The biggest SEO mistakes that can kill a website

[riderwear45]

5 SEO mistakes :------
1. Targeting Broad Keywords
2. Keyword Stuffing
3. Design not Crawler-Friendly
4. Disorganized Content
5. Ignoring the User













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[wilfried]

Very nice information. I think all the tips above are very helpful to SEO newbie. WE will easily get lost in SEO. thanks.
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[riderwear45]

Before reading this post I think the main mistake is not using the SEO page title and h1 tag, because these two are about 70% on page SEO and off page SEO, many relevant links to two at once is a big mistake, but now things much clearer to me thanks for posting useful material

[PBaxter]

Now that there is a new Google Panda Algo, what have changed? What are the mistakes now?

[riderwear45]

Black Hat SEO is the biggest mistake of SEO that can kill a black hat website.Because can be destroyed by your site from Google.

So beware of simple Black Hat SEO.

[sarika123]

Hi guys...My self sarika here...I think it is great post.., its really matter in seo. without these things we can't rank higher......Thanks for sharing most important information in here....
I like it...

regards..

[roxywatson001]

Originally Posted by Brighteyes

(Note: This article is written by Rob Collyer, CEO and Founder of Webforumz.com. I have retained permission from him to reprint it)

In my years as an SEO specialist (or Guru as I've been dubbed by some) I have come across many SEO mistakes and pitfalls.... some of which are of the cringing variety. What I am about to share with you are not tricks or cheats, they are the fundamental and basic DONTS of SEO.

If your site does any of these things, then you will definitely want to look into rectifying that ASAP. If you are unsure as to whether your website is suffering from any of these points, then please let me know and I will take a look at it for you.

The following are in no particular order and is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but should hopefully (at least) help out some of you.

Not using a <title> for your page.
If SEO were a game of darts, then getting a good page title would be like hitting the bullseye. Failing to use a descriptive and thought about title containing your keywords will harm your rankings. Every page on your website should have a different title.

Using Dynamic Javascript, Java Applets or Macromedia Flash for site navigation..
This is a regularly overlooked factor and is visible all over the web. Search Engine Spiders may be very intelligent at crawling web content, but they cannot index Javascripts. Any menu system done purely in Javascript is a disaster because search engines will not see those links and therefore your listings on search engines will be very, very limited. This is equally true of navigation systems done in java applets and Macromedia Flash. Googlebot will see links in flash (I think the weighting in algorithms would be far less than regular text links), but I am not aware of any other spiders that will. Just because complicated site navigation menus may be easy for a human to use, does not mean spiders will be able to use (follow) the links.

Many Javascript and flash menu's can be replicated almost identically using CSS and XHTML. If you insist on using a technology invisible to spiders for your navigation, then the golden rule in my book is to place normal text links (or a link to a site-map) in your footer (not invisible ones... lol) in order to give spiders a crawl path around your site
Tip!: Images are not as good as text for navigation and links. Search engines cannot see the context or relationship of the link and the page your are linking to if you use an image.

Not using meta-data.
Make sure you use a keyword optimised title (see above), meta description and meta keywords on your pages.

Tip!: Meta-data should be thought of as a spiders 'first impression' of your website so make sure it very accurately describes the content.

Poorly written, UN-optimised content.
You may have spent ages writing the most in depth and informative content in the world, yet that does not mean it's automatically good for SEO. For instance you could have a 5000 word page all about London.... you may mention several attractions in London and rant about the fine restaurants and nightlife.... you may even say the queen lives there but if you never mention the word 'London', then you're stuck!!
If for arguments sake the page really is about London Tourist Attractions, then you will want your page title to be 'London Tourist Attractions'.... your H1 element (highly recommended) would be the same. Ideally, you will use those words throughout your copy a handful of times... and maybe even include them in bold or italics to show search engines that those words are REALLY important in the scope of the page!

Overuse of images and flash animations
Many websites employ a plethora of images and animations to give eye-candy to the page and in my book, there is nothing wrong with that. The problem arises when the content of the page is mostly portrayed in images and animations. Websites with very little textual content are very hard to classify as search spiders cannot see inside images. Achieving a good balance of content and images should be the ideal focus for any website.

