Has traditional SEO died? Is no one following the old SEO practices? If I still optimize my website the traditional SEO way, will I still be able to increase the traffic, visibility, and performance of my pages?
Well, saying it has died would be an overstatement here. But one thing we must agree upon is that some SEO practices have become outdated.
For example, keyword stuffing has become a sin now; earlier, about a decade back, some marketers would use keyword-loaded content and easily gain top positions in search engine results. If you would do this, your website will be penalized and will never be able to acquire any visibility or ranking on search engines.
SEO Strategies to Avoid
Here we list down those practices that have become completely outdated:
- Spamming (read: stuffing) keywords
- Creating multiple web pages for different versions of a keyword
- Publishing duplicate, low-quality, or irrelevant content on your site or third-party sites
- Using spun articles & blogs for backlink generation
- Buying links on top DR/DA/PA websites
- Not researching on the keyword planner
- Buying domains with stuffed keywords
- Not valuing user experience
- Not paying attention to URL structure
AVOID implementing these SEO strategies on your or your clients’ website. As a marketer, you must be aware of all the algorithm updates being released by Google.
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