Top 5 Methods To Avoid (what You Should Not Do If You Want Your Pages Listed In Google)
May 3, 2008
Everyone is always talking about what things you should do to get your blogs and your websites ranked high in Google important to make sure that you follow their directions to allow your site to be ranked as highly as possible. However, remember that where there are tips that you should follow as far as what you should do, there are also going to be tips that you should follow when it comes to what you should not do. You want to be sure that if you want to get your site ranked in Google, you avoid doing these listed five things below.
Submitting your URL Multiple Times
Everyone knows the feeling of anticipation that might come with waiting to see your brand new site show up, and the idea you might have that if you simply submit it over and over again, you’ll get a higher ranking and everything will work out well for you. After all, sometimes applying for something like a job, over and over again, gives you a better chance of getting what you want. However, when it comes to search engine rankings, submitted your URL over and over again isn’t a good idea.
Chances are that it’s not really going to hurt you. You aren’t going to get your site blocked or anything like that, if you try to submit it more than once. However, it isn’t going to help you either. Its simply going to be a waste of time, and something that you shouldn’t bother doing. There are better ways to spend your time, and you can be spending it constructively to make sure that you’re getting good rankings. So, pass it by and do something more constructive with your time. In reality, submitting your site at all probably has no real effect on rankings, so you shouldn’t even bother with it.
Stuffing Your Keywords In The Keyword Meta Tag
It used to be that one of the most effective tricks of raising your search engine rankings was to stuff your top keywords in the meta tag. Why not, it worked in the past, so why shouldn’t it work now? Well, times have changed and so have search engines. This is going to be something that they aren’t going to pay attention to, so there is no reason to do this. Just because something used to work doesn’t mean that it always will, so don’t bother doing this. Just move on to something else, because this will end up being a waste of time for you.
Linking to bad sites
Not everything on the web is trustworthy, and not everything is worth it. Some people think that the more links they have the better their chances are for getting to be high on the ranking pages. However, this isn’t the case. Adding links to bad neighborhoods, or sites that aren’t quality or aren’t even real sites, is actually going to hurt you. You know that old saying “You are known by the company you keep”? Well, search engines will feel the same way about you and the links that you have.
It is easy to get involved with these kinds of negative links if you are looking into a link farm or a link exchange scheme. It might seem like a good idea at the time, in order to get yourself more links, but in reality it can be very hurtful to you. Be very careful about who you are linking out to, and be sure that each link you put on your page is positive and is going to help you in the long run, instead of potentially hurting you.
Concealing Keyword Text
An old game used to be to get as many keywords on your site as you can. Sometimes, the idea would be to hide the keywords on your site by writing them in the same color as your background. In used to be thought that by doing this you would be able to only have words that were visible to the search engines and not to the people reading your site.
However, this is not a good idea either. The site ends up being keyword stuffed, and might even show up as a spam site, which will make you drop in the engine rankings, not raise in it. Also, your customers will see through it and you will lose creditability with them. If you want to stay on the good side of both your customers and the Google rankings, don’t try to hide keywords in your site, no matter how good of an idea this might seem.
Using The Same Anchor Text In Every Link To A Given Web Site
Remember that keyword anchor text is actually a very important factor when it comes to being able to get a high rankings. You should pay close attention to the anchors that you are using, yes, and you should make sure that they pertain to what you are doing. However, if you overdo it, it will actually have an adverse effect. When a page has too many anchored keywords, it will be seen as spam and it will drop in the keyword rankings. Remember, this happened to John Chow for the keyword “Make Money Online”. You don’t want it to happen to you, so be sure that you are paying close attention to your anchored texts and keywords, and using them in a responsible way.
If you avoid these methods, you should be able to bring your page to the top of search engine rankings, and avoid being left behind.
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