Some common SEO mistakes

You missed some more. Keep going and elaborate so members can learn from this thread you started...

It would be better if you have explained all of your points. It will not be helpful if someone lands on this page to find 'SEO mistakes'. Still he/she needs to search the reasons.


It has nothing to do with traffic as well as ranking.

Information is good. But you need to add some more.

I always check above factors while on-page SEO for any site.

You have discuss small information dear.

1.Duplicate versions of the home page.-(One of the first things I check with a site is whether there are duplicate versions of the home page.
2. Un-optimized title tags-(The title tag is one of the most important on-page elements for SEO. Not only does it help you rank, but it's what potential users and customers see in the SERP when they see your listing.)
3. Duplicate title tags-( there are plenty of smaller sites with the exact same title tag on EVERY. SINGLE. PAGE. Unless there's only one keyword you ever want to rank for, and you only want the engines to index one page on your site, make sure you don't have a ton of duplicates.)
4. Duplicate content-(they're especially common with newer sites that are built as "platforms," when using out-of-the-box CMS systems, or when an SEO has not been involved in the architecture phase of building a site.)
5. 404 errors-(with 404 errors, the problem can swing in one of two directions: Too many or not enough.)
6. No deep links from the home page-(find a way to get text links from your highest link equity pages to your most important pages.)
7. Too many links from your home page-(link equity flows like water through a site. You want to channel it and control it.)
8. Un-crawlable site-(if you have content you don't link to or that the engines can't crawl, your site you obviously have a problem.)
9. Unreasonable SEO expectations-(take a good hard look at your site and your business. If you truly deserve to rank well (and drive organic traffic), SEO can help you get there.)
10. Hiring a crappy SEO-(I hate to say it, but this is still one of the most common SEO mistakes I see business owners making.)

Things we need to consider before doing SEO:

> Search engine as well as user friendly web design
> Rich / informative content
> Right use of keywords
> Fixing all the technical SEO errors : Canonical issue, broken links, 404 error page, URL structure etc.

I think the worse mistake is people trying to rank their site overnight.

just be patient and provide real value to your site visitors. people will spend more time on your site and will definitely come back again.

Poor or Duplicate Content. Through the Google Panda Update, Google is coming down hard on sites that don’t provide original or quality content. In the past, there have been too many loopholes to where people just copy and paste somebody else’s hard work to call their own and their rankings move up and also targetting the wrong keywords, this is a mistake that many people make by targeting keyword phrases that sound good to them, but may not be relevant to their content.

Some below factors should be remember before doing SEO :

Keyword stuffing
Broken links
Copied copy
Duplicate content
Non unique title tags and meta descriptions
Meta keyword tags
Not optimized with the right keywords
Irrelevant anchor text links

Just want to add here-

- upload XML as well as HTML sitemaps both
- do image alt tag optimization
- Call to action on a page should be high
- Interlinking should be there

Thanks to all for adding some more points.......

Add this One

1) Broken links

main mistake when people use duplicate content

Duplicate content,site map,H1 tags,robot.txt.Common mistake mostly people use duplicate content.

Duplicate versions of the home page
Un-optimized title tags
Duplicate title tags
Duplicate content
404 errors
No deep links from the home page
Too many links from your home page
Un-crawlable site
Unreasonable SEO expectations

You have mentioned about some mistakes of SEO but I think you need to add few more on your list.