Best Web Certifications Courses

Online courses and online certifications are now much more significant than 10 years ago, especially if you aspire to be a web developer or webmaster. Services like website design and development require specific skillset. Certificates offered by IT giants can help you to showcase your skillsets as “approved by the big ITs.”

Web Marketing Solutions is a complete package of designing and developing websites, both light and heavy-duty programming, search engine optimization, and website analytics. Google, Adobe, Zend, and Microsoft are providing chances to become certified by them on every element of the web solution package.

Here are six amazing web certificates you can receive from the leading IT companies and showcase in your resume proudly.


  1. ACE Web Specialist (Adobe)

Adobe is a leading company reforming the world of video, design, graphics, interactive website and video. The company offers ACE or Adobe Certified Expert credential that covers a wide range interactive content and design area. If you aspire to receive ACE, then you can certify on any single Adobe Creative Cloud Product and Adobe Digital Marketing Suite Product like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe experience manager and Adobe Campaign.

To appear in the exam candidate doesn’t require any perquisites, however, a training session ($900 to $3,600) is recommended from Adobe before the exam. One candidate can appear for exam one per product. Each of the examinations will cost $180.
  1. Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ)

Many web marking solution providers seek digital marketers who have Google Analytics certifications. The Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ) is a certification course that is awarded for “digital analytics best practices and the Google Analytics platform.”

Amazingly this certification exam is also free just like Google AdWords Certification. For this exam, the candidate has to register at Google Partners and create a profile. A training session is available for the candidate (not mandatory but recommended) for two courses – Google Analytics for Beginners and Advanced Google Analytics. This is a 90 minutes exam and the pass mark is 80%.
  1. Google AdWords

Digital marketing and SEO are now booming thanks to Google. Google AdWords is one of the most desired qualifications in web marketing solutions job descriptions. To receive the certificate, candidates require to pass AdWords Fundamentals exam along with one more on display, search, mobile or shopping advertising.

The best part is Google AdWords exam is free. You don't have to pay for the examination. As a prerequisite, the candidate needs to be registered at Google Partners to create profiles. No training session is available. Candidate must answer 63 to 100 questions between 90 to 120 minutes and the elimination marks are 80%. There are five exams are available for free namely Search Advertising, Mobile Advertising, Display Advertising, Shopping Advertising and Video Advertising. However, the validity of the certificate is only 12 months and then you have to go for re-exam to hold on to the certificate.
  1. MCSD & MTA: HTML5 App Development (Microsoft)

Like a pioneer, Microsoft took the first step by offering certification course Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA): HTML5 App Development Fundamentals prior to the acceptation of HTML5 as a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation in 2014. The MTA: HTML5 App Development Fundamentals is recognized as the “first professional certification of the markup language.”

On the other hand, the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD): App Builder credential is imposed with a prerequisite of Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA). According to the web developers, the MCSD: App Builder credential is the latest of Microsoft's development certifications. This course also includes examinations focused on web technologies and tools.
For MTA course candidates require sound knowledge about CSS, HTML5, and JavaScript along with Microsoft Visual Studio. As a prerequisite, it requires minimum 2 to 3 years of experience using Microsoft development technologies for both web and mobile.  On the other hand, MCSA is also required for MCSD. Per exam, the MTA course will cost you $127 where MCSD: App Builder will cost $165 per exam.
  1. Zend Certified PHP Engineer

PHP is one of the most powerful and reliable server-side scripting languages. This scripting language was designed to produce dynamic web pages. The nicest thing is PHP is available for free to use on web server platforms and operating systems. Thanks to Rogue Wave Software, which is acquired by Zend Technologies in 2015, PHP is now in its seventh amazing version! Considering the high demand for this language a certification course is offered by Zend known as Zend Certified PHP Engineer.

No prerequisite training or courses are required for this certification exam. However, a training course ($299 to $1,295) is offered by Rogue wave Zend. A candidate has to pay $195 for the exam fee.

For those who are interested to pursue their career in web marketing solution industry has to jump the glorious certification courses as mentioned above. It will take time but try to appear for all these exams and showcase your certificates proudly in your resume, which will be from the moment ‘can’t be ignored’!

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