explaining the basic concepts you'll need to create the foundations so when you leave the course, you have the confidence to add your own content. I would highly recommend his courses, no matter what skill set you have or website you have in mind.
Read moreRafi WordPress workshop is absolutely good, he is very patient and very knowledgeable. I learned the how to build my website and the difference between plugins and widget which for me as a beginner was unheard of. I particularly appreciated learning how to secure my site he gave us step by step instruction on how to do it as well as recommending trustful sources to find tools and how to search for them on google. Brilliant class I really recommend.
Read moreI have been working with Rafi since 2011. firstly with the Enterprise society at University College London, where Rafi run two Wordpress courses during our events. These courses were very well attended and we received very positive feedback. Secondly, Rafi has been helping me build a blog with high profile interviews, targetted at the well-educated public in my home country (Brazil). We've been having Skype sessions combined with screenshare, during which Rafi helped me customise theme, homepage, posts, adding slider images, resizing images, etc.The amazing thing is that Rafi teaches me the steps, so I become independent in building the website. Moreover, Rafi is very approachable and patient. I highly recommend Rafi .
Read moreEver since I've met Rafi at a fashion networking event a few years ago, he has been super helpful in helping me build my website using WordPress. He always answers any questions I might have and makes the whole process of creating, designing and building your website a whole lot easier. I am very happy that he is always there when I need him. His workshops are brilliant, where he makes everything quite straightforward to understand, even if you have little or no experience of websites or coding. I would recommend him at any point. Great job, Rafi!
Read moreHave a burning small business project that needs me to personally get directly involved in writing up a website to express the ideas to the final consumers, and then regularily update it. The hand on session Luckywebs has been immensely helpful and has demonstrated that I will be capable of achieving this objective. The instruction was focused relevant and extremely well presented , and will continue with future sessions in the future . Great ! Have a burning small business project that needs me to personally get directly involved in writing up a website to express the ideas to the final consumers, and then regularily update it. The hand on session Luckywebs has been immensely helpful and has demonstrated that I will be capable of achieving this objective. The instruction was focused relevant and extremely well presented , and will continue with future sessions in the future .
Read moreRafi is a great teacher and the course is very informative. Why learn to build a website or blog if it isnt going to be SEO ready? Rafi helps with all of that and has some extra tools as well. I Definetly recommend his class to any newbie!
Read moreA great seminar! I will definitely be coming back to update my skills with WordPress and will be bringing friends along who desperately need to build their own websites. Ravi is a great teacher who made everything look so simple. Highly recommend it! Jay Kay
Read moreExcellent free workshop hosted in RBKC libraries
Read moreI highly recommend this course. It is great for beginners, who have never worked with WordPress before. The course is very intense and informative for a 7 hours session. Rafi was amazing. He was very patient with all of us and made sure we understood every step. I feel confident to finally crate my own website.
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