Common SEO Mistakes

April 17, 2008


There are mistakes that even experienced Professional SEO experts make it. People choose many different things and do there work differently what comes in their mind are descriptive of their website but the average users may not understand it. The following are the common mistakes most of the SEO’s do.

  • Targeting the wrong keywords
  • Another common mistake is ignoring the Title tag. One of the important places to have a keyword is title tag because it helps in optimization of the site.
  • Flash might be attractive but not to search engines and users. If you really insist that your site is Flash-based and you want search engines to love it, provide an html version.
  • If you have JavaScript menus you can’t do without, you should consider build a sitemap (or putting the links in a noscript tag) so that all your links will be crawlable.
  • If you want to be successful, you need to permanently optimize your site, keep an eye on the competition and – changes in the ranking algorithms of search engines.
  • Concentrating too much on meta tags you cannot except to rank well
  • Using only Images for Headings
  • Many people underestimate how important a good URL is and ignoring them.
  • It is a common delusion that it more backlinks are ALWAYS better and because of this web masters resort to link farms, forums, Spam etc., which ultimately could lead to getting their site banned. In fact, what you need is quality backlinks.
  • Once you focus on your keywords, modify your content and put the keywords wherever it makes sense. It is even better to make them bold or highlight them.

Generally a professional PR support can help build and protect your profile and support your other marketing activity. But the results are not always guaranteed and your relationship with a PR agency can be difficult if it is not handled effectively. Here are some tips for to working with a Public Relation company.

  • Briefing is very important for working with a PR company so once you have appointed a PR company you need to give their consultants a thorough briefing. They will be experts in communication, and may indeed know your sector, but they need to have an in-depth grounding in what your business does, how it works and the issues that are uppermost in customers’ minds. They will already have much information from their research but now is the time to go into detail.
  • You should have the crystal clear objectivities. You require doing more than just brief on your company and its sector. If you went through a pitching process to secure the services of a PR agency then you may have already outlined your objectives. It’s important to liaise further with the agency so they can search on these objectives, the audiences that are important to you and the messages you want to get across. Your agency needs to be clear on your expectations.
  • Try to keep them as informed as possible about what is going on in the business. You may not immediately see anything that happens in the business as an opportunity but it is better to keep the agency and their consultants informed than pass up the possibility of raising your profile. You need to be aware too of how time is being spent so regular meetings and, ongoing liaison, to review progress and discuss next steps are a vital part of the relationship with any PR professional.
  • Try to listen what they are saying.
  • Trust your professionals.
  • Try to write the clear agreements and maintain regular contact and honesty is a sound starting point in any relationship with a PR agency.