You can start to learn SEO by creating a small website, web page, personal home page. This will help you to practice and use the theories that you learn. If you can start something that has never been submitted to a search engine, then it will be much better. If possible try to get a domain name that has your keywords.

Learn SEO by doing one page at a time. From one page, move slowly to other pages.

To start, you might want to try optimizing just the main page of your site and see how that goes. Alternatively, you could try different techniques on different pages and see which work best. If you choose a subject you know and love, things will be much easier.

Basic html will help you in creating the website. It will also help you in modification of the existing codes. So learn little bit of simple html. Next learn to choose the keyword. Keyword research is very much necessary and you should learn it to learn SEO. You can use different tools to find out the best keyword for your contents.

Next learn about writing of the content. How to use the keywords, how to incorporate them, how many you should use, where to use etc everything will be necessary for you. Content optimization is a very important part of the SEO and necessary to learn SEO. Without optimized writing, none of your techniques can get you better results.

You should learn how to create title tag. The title tag attracts more and more search engine spiders and visitors. Try to learn how to put keywords in the title tag. This title tag should be well used and thought of.

Meta tags are also important for SEO. Learn them well to create great Meta tags. Use keywords and phrases in the Meta tag. You have to learn the way to submit the website to directories and search engines. Know about their requirements and know how to satisfy them. Read the rules and regulations before submitting the website to them.

Learn link building: Both inbound and outbound link building is necessary for SEO. You should learn hoe to do it for the website you have in your hand.

Courses: There are various courses in SEO. You can learn from these courses. But selection o the course is very crucial. As there is no structured guidance available to find out the best course about SEO and this is not a subject that I taught in the general schools and colleges so it is very difficult to find one good course.

Training courses: There are some training courses are there for the advanced SEO personnel. If you have the basic idea about SEO, then you can take part in these training courses. They will help you with the new and advanced techniques in SEO. This will be a practical training under proper guidance.

Books: There are so many books available on SEO. You can read them and have an insight of the whole SEO thing. They will let you know what is what and will also tell you how to do it