Many SEO people have a fair share of their own regrettable mistakes that they have committed in the past, or worst has unwittingly practicing until this present day. Certainly, success in SEO doesn’t happen overnight- it basically requires you to have a splotch of creativity, self-direction, critical thinking, and tons of work. For beginners, that is just the tip of the iceberg. As you go along the way, there are a lot of “booby traps” that will either make your campaign successful, or worst ruin your SEO career forever.
Although mistakes are always bound to happen, it is helpful to keep in mind of the common mistakes that most people are likely to commit while doing SEO. To give you some perspective into different slip ups that you should avoid in SEO, this infographic from CJG Digital Marketing has gathered up the 10 most common mistakes that could definitely harm your campaign and profession.
One of the key takeaways from the infographic is the bad choice of keywords. This one is a classic example that made many websites unproductive or left to rot at the very last page of search results. Most of the prolific SEO people today will agree that the days of solely targeting specific keywords are gone, since the inception of semantic SEO.
Unfortunately, a lot of novices and even long-time SEO practitioners have failed to realize this as they continue to commit keyword stuffing- which is the worst and fastest way to mess up your site’s ranking.
It is difficult to repair the damage once it’s done, yet you can prevent it from happening. Take a look at the infographic below and be a better SEO this year and beyond.
Embedded from CJG Digital Marketing