• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • The Famous Blog
    • Blogging
    • Social Media
    • SEO
    • Marketing
    • Design

Famous Bloggers

How To Blog and Start a Business

  • Contribute
    • Submit News
  • Login

Home » The Famous Blog » Top SEO Fiddles That One Must Avoid

Top SEO Fiddles That One Must Avoid

September 8, 2011 - Last Modified: March 28, 2013 by Ahmad Wali

Top SEO Fiddles

Remember the old days, when online cheating and bilking was almost non-existent, viruses were rare and entrepreneurs were not worried about their rankings in search engines? There was no Google, however, people were passionate about the internet and had high interest in the web world.

All the passion was about getting a website due to the risk of being left in the dust by their competitors. A new industry was born and the demand of web designers at once increased due to people’s ignorance of how websites are made and maintained.

In short, websites were not “made for money” but the purpose of owning a website was overshadowed by the mantra of “I own a website”.

Then “search” has developed into a doable industry and search engines have refined their algorithms to rank websites. Another new industry, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) was spurred up, many so-called “SEO Experts” also popped up making unrealistic promises and offering high rankings. You must also have come across such “SEO gurus” who are adept in using “unethical SEO practices” and promising to make all your internet marketing dreams come true in the form of high rankings.

They promise to make you more discoverable than before or make your website the first one to be noticed.

Too Good To Be True!

If you are going to hire an SEO expert for your website, you definitely need to know what SEO is and how hard it is to get the favorite rankings, if not impossible. Chances are, he is going to use unethical or black hat SEO practices to get the top rankings.

Let’s discover what are the top practices that unethical SEO experts use.

1. First rank in Google!

Everyone knows that one cannot get desired results without making real efforts for it. The same rule applies in today’s internet world, where you cannot consider yourself a market leader after a few hours of work. However, unethical SEO experts guarantee first rank in Google within a few days or even hours. Let me assure you that no one can guarantee top rankings.

SEO process needs sufficient completion time as no marketing campaign can be successful within a few hours.

Generate quality content from time to time and apply certain SEO techniques for a long period of time, only then can you expect top ranking. Remember, nothing is free in this world and you cannot achieve the best within moments.

2. Voluntary SEO Offers!

You may have received few if not several emails from unknown senders. Some of these emails are certainly about helping you out to make your website’s rankings high against a certain set of keywords and at low rates. Don’t wonder about how they got to know about your website and specific keywords.  And don’t even get impressed. These so-called SEO experts use spiders to draw a list of URLs and email addresses.

Next time you get any such email from an unknown sender, who claims to be impressed by your website after visiting it once and intending to help you out in its SEO at a deal that will be acceptable for you both, don’t think twice on such an offer and simply trash it.

3. Fail To Explain!

Move on from an expert, who is showing you how dumb you are, just to prove how smart he is. Sometimes the expert claims to do something complicated that is difficult for you to understand, or says these are trade secrets that can’t be disclosed or uses non-specific terms. Don’t forget, real experts are zealous and have real passion for their work and will explain to their clients what they do and give their clients a chance to know the work details. They are neither secretive nor do they want to hide their expertise.

Ask questions of your expert and if he is hesitant to answer, it’s needless to say that you should not work with him.

4. No Guarantees!

SEO is not a fun job. However, no one can guarantee immediate results or high placement on various search engines. Fake SEOs use another unethical SEO practice which is using  plagiarized content and copied content from other websites and passing it on to your website as original material. Even then they guarantee results in the long run.

Search engines immediately detect the duplicate content and reward the site a poor ranking. Beware of such SEO professionals who are using this practice for your website.

If you also come across any such malware or get these promises from your expert, be suspicious of him, and go to in-depth verification before handing over your website and putting your business at stake.

Enough said!

ShareTweet

Filed Under: SEO

About Ahmad Wali

Follow @E_Wali

Ahmad Wali is an Entrepreneur Blogger and SEO Expert with over 8 years of experience running his blog network E-Wali. I help small businesses, entrepreneurs, webmasters, and individuals to develop their online presence.

Reader Interactions

Related Posts

  • SEO Trends InfographicSEO is Evolving: Trend You Need to Know About [Infographic]
  • SEO ServicesHow SEO Services Can Help Increase Your Website Traffic
  • SEO GuideThe Impatient Newbie’s Guide to SEO
  • Whats up bloggers #5What’s Up Bloggers! Roundup #5 with Roxana Nasoi

