I am sure you all have heard of the term 'Link popularity' when we talk about site ranking by search
31st July 2006
You have probably read many articles which talks about SEO mistakes. There is actually no way to determine and weight the most costly mistake, so here I'm being biased by saying "Top Ten Costly Mistakes". Well anyway, by saying so at least I am able to make you read this article! Frankly speaking, there is no end of gaining knowledge! Even if you have read articles about the same topic maybe thousand times, there is no harm in reading a new one! Even today, when I see articles about SEO and other topics which interests me, I read them thoroughly, if not I just scan through to get new information and ideas.
SEO is a very popular topic, especially to webmasters. Many webmaster hires professional in SEO to achieve high rankings! Well honestly speaking, this is nothing but a waste because SEO is not something for which you need a PhD or Degree! There is no course in Bachelors in Search Engine Optimization as yet! SEO is something that you can do yourself, provided you have enough time and patience.
Here are my top ten SEO mistakes to avoid -
Mistake No.1 – Improper Planning
This is not totally related with SEO, but I think this is very important. If you don't know who your market is, and what they want then I guess your ranking is not going to help. Yes, they will probably give you some visitors on your site, eat up your bandwidth, and raise your cost. But your traffic won't be converted in revenue.
Mistake No. 2 – Too much Graphics and less Text is bad
If your website is too much graphics intensive then it won't be loved by the search engines, as till now search engines cannot process graphics to get the meaning out of it. However you can use the
tag which can be read by the search engine and also by the users who cannot view your image.
Mistake No. 3- Not changing the Meta Tags and Title Tags
tag is very important when it comes to SEO. So change it on every page of your website, same goes for your Meta tag.
Mistake No. 4- Good use of and tags
Certain html tags (the ones mentioned on the title) have higher presidency than other html tags. So make sure you have good content inside these tags. For example, highlight your keywords using bold .
Mistake No.5 – excessive use of