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5 Common SEO Errors Made By Webmasters

Here are 10 common SEO errors that many webmasters make. By rectifying these errors, you can make your website rank better for many keyword queries in search engines like Google which would mean more traffic to your website.

1.) Title Tag Errors: Here are the common title tag errors that webmasters make:

• Having the same title tag on all pages or on many pages. This is also known as title tag duplication
• Stuffing title tags with keywords
• Using non-keyword based title tags, like simply using the site’s name instead of a meaningful keyword
• Leaving the title tag blank

2.) Meta Tag Errors: Here are the common meta tag errors that webmasters make:

• Meta tag duplication, or in other words, using the same meta description tags on all pages
• Leaving the meta keywords and description tags blank
• Stuffing meta tags with keywords instead of writing a meaningful description or including meaningful keywords

3.) Redirection Errors: The following are the common redirection errors made by webmasters:

• Using a ’302 temporary redirect’ instead of a ’301 permanent redirect’ to redirect pages.
• Not redirecting the homepage aliases to a common URL
• Not redirecting the non-www URLs to the www URLs or vise versa

4.) Robots.txt errors: Here are some errors that webmasters make in the Robots.txt

• Not have a robots.txt file on the site
• Not blocking duplicate pages or machine generated dynamic pages from getting crawled
• Blocking regular directories by mistake

5.) Other errors: Here are a few other common errors made by site owners

• Not having a custom 404 error page on the site
• Using a non-user friendly navigation
• Building entire website using flash
• Not deleting orphan pages and directories
• Having broken links on the site
• Stuffing pages with keywords
• Using inviable text

These are just a few of the most common errors that webmasters make. By rectifying these errors, you can make your website more search engine friendly which would directly mean higher rankings.

About the Author:

Mukesh is the official SEO guide at Outofstress.com. Visit his website at Ranktrafficsales.com. Contact him at services@ranktrafficsales.com if you would like to get your website optimized.

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