{ 14 Responses }

  1. Taylor says:
    The last sentence in #3 says, ask questions, and this can't be stressed enough when choosing an SEO company to work with. Unfortunately, too many people are in it for quick money and not the game are out there. If there is any suspicion at all, ask for references. Ask to know some of their other clients, and then check those clients rankings or contact them directly. You can also check out their company and see how they are ranking. It doesn't take too long to do some research that will save you your money and keep them from gaining another victim.
  2. Jason says:
    The most amusing unsolicited SEO offer I ever saw pointed out that the target site "has 27 HTML errors" and promised to fix them in order to increase ranking. There are just two problems with that: HTML errors don't make any difference to ranking on Google, and the guy's own site had more HTML errors than the one he was calling out! LOL
  3. Michael from Buildinganonline.com says:
    Fair and square - You hit the head of the nail with this article. Personally I find the "spamming" tactic the most obvious to avoid. On the other hand, there must be some money to make, considering the amount of ridicules offers from total strangers, that hit your inbox every day...
  4. Ahmad Wali says:
    Thank you everyone for great comments! I've been on holiday and missed some great comments. What disturbs me the most is that I get so much spam contact emails from third world countries. I have never seen a reputable SEO firm sending contact email. Ah well! protect your business better safe than sorry...
  5. Robert says:
    SEO is probably one of the trickiest things to work on. Unless your site is focused on one specific thing from the very beginning and you're aiming for a specific ranking, it's very hard to rank high. If you decide to change your approach half way in, you might as well start from scratch
  6. Mira says:
    The "fail to explain" part is what bugs me the most. I have actually looked around for some SEO services that are reasonably priced and I often encounter very vague websites that do not explain what they do. They just say "this plugin will rocket your blog to the top of the search engines" without saying how exactly it will achieve that. I'm not going to buy a pig in a poke!
    • Anish says:
      Fully agree. I've come across "SEO experts" who make such stupid claims. It's like, they've selected a list of "hyped up" phrases and all the douchebags use the same ones, it's ridiculous. Satisfying the logical mind of buyer is quite important in selling a product or service. SEO is no different.
  7. Latief says:
    Hi Ahmad Wali, thanks for the article. I've received the offer almost everyday :D Yes! I removed their email to trash! Agree with you that SEO is not one night success, no one can be the first at Google without hard work and continuous effort. Great sharing bro, thanks
  8. Maria Jackson says:
    SEO is truly not a fun game. You must carry out a thorough research before starting SEO of any website. Avoid Black hat and try to make it as much natural as you can s Google engineers spots the unnatural activities very quickly and you may have to face penalty. Nice Post, Maria
  9. Wasim Ismail says:
    Ahmed...Just what I was looking for a link to send to one of my clients about a similar conversation. Nice one.
  10. Dave Lucas says:
    The best (and most poular) A-list bloggers tell me they pay no attention to SEO... I don't know if I believe that or not! You've left me thinking about SEO for the rest of the day, and that's a GOOD thing!
  11. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Ahmad, Value-packed pointers here! 1 - Sow, reap. You get what you gave, or give out. Provide value consistently. Receive value in the form of high ranking, and more money in your pocket. 2 - Spammer. Desperate. Nuff said. 3 - Another desperate person who lacks self-confidence. Avoid him or her like the plague. You nailed it: real authorities in any industry are passionate. SEO pros have the servant's mindset, and would NEVER pressure you with forceful BS selling tactics. 4 - Bingo. Reputable SEO folks do the best job possible. Check out their work. Have they helped others move up the rankings gradually? Chances are, they can help you too. But guaranteeing a Google-topper? Not sure about that. Thanks for sharing your insight! RB
  12. Murray says:
    I get more than a few emails every month from 'SEO' companies that are are into high pressure sales; it's always that "my rank sucks and we can fix it" yet they never bother to explain what they would be doing, they don't address me and don't link to anything significant. A lot of time, people jump right into offering SEO services but they're complete crap. Doing directory blasts are craptastic links but they'll still try to build a business around it. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you really have to educate yourself first, as a business owner, so you can throw some of those hard hitting questions to the people that want to do your SEO.
  13. Wong Chendong aka The Bad Blogger says:
    I once wrote a guest post at Basic Blog Tips, telling people to paid SEO freelance only when they get results for them, but a ton of people disagree and almost no one believe what I said, so I explain one by one though not all trusted my advice, but I did found a team of SEO expert in Warrior Forum that claims they can get you number one spot for any keyword, and the best part is you only pay when you get the results, though I never hire them but there are testimonials and proofs that they really did their job as to rank you number 1 for any keyword. I had contacted them and ask a few questions, to me they look professional because they evens send me a PDF explaining what they will do on their side and what I should do on my side and also telling me results may vary and make sure I agree to their terms before I hire them. So it sounds like it's a contract but again, these team of SEO expert must know what they are doing, I mean you pay only when you get the results, which totally to customers advantage.

Primary Sidebar

Our Newsletter

Our Newsletter

Join our mailing list to receive the latest news and updates from our blog.

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Popular Articles

  1. Top 10 Sites Where You Can Get Paid to Write 115,649 views
  2. How to Get Targeted Twitter Followers Fast 92,036 views
  3. How to Set Half Rating Scale 1-5 (Poor to Excellent) by Words 86,739 views
  4. 66 Awesome Social Media Quotes 78,368 views
  5. 50 Traffic Sources You Should Milk Like Crazy 75,081 views
Schema Structured Data for wordPress
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Disclosure Policy

Copyright ©2020 · FamousBloggers - All Rights Are Reserved · Powered by Genesis Framework

  • Login
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
Go to mobile version