# All 8 lessons of the free AI SEO course | AiSeoCourse.net > All 8 lessons of the free AI SEO course for local businesses, in order, with a one-line outcome each and a suggested reading path. URL: https://aiseocourse.net/lessons/ would turn main into a scroll container and break every \`position: sticky\` inside it. --> Skip to main content [#main-content →](#main-content) Free, all 8 lessons open # Lessons: AI SEO for local businesses Eight lessons that take you from "I have no idea what AI is reading about my business" to a profile, a site and a set of off-site signals that an assistant can actually cite. Start at Lesson 1 and work down. menu\_book 8 lessons schedule ~80 minutes total school Foundation level Start lesson 1 (free) arrow\_forward [/lessons/how-ai-search-picks-local-businesses/ →](/lessons/how-ai-search-picks-local-businesses/) View the 90-day checklist [/checklist/ →](/checklist/) ![Eight-lesson curriculum laid out as numbered cards with connecting path lines](/images/maps/flat-editorial-illustration-of-an-eight-lesson-cur.webp) verified 100% Free, no signup, no paywall group 1,100+ readers schedule 8 lessons · ~80 minutes ## All 8 lessons, in order Each card gives the outcome in one line. Lessons 1, 2 and 4 carry the most supporting guides, because they are where most local businesses lose the citation. ![Diagram showing an AI assistant assembling a local recommendation from a business profile, a website and third-party mentions](/images/misc/flat-editorial-diagram-of-an-ai-assistant-assembli.webp) Lesson 1 Start here ### How AI search picks local businesses The retrieval-and-citation mechanics behind every AI recommendation of a local business, with a 5-minute self-test. schedule 8 min read arrow\_forward [How AI search picks local businesses →](/lessons/how-ai-search-picks-local-businesses/) ![Business profile record card with name, address, phone, category and hours fields feeding an AI answer panel](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-business-profile-.webp) Lesson 2 ### Google Business Profile for AI search Making your Google Business Profile the clean, consistent fact source AI engines prefer, one field at a time. schedule 7 min read arrow\_forward [Google Business Profile for AI search →](/lessons/google-business-profile-for-ai-search/) ![Web page with one self-contained paragraph highlighted as an extractable passage feeding an answer card](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-web-page-with-one.webp) Lesson 3 ### Write local pages AI can quote What on-page content AI assistants are willing to quote, and how to write it: answer-first structure, one service per page, facts instead of adjectives. schedule 7 min read arrow\_forward [Write local pages AI can quote →](/lessons/local-site-content-ai-can-cite/) ![JSON-LD block connecting a business entity to address, hours, areaServed and external profile nodes](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-json-ld-block-con.webp) Lesson 4 ### Schema for local AI SEO LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage and sameAs markup so AI engines can resolve your business as one entity, plus how to validate it and what not to mark up. schedule 8 min read arrow\_forward [Schema for local AI SEO →](/lessons/schema-and-structured-data-for-local-ai-seo/) ![Crawler request reaching a server and returning rendered HTML, with sitemap and robots file markers](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-crawler-request-r.webp) Lesson 5 ### Build a local site AI can find The method (structure, pages, the profile link, llms.txt, crawler permissions), then a walkthrough building the plumber site with LocusPilot. Disclosure included. schedule 9 min read arrow\_forward [Build a local site AI can find →](/lessons/build-a-local-site-ai-can-find/) ![Review text, directory listings and editorial mentions flowing into one synthesized answer about a business](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-review-text-directo.webp) Lesson 6 ### Reviews, mentions and citations AI trusts How off-site signals feed the facts and sentiment AI assistants repeat: review velocity and replies, the directories that matter, local mentions, and NAP consistency. schedule 7 min read arrow\_forward [Reviews, mentions and citations AI trusts →](/lessons/reviews-mentions-and-citations/) ![Monthly scorecard with prompt test results, Search Console trends and referral segments](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-monthly-scorecard.webp) Lesson 7 ### Measure your AI search visibility A manual prompt set, a weekly log template, the Search Console signals that mean something, free trackers, and what a realistic 90-day curve looks like. schedule 8 min read arrow\_forward [Measure your AI search visibility →](/lessons/measure-your-ai-search-visibility/) ![Progression path from foundation tasks to advanced work with a marked decision point](/images/misc/flat-editorial-illustration-of-a-progression-path-.webp) Lesson 8 ### Where to go next The 90-day checklist, and three honest paths after it: keep going alone, get the site built, or step up to AI SEO Rainmakers, with dated facts and the referral disclosed. schedule 8 min read arrow\_forward [Where to go next →](/lessons/where-to-go-next/) Reading path ## Which order to read them in 1. 1 play\_circle ### If you are starting cold Read Lessons 1 to 3 in order. They cover how AI answers are assembled, your Google Business Profile as a fact source, and what makes a page quotable. 2. 2 fast\_forward ### If your profile is already clean Skip to Lesson 3 and Lesson 4. Content and schema are where most tidy-profile businesses lose the citation. 3. 3 group ### If you manage client sites Lessons 4, 5 and 7 carry the repeatable parts: markup, crawler permissions and a measurement routine you can run across accounts. 4. 4 checklist ### When you have read them all Work the 90-day checklist. It sequences every task from all eight lessons into three months with a definition of done for each. ## Companions to the whole course Two pages sit across all eight lessons rather than under any single one. definition ### AI search glossary: 10 terms local business owners need GEO, AEO, RAG, grounding, citation, NAP, schema, entity and AI Overviews, defined in plain language, each with why it matters to you. [AI search glossary: 10 terms local business owners need →](/glossary/) process ### The 90-day local AI SEO checklist Every task from the course sequenced into a dated 90-day plan, grouped by month, with time estimates and a definition of done for each. [The 90-day local AI SEO checklist →](/checklist/) Browse all 28 guides arrow\_forward [/guide/ →](/guide/) FAQ ## About the lesson sequence Do I have to read the lessons in order? expand\_more The first time, yes. Lesson 1 explains the retrieval mechanics that every later lesson assumes. After that, treat the index as a reference and jump to whichever lesson matches the job in front of you. How long does the whole course take? expand\_more Roughly 80 minutes of reading across the eight lessons. Implementing the work is the longer part, and the 90-day checklist breaks it into a quarter of short sessions. What is the difference between a lesson and a guide? expand\_more A lesson is a stage of the course and assumes the ones before it. A guide answers one specific question in depth, links back to its lesson, and can be read on its own. Is anything gated behind a signup? expand\_more No. All eight lessons, the checklist, the glossary and every guide are open. There is no email capture and no account. Open access · immediate start ## Start the course today All 8 lessons, the 90-day checklist and the glossary are open. No signup, no paywall, no email capture. Start lesson 1 (free) arrow\_forward [/lessons/how-ai-search-picks-local-businesses/ →](/lessons/how-ai-search-picks-local-businesses/) View the 90-day checklist [/checklist/ →](/checklist/) No signup. No paywall. 8 lessons, ~80 minutes.