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phoenix06007
10-16-2008, 08:08 AM
Top Ten Organic SEO Myths
Myth 1: You should submit your URLs to search engines.
Myth 2: You need a Google Sitemap.
Myth 3: You need to update your site frequently
Myth 4: PPC ads will help/hurt rankings.
Myth 5: Your site will be banned if you ignore Google’s guidelines.
Myth 6: Your site will be banned if you buy links.
Myth 7: H1 (or any header tags) must be used for high rankings.
Myth 8: Words in your meta keyword tag have to be used on the page.
Myth 9: SEO copy must be 250 words in length.
Myth 10: You need to optimize for the long tail.
what can you say about this any opinion?
Mod note:
When - actually instead of - copying and pasting other people's content, please attribute the content to the rightful author and link back to the original source instead of posting it. From an article by Jill Whalen close to two years ago:
Top Ten Organic SEO Myths (http://searchengineland.com/top-ten-organic-seo-myths-12052)
Myth 3: You need to update your site frequently
- fresh content doesn't hurt
Myth 5: Your site will be banned if you ignore Google’s guidelines.
- depends on which ones you ignore (wouldn't chance it)
Myth 6: Your site will be banned if you buy links.
- depends on detection (wouldn't chance it)
Web Development
10-17-2008, 01:23 AM
Another Big Myth:
Content Is King
Content alone can not do well on SERP's. Website needs proper optimization, certainly quality content works for good rank but it requires proper onsite and offsite optimization.
NewKidOnTheBlock
10-17-2008, 05:46 AM
"Content is King" - I don't think that's a myth. But I do believe that everyone who says that should go further and ask themselves "What type of Content is King? Content appealing to who is king?" and possibly "Does Content is King mean I just have to build lots and lots of pages or maybe I should put that time into quality not quantity"
phoenix06007
10-17-2008, 08:17 AM
Another Big Myth:
Content Is King
Content alone can not do well on SERP's. Website needs proper optimization, certainly quality content works for good rank but it requires proper onsite and offsite optimization.
i agree to you! we can say that content is important. but it is still only a part of optimization.
jimbeetle
10-17-2008, 10:43 AM
content is important. but it is still only a part of optimization
Without content what the heck are you optimizing for? A blank page?
shinny
10-18-2008, 02:40 AM
The content of the website should be written accordingly using the keywords which are facing less competition. So content is very important to do well on SERP's, and helps in better optimization.
pageupseo
10-26-2008, 05:56 AM
Agree. content is main.
shubhangid
11-03-2008, 03:09 AM
I agree content is a king!
NewKidOnTheBlock
11-03-2008, 05:54 AM
lol, sometimes I'm wondering if this is a troll (or even a bot) that leaves the same kind of messages on every SEO forum and blog around hehe
sleung
11-07-2008, 02:31 PM
disagree with most except Myth 5 and not sure about Myth 4
tharmon
11-19-2008, 04:29 PM
Top Ten Organic SEO Myths
Myth 1: You should submit your URLs to search engines.
Myth 2: You need a Google Sitemap.
Myth 3: You need to update your site frequently
Myth 4: PPC ads will help/hurt rankings.
Myth 5: Your site will be banned if you ignore Google’s guidelines.
Myth 6: Your site will be banned if you buy links.
Myth 7: H1 (or any header tags) must be used for high rankings.
Myth 8: Words in your meta keyword tag have to be used on the page.
Myth 9: SEO copy must be 250 words in length.
Myth 10: You need to optimize for the long tail.
what can you say about this any opinion?
No offense, but I believe the syntax of all your "SEO myths" is kind of flawed. There are no "needs" or "must"s in SEO, only best practices. The fact of the matter is, all of your "SEO myths" you don't think people "need" to do are actually all best practices that definitely can't hurt your ranks, and can possibly help them.
Just a thought
onlineseo
12-02-2008, 08:22 AM
Fresh content will help you gain more TRUST RANK from Google. Google will give high priority to your page if it gets regularly updated with new and fresh (original) content
onlineseo
12-13-2008, 03:12 PM
I read this useful article on different Myths surrounding SEO. <snip>
I am sure most of you would love to get direct answers from Matt Cutt himself. :)
rapidvectorseo
12-17-2008, 03:05 AM
What i personally believe.
8 Most Common SEO Myths are there, however some of you may not agree on these, but its my experience which i would like to share with you.
Common SEO Myths:
1. Duplicate Content Penalization
Google will NOT penalize you for duplicate content in exception if the original author will not send a copyright infringement notice to Google Inc.
2. Submitting your site on web directories is not good
Google didn't declared that Directories have no more value or part in search engine ranking.
