Even after years now, Search Engine Optimization is full of myths. I am collecting some of the Still popular, favorite, and top SEO myths you can find out in this modern world of SEO.
Here is the list of some comment SEO myths
#1. Position Guarantee
Please Stick to one basic thing nobody can guarantee you the #1 position for your keyword in Google. So, if anybody commits your #1 keyword ranking with the guarantee, DO NOT TRUST. You can check this through the horse’s mouth – http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291
#2. High Google PageRank is Everything
There are more than 200 factors to get ranked on Google search for any specific keyword. So, work for high rankings instead of High Google PageRank for your website.
#3. On-Site Optimization can do all the things
On-site optimization can help you stand for some good visitors on the website but for the top positioning; you need to work on Off-site optimization too! which includes all Off-page SEO activities including quality backlinks and social media marketing.
#4. Regular Search Engine Submissions
That’s just not needed. Search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing have smart and quick robots to crawl your web pages. So, there is no requirement to submit your website URL to Search engine “Add URL” links.
#5. Paid Backlinks can boost rankings
Paid linking is considered an unethical SEO technique to boost your rankings. Excessive paid links even can ban your website through major Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! Search. So, think twice before you go to trade backlinks for your website.
#6. Homepage is enough to optimize
Sorry but your website consists of many important pages that can be optimized for your targeted keywords. One thing you should understand is that you can’t overload any page including your homepage with too many keywords / key phrases. So, try to target your different keywords with different web pages on your website.
#7. 6 months of SEO is enough to achieve rankings
It’s a big myth, every SEO campaign has different competition and market. So, it is hard to say that 6 months of SEO can do wonders for your website in Search Engines. It should need a good time to get the best positions. SEO is not magic.
#8. All-time Stable Ranking
You can’t get evergreen top rankings for your keywords / key phrases in Google or any other search engine. If you are getting good positioning, you should go for SEO maintenance that will help to maintain your rankings in Search engines.
#9. Doing PPC for High Organic Rankings
PPC and Organic SEO have worked on different algorithms, patterns, and modules. Pay Per Click management can provide you with well-targeted clicks that you are paying for; it can’t help you with SEO. For SEO, you need to work on On-site factors and relevant link popularity.
#10. HTML Sites Can Only Work for SEO
Time has changed now. Look out for all those B2B sites having a dynamic nature of product listings and coming on good competitive keywords and key phrases. It’s all about the web usability you want in your websites. However, to get the best results; you can work on Static URLs instead of Static websites.
