{"id":31846,"date":"2021-12-16T08:54:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T08:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/?p=31846"},"modified":"2021-12-16T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T08:54:11","slug":"seo-positioning-mistakes-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/seo-positioning-mistakes-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO positioning - mistakes to avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who works in the field <\/span><b>SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> knows how important it is to optimize a website for search engines. The <\/span><b>SEO positioning <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is a work in constant evolution, which tries to keep pace with a search engine (Google) which, itself, is constantly evolving, constantly introducing new rules and eliminating obsolete practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If staying up to date on the practices and rules dictated by Google is important for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottimizzazione_per_i_motori_di_ricerca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SEO analysts<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is the same for entrepreneurs who want to be competitive on the web. For this reason, in this article, we will try to shed some clarity on the errors and obsolete practices to avoid in order to obtain a good <\/span><b>SEO positioning <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the Web.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Outdated practices<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a constantly evolving environment such as <\/span><b>SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is important to always stay up to date, because using obsolete practices not only will not bring appreciable results, but even risks making us obtain the opposite result to that hoped for.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword stuffing<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, to index a web page, it was enough to stuff it as much as possible with relevant keywords. In doing so, Google recognized the importance of <\/span><b>keyword<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> choice and used it for indexing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today this is no longer the case. Google&#039;s algorithm has evolved considerably, so much so that it is able to recognize the attempt to &quot;push&quot; certain words and so much as to be annoyed by it. In other words, the trick no longer works. On the contrary, the search engine penalizes this practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article spinning<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another practice widely used in the past in the field <\/span><b>SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which however is outdated today, is called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article spinning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It consists in the repeated publication of identical contents, if not for some phrases or even single words. Unlike in the past, today Google recognizes texts that are too similar and penalizes them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More generally, Google loves and prioritizes quality content, according to a principle we will return to often: <\/span><b>Content is King<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illegible lexicon<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until recently, the sites that ranked in the first search results often presented incomprehensible texts. This happened because the so-called<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exact match<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that is the presence in the text of precise keywords.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This carried i <\/span><b>SEO copywriters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to write content in which grammar gave way to exact keywords. With the result of texts like this: &quot;Digife create professional websites&quot;, to exploit the keyword &quot;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create sites &quot;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today again <\/span><b>Content is King<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To get results <\/span><b>SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> optimal, it is necessary to write grammatically correct and relevant content, which can be read in a fluid way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchor texts<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of links that refer to other content within the site remains important in the eyes of the search engine. Provided, of course, that they are relevant and useful to users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What has changed is Google&#039;s predilection for <\/span><b>anchor text <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exact match, i.e. the links inserted directly on the keywords of the text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowadays the most important thing is relevance, a link must be present only when it is useful for better navigation on the site, for greater understanding of the text and, more generally, to improve the user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Mistakes to avoid in SEO ranking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#039;s now analyze some errors, quite common today, that can damage the strategy of <\/span><b>SEO positioning <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metatag and metadescription<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often overlooked, i <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meta_tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metatag<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead they are a fundamental part of any good <\/span><b>SEO strategy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is imperative that all pages have a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metatag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unique and relevant and one <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meta_tag#Description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>metadescription<\/em><\/a> useful and not too short.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is from these two elements that a web user becomes aware of the content of the page and decides whether to visit it or not. Not paying attention to these aspects involves heavy penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">URL<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same can be applied to page URLs. In fact, similarly to what has been said for metatag and metadescription, URLs are also essential to communicate the content of the page, before opening it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason, correctly compiled URLs are held in high regard by the big G algorithm. They must therefore be, as usual, unique, relevant and useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sitemap<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sitemap<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is, just as the name suggests, a map of all the pages and contents of the site and the relationships between them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although its absence does not constitute a penalty, insert a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sitemap<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the site can bring some advantages. In fact, it is useful to the so-called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crawler<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find your way around all the contents of the site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing the path allows search engines to perform more effective scans and it is also possible to indicate some priority content to be analyzed. An advantage that can be important.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Conclusions<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know the mistakes to avoid in the field <\/span><b>SEO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first step in planning a strategy <\/span><b>SEO positioning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the web, but that&#039;s not enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To obtain important results, rely on a team of industry experts, always updated on the latest news, able to guide you in choosing the strategy that best suits your needs such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digife<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/\">Visit the site<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/contacts\/\">contact us<\/a> for more information. We will be happy to quickly resolve all your doubts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who work in SEO know how important it is to optimize a website for search engines. 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