3. Advertising through AdWords will help in your rankings
A complete nonsense. The AdWords advertisers are published on AdSense through a javascript. Since we know that search engine spider bots are unable to read javascript then that myth dies right away.
4. Repeat your keywords to rank higher
This is totally keyword stuffing and you can define it as an over optimization which will not be benefited.
5. XML Sitemap is not worth
It is not that the search engine spider bots are unable to crawl your site, but with a XML sitemap not only that the spider bots will know the road to walk but they also get reminded that there is something new in your site that should be crawled.
6. PageRank is worthless
Google has already declared dat it gives preference to high PR pages from millions of web pages containing related content on web.
7. Don’t touch your site if its ranking
It's every thing about on-page and off-page optimization, you should be consistent in building links and you may think about few on-page factors to change depending upon your requirement.
8. Content Is King
Google is not yet perfect search engine, if you can check sempo.com home page content, you won't found a word "learn search engine optimization" , though its rank in Google at 7#... Why Just because they have external links to their website contain "learn search engine optimization" word in Anchor.
BTW, i am researching on this issue, and will have detailed report very soon.
Hope this helps.
Please let me know, if i can do some corrections.
Dan484
12-18-2008, 01:49 PM
Another Big Myth:
Content Is King
Content alone can not do well on SERP's. Website needs proper optimization, certainly quality content works for good rank but it requires proper onsite and offsite optimization.
I agree with this. Sometimes searches on Google will give you sites that have horrible looking pages with poor content; and they are on page 1!
cooluks
12-28-2008, 05:39 PM
This is an old story..
Aug 30, 2007 at 7:48am ET by Jill Whalen
It is one of Jill Whalen's Article in SearchEngineLand....
Here's the full story --> Top Ten Organic SEO Myths (http://searchengineland.com/top-ten-organic-seo-myths-12052)
cooluks
05-06-2009, 04:50 AM
Link building is more crucial than creating contents and link takes time for the SEs to be accepted. :P
Any changes in SEO Myths for 2009? :) lol
SEO Myths doesn't come under numbers :) they are long way, if we have a right balance with site SEF architecture, Content, suitable theme keywords (local and global), right theme quality backlinks, blog or resource section with frequent updates and server side SEO considerations then any site can rule upon hard and smart work
Best,
spence
05-18-2009, 04:49 AM
Top Ten Organic SEO Myths
Myth 1: You should submit your URLs to search engines.
Myth 2: You need a Google Sitemap.
Myth 3: You need to update your site frequently
Myth 4: PPC ads will help/hurt rankings.
Myth 5: Your site will be banned if you ignore Google’s guidelines.
Myth 6: Your site will be banned if you buy links.
Myth 7: H1 (or any header tags) must be used for high rankings.
Myth 8: Words in your meta keyword tag have to be used on the page.
Myth 9: SEO copy must be 250 words in length.
Myth 10: You need to optimize for the long tail.
what can you say about this any opinion?
hi,
the myths provided by you hold no logic
What are SEO myths according to you? :)
hi,
the myths provided by you hold no logic
LucyParker
06-02-2009, 12:46 AM
Without content what the heck are you optimizing for? A blank page?
agree for 100% ,,the content is not the last thing to be taken care of
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onlineseo
06-06-2009, 12:15 PM
Add another one.
Your PR ( Page Rank) has no relationship with the actual rankings of your website.
Page rank is a value assigned based on the importance of the web page and helps in listing according to search and site relevancy following many factors
Add another one.
Your PR ( Page Rank) has no relationship with the actual rankings of your website.
ChiefLee
06-13-2009, 09:30 AM
You know if you're going to start a topic, please start with a fresh answer or content. Please!
Not clear all but lines
You know if you're going to start a topic, please start with a fresh answer or content. Please!
Marcia
06-18-2009, 10:27 PM
You know if you're going to start a topic, please start with a fresh answer or content. Please!
Agreed! And provide attribution to the source.
The post was just to show the presence that is the reason I dropped that line :)
Best,
Marcia
06-19-2009, 08:18 PM
Myth 3: You need to update your site frequentlyNot altogether a myth. If an "average" site isn't updated for a long time and has gotten no new inbound links for a long time it won't be banned, but it won't be found either.
Myth 5: Your site will be banned if you ignore Google’s guidelines.
Myth 6: Your site will be banned if you buy links.Maybe not "banned" altogether, but if a site drops down to the 3rd or 4th page in search results, it might as well be banned for all the traffic it'll get.
Myth 10: You need to optimize for the long tail.Not a myth. Optimizing includes doing thorough keyword research, including long tail keywords and phrases and variations.