Michael Martinez: Always read the search engines` Webmaster guidelines. Here are Google`s guidelines. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35769?hl=en
Michael Martinez: Here are Bing`s guidelines. https://www.bing.com/.../help/webmaster-guidelines-30fba23a
Weldon Stanford II: For local SEO this a great free course https://localclienttakeover.com/
Kris Czerwiński: Try pulno.com is a seo audit tool with a free plan that has an explanation of every problem it may find. Test it on a few websites and learn SEO this way.
Jason Moorehead: I personally would recommend MOZ Website and forums and SEMRush
Dave Elliott: The moz beginners guide is always my recommendation https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo.
VJ Thakur: Hi Paul, there are lot of spices available on internet to start learning SEO. In my opinion create a domain and then start SEO with practically. It helps to you a lot and also help to learn fast.