Organic SEO Myths

Organic SEO Myths Explained

I found this pretty interesting especially lately as we’ve been pushing out some monetized blogs for a few clients. Some of these seo myths are easily explained, while others are just someone’s idea that has been blown out of proportion. I really tried to dive into the organic seo realm to find out why and how some sites are ranked higher than others even with similar or sometimes even better content. Here’s the word for word article:

SEO myths get crazier every year. Some are based partially in reality, and others have spread because it’s often difficult to prove what particular SEO action caused a resulting search engine reaction.

For example, you might make a change to something on a page of your site, and a few days later notice that your ranking in Google for a particular keyword phrase has changed. You might naturally assume that your page change is what caused the ranking change. But that’s not necessarily so. There are numerous reasons why your ranking may have changed, and in many cases they actually have nothing to do with anything that you did.
**This part is extremely frustrating when you’re trying to learn the SEO game. It seems that changes in google’s algorithm or changes in the marketplace (ie, someone opened a new and better site than yours) cause these numbers to fluctuate.**

Mixing up cause and effect is one of the most common things new SEOs do. If it were affecting only their own work, it wouldn’t be so bad, but unfortunately, the clueless often spread their misinformation to other unsuspecting newbies on forums and blogs, which in turn creates new myths. It’s always interesting to see how people are so willing to believe anything they have read or heard without ever checking it out for themselves.

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