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{Weekly Discussion} Whats your SEO Myth or Bad Habit is your SEO Pet Peeve?
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Domain authority. My copy team (for some reason) always asks what I’m doing to raise our SEMrush domain authority.
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Word count. Writing longer content for the sake of reaching an imaginary minimum word count.
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Every time page speed or core web vitals is brought up everybody falls over themselves to point out how it’s only a minor ranking signal.
This completely misses the point. You should be improving page speed to provide a better experience for your users. Sometimes the improvement is drastic. It’s far more important than that font or colour scheme you spent hours deliberating over.
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people who thinks domain autorithy or keyword density are a really important SEO metric
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I don’t think backlinks are that important, worked with maybe 20 clients the past year. maybe after this next update backlinks will die down
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Use “SEO optimized text for keywords” on e-commerce websites, especially category pages.
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Ah, the ever-evolving world of SEO, where outdated techniques and myths persist like stubborn weeds in a digital garden! It’s maddening to witness practices like keyword stuffing, meta-keywords, and the insistence on lengthy page titles still clinging on. And the specter of duplicate content? It’s like a ghost haunting website owners’ dreams. While schema markup holds value, indiscriminately applying it to every page is akin to tossing spaghetti at the wall – messy and ineffective.
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rank brain being the main ranking factor
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One SEO myth that really grinds my gears is the idea that stuffing your content with keywords will magically boost your rankings. Sure, keywords are important, but if your content reads like a robot wrote it, you’re not doing yourself any favors. Google’s onto that game now, and user experience matters more than ever. So, let’s leave keyword stuffing in the past, where it belongs, and focus on creating valuable, engaging content that actually resonates with our audience.
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I have a client who insists that submitting your site to the Wayback Machine improves your rankings!
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The SEO myth that drives me crazy the most is the Duplicate Content Myth. This myth suggests that having duplicate content on your website will severely harm your SEO efforts. In reality, Google understands that duplicate content can exist for legitimate reasons and does not penalize websites for it. Instead, Google aims to show users the most relevant and high-quality content, regardless of duplication.
Therefore, focusing on creating unique, valuable content is more important than obsessing over duplicate content issues.ShareRewrite
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Your article brings up some interesting points, but I have to disagree with the notion that ‘keyword stuffing’ still works for SEO. Google’s algorithms have become incredibly sophisticated, focusing more on user experience and context rather than just keyword density. When content is unnaturally crammed with keywords, it not only harms readability but also risks getting penalized by search engines. A more effective approach is to create high-quality content that addresses user intent, with keywords used naturally and strategically. This way, you’re providing value to your audience while also aligning with SEO best practices. Just my two cents!
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Meta-keywords are so outdated, yet some can’t let go!
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Keyword Stuffing 🙂
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