Tip!: When you do use images, make sure that each one has ALT text. ALT text is contributory to SEO and gives some (however small) indication to search engines as to what the image is.

Never seeking links.
If you never take the time to hunt out relevant and well ranked websites in which to obtain links from (or exchange links), then your site is pretty much like a hermit who doesn't get out much. You need a good number of inbound links from other websites.... if you have none, you are effectively an orphaned website with a non existent search engine rank.

Links on other websites to your own contribute enormously to a system known as Google Page Rank and in turn play a sizeable part in search engine ranking algorithms. To reflect this you should spend a few hours a week working to increase links. Links can be sought on other people's or businesses websites and also directories.

Tip!: Writing blogs and articles for other websites are an excellent way of boosting links.

Don't make yourself an island!
Where relevant, give your users links to additional references and information. Spiders will 99% of the time have already classified the pages you link to... they will know the subject matter and topic so linking to other relevant sites is contributory in terms of SEO as it helps to hold up the relevance of your page.

Blatant disregard for search engine guidelines.
OK, so this one goes without saying, but do you actually know what the guidelines are? Most search engines have guidelines that need to be adhered to. Often, if you read the guidelines, you will reveal tips to improve search engine rankings for your site. Breaking the guidelines all too often results in your website being banned from a search engine... a very difficult and challenging situation to reverse. I wrote an article recently all about techniques that are used to fool search engines. You may wish to read it and ensure you are not using any of them otherwise... well, you know.

Thanks dear for giving me such a great information about SEO. Some tips i was know But mostly i don't know.

[JohnS]

You are very right about these mistakes which you mentioned in your post. Web developer some forgets to address these important tags which should be mentioned in website page or give too little information in these tags which is not good for SEO....

[ameliewarner]

Thanks for sharing this great article here. I am sure that it will help people in getting rid of these mistakes

[alenj]

Nice post, you explain the mistakes very well. Surly these mistakes can kill a website...

[markjason]

Thanks to all the members for sharing such useful information. It may be beneficial to improve SEO skills for site promotion and must be adopted.

[james12]

Thank you Mr brighteye on Sharing SEO's Big mistake.

[boomer68]

Spamming is a big Mistake for SEO. Pls leave Spamming.

[donovanseo07]

Its a great post about seo mistake never to be committed. Thanks for this information.

[lawyertrust]

Getting targeted traffic to your website is just half of the journey towards making it profitable. The other half? Turning that traffic into customers that stick around and buy stuff from you!

Regardless of what market you’re in, you should develop a solid plan and sales funnel to help you monetize your blog. Don’t worry – it doesn’t mean you have to depart from your blog’s persona and ideas to squeeze money from your visitors. In fact, you should stay within the spirit and tone of your blog when selling! Offer relevant products, t-shirts, books, seminars, or services that appeal to the wants and needs of your readers.

Now, there’s already been a lot of fantastic coverage on the funnel process, such as the chain of conversion article by Danny from Firepole Marketing. But what we’re focusing on today are some of the more sinister snags that block that process.

After helping companies and individuals optimize their sites for over a year now, I’ve seen a wide number of conversion blunders that clog up the sales funnel process. So for your reading pleasure, I’ve whittled them down to the 7 biggest profit-killing website mistakes you could make, and how to fix them.

Mistake 1 – You sell nothing on your site
Mistake 2 – New visitors need ESP to figure out what they’re supposed to do on your site
Mistake 3 – You guide leads into an email subscription, then let the list gather dust in the corner
Mistake 4 – You offer deals that alienate your loyal customers
Mistake 5 – You use social media only as your personal publishing ground
Mistake 6 – You try to sell things on your site only to make money, not bring value
Mistake 7 –You let yourself get trapped in by a wall of ‘expert advice’

[azam]

i'm new to SEO .thx 4 this

[addyj672]

Trying to get quick ranking and using any kind of black hat SEO technique. I think usually it kill the website.

[joewilson1]

Thanks a lot friends for sharing your useful opinions and thoughts regarding SEO, i was looking for it and it helped me a lot.

[Abner1234]

Another SEO mistake that many website owners make is writing an unrelated website headline and a bad website information, which can both be damaging to your serps. Google will factor in the key terms and styles selected in the headline and information to try and determine a position for your website overall.

[aquariusmediaas]

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