OMG Please stop spreading SEO myths!! If I see one more course, one more ebook, one more SEO company that says you need to do this…you need to do that to build great SEO I’m gonna scream !!!!! You tell me, does this sound familiar?…You buy some gurus course, spending your hard earned money about to learn the next best SEO method that will shoot you to the top of search engines, just to find out that they contradict what you leaned in the last course…what the…???

Sucked In By SEO Myths

Sucked In By SEO Myths

Example, I paid $400 for this amazing course they would show me how to properly change blog content for BIG traffic. The big secret was to buy Danial Tans Word Press plug in called “SEOPressor”. What a Joke!! I installed the plugin on 4 blogs then spent hours everyday for weeks changing the content to match what the plug in told me was great SEO. After weeks of work and over some 1500 blog post modification to match GREAT SEO there was no change at all. Talk about upset and it’s been over 2 years now with no change.

One course taught me that Meta Tags are no good anymore…NOT true! I disproved this SEO myth myself by accident. I created two website on the same topic, both with 100% unique content but I forgot to add some of Meta to one site whereas the other was fully complete. The complete site was ranking on the first page of Google within hours the other was not. Took me awhile but I figured it out, the other site was missing meta key words and meta description. Since I changed it it’s ranking better but still not as good as the site that was constructed properly the first time.

Let’s take a look at some common SEO myths you may be falling for also.

Common SEO Myths

SEO Myth 1 – SEO Articles That Get Re-Published on Many Different Sites is Duplicate Content – Not!

This might be the biggest SEO content myth out there! If one of your SEO articles gets picked up (either from your site, an article directory, or from a site you published a guest post on), it’s called “syndication,” not “duplicate content.” That’s because “duplicate content” refers to have the same content on multiple pages of your site. Syndication, on the other hand, is a great way to build links and get exposure.

Anytime you publish SEO content, the goal is to get it syndicated. That way, it winds up in front of the eyeballs of people who are going to do business with you.

Example: I have a website that I copied 100% of the content (with permission) and simply added my own SEO techniques and that site out ranks the original site and is still to this day at the top of Google search results and that was over three years ago and I haven’t touch a thing on it since.

SEO Myth 2 – The Best SEO Content is 1,000 Words. (or 500 words, or 250 words)

You will hear this statement uttered by people who just don’t know a whole lot. The big topic these day being spread around the net is that longer is better, or that shorter content will leave people yearning for more – but the truth is, there is no “magical” SEO content length.

I have blog post that are 600 words ranking on the first page of Google. See it by typing into Google “Fruit Engine Scam“.
Instead, the best length for your SEO article, blog posting, or sales copy depends on your topic. Sure, it may be easy to create 1,500 compelling, well-researched words about getting over a divorce – but imagine what it would be like to read 1,500 words about heartburn medication or pipe welding. Trust me, your readers won’t want to do it, either!

Great SEO content writing leaves readers feeling like they’ve learned something new, and it instills enough trust in you that readers want to see what else you have to provide. Sometimes, you can do that in 400 words. Other times, it takes 1,200 words to do it.

SEO Myth 3 – Your SEO Content Has to be Updated All the Time

The truth is… this is partially true!

Yes, the search engines like websites that are updated on a regular basis. Sites that are growing mean they are being updated. This is why your new SEO article or blog post can bump you up a few spots in the rankings right after you publish it.

Why I say partially true is because with great SEO you can have a site ranking well in search engines and hardly ever update it. Of course this will depend on your competition, backlinks etc. Of course a site called “back bacon mailboxes for junior” will rank high in the search engines if this is what 1 person every 5 years is searching for.

However, updating your existing content doesn’t have to be done all the time. For example, if you have a great homepage that’s generating results, don’t change it just to appease the search engines. Instead, add new content to the internal pages of your site.

SEO Myth 4 -Your SEO content Is Not as Important as Your Backlinks

The high-quality links out there – you know, the ones that are going to boost your ranking in the search engine results – are not the ones that you trade for, or purchase. Instead, the only way to get those high-quality links is to give something that other people WANT to link to. That means coming up with SEO content that knocks people’s socks off. If you publish content that people can’t help wanting to share with their friends and colleagues, you’ll wind up getting a ton of high-quality backlinks.

SEO Myth 5 – Optimizing SEO Content Properly Means Having a High Keyword Density

Of course, you need to have your target keywords sprinkled throughout your article, blog posting, or sales copy. After all, that’s how the search engines know what you’re trying to rank for.

However, if you use your keywords too frequently, all you’ll do is turn off readers and search engines.

The right keyword density for your content depends on the keyword itself. Some keywords lend themselves nicely to a density of 1.5% or 2% – while others can only be used less than 1% of the time and still look natural.

Remember, your readers shouldn’t be able to read your content and pick out the keywords you used. If your keywords stick out like a sore thumb, you’re not optimizing your content properly. Instead, your SEO content will cast a negative light on you and your business!

Note the contributing author is Nicole Beckett an award winning journalist that focuses on SEO content writing and has helped disprove common SEO myths based on experience.