{"id":14226,"date":"2025-07-19T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/?p=14226"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:18:05","slug":"bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t Let Google Punish You for Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know the bad SEO practices and mistakes that will cause your organic page rankings to plummet? If you\u2019re working hard to improve your SEO results, read on. Here\u2019s a valuable list of bad SEO practices and mistakes you can make that can downgrade your ranking, or even get your webpage removed entirely!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t Waste Your Efforts with Bad SEO Practices<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some companies will do almost anything to get to the top of the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). It\u2019s not hard to see why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top three Google search results get<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/google-ctr-stats\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 54.4%<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of all clicks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leads from SEO have a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/insiders\/11-facts-about-inbound-marketing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 14.6%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> close rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videos.brightedge.com\/research-report\/BrightEdge_ChannelReport2019_FINAL.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">53.3%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all website traffic comes from organic searches.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the real estate on the SERP for organic results shrinks, some companies take on risky SEO techniques. While some companies do so knowingly, While some companies do so knowingly, many are unaware of Google\u2019s policies and the severe penalties it can impose on those who try to game the system. In this article, we share SEO techniques that can send you to the bottom of the SEO heap\u2014and how to avoid Google\u2019s wrath.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"djAbk6fZCg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/top-b2b-seo-trends-for-your-b2b-website-in-2025\/\">20 Top B2B SEO Trends for your Website in 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;20 Top B2B SEO Trends for your Website in 2025&#8221; &#8212; Ladybugz Interactive Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/top-b2b-seo-trends-for-your-b2b-website-in-2025\/embed\/#?secret=uOFVvHu37o#?secret=djAbk6fZCg\" data-secret=\"djAbk6fZCg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Watches Out for Unfair SEO Techniques and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad SEO Practices<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Google\u2019s goal is to provide the most relevant, high-quality results for every user search. It doesn\u2019t take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/best-seo-practices-2018-to-change-in-2024\/\">unfair bad SEO practices<\/a> lightly and has two types of penalties it can take to teach the offending website owner a lesson. Google\u2019s policy manuals call these algorithmic and manual actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algorithm Actions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Googlebot web crawler detects about 99% of spam content or about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2021\/04\/how-we-fought-search-spam-2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40 billion spam pages per day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When Googlebot spots violations, it can automatically downrank or delist a page. With algorithmic actions, once the issue is fixed, Googlebot will remove the penalty the next time it revisits your page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manual Actions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article focuses on the 1% of penalties manually imposed by Google\u2019s human webspam review team for violating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/essentials\/spam-policies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Search Essentials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If a website owner receives a manual action, they must fix the violation and send Google a reconsideration request. If Google denies the request, the website owner can make further efforts and submit another request. Lifting a manual penalty can take weeks or longer, and you may not be able to regain your ranking and traffic.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, manual actions have serious consequences. How can you avoid them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Best defense is a good offense. Below are common reasons for manual actions and some ways to address them. This is not a complete list, nor does it provide all the solutions, but it\u2019s a solid start for avoiding damaging penalties for SEO violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6rjSsmu0ev\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/marrying-seo-with-ux-for-page-rankings-traffic-and-retention\/\">Marrying SEO with UX: A Winning Combination<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Marrying SEO with UX: A Winning Combination&#8221; &#8212; Ladybugz Interactive Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/marrying-seo-with-ux-for-page-rankings-traffic-and-retention\/embed\/#?secret=OCWAOL3QlA#?secret=6rjSsmu0ev\" data-secret=\"6rjSsmu0ev\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Spam<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The many types of spam listed in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/essentials\/spam-policies\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google spam policies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be divided into several categories. Sites can be abused through third-party spam when, for example, people put up spam links in a user comment section. User-generated scams occur when people add spam content or links in areas such as user profiles and forums. Spam can also occur if a website has a free host that supports spammy websites that violate Google guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When building or modifying your website, always hire a reputable developer or agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-web-design-practices-and-how-to-fix-them\/\">to build a compliant site<\/a> and use a host that offers fast, safe, and secure hosting when building or modifying a website.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Keyword Stuffing and Hidden Text<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google can spot keyword stuffing when key phrases are excessive, seem unnatural, or are out of context. Hidden text, a form of keyword stuffing, contains text or links that contain keywords that are visible to search engines but not to visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Here are some ways to avoid keyword stuffing:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/keyword-strategy-for-your-website-in-12-easy-steps\/\">target keyword<\/a> only once in the title, sparingly in H2 tags and metatags, and evenly sprinkle them\u2014in context\u2014in the content.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replace exact-match keywords with synonyms, long-tail keywords, and rephrased terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Properly format your text with headings and paragraphs and strictly limit the use of bold, italics, and all caps.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"O7uxb75jCj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/on-page-b2b-seo-trends\/\">On-Page B2B SEO Trends To Implement in 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;On-Page B2B SEO Trends To Implement in 2025&#8221; &#8212; Ladybugz Interactive Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/on-page-b2b-seo-trends\/embed\/#?secret=nYYQONJNc3#?secret=O7uxb75jCj\" data-secret=\"O7uxb75jCj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Unnatural Links<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Search Console will send a notification if it detects \u201ca pattern of unnatural, artificial, deceptive, or manipulative links pointing to your site,\u201d which can occur from buying links or participating in linking schemes. Google also penalizes sites with spammy outbound links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t participate in any linking scheme, undo all the forum spam, and remove low-quality links to and from your site. If you can\u2019t remove unnatural links, add them to your disavow file to deactivate them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Thin Content\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another top cause of manual actions is thin content, with lots of pages that provide visitors with little value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid affiliate cookie-cutter pages, poorly written syndicated copy, and keyword-stuffed, low-value doorway pages that only exist to manipulate search rankings. You can avoid this violation by removing low-quality or shallow content and replacing it with high-quality, valuable content.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Duplicate Content<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duplicate content is when more than one URL has very similar or exact copies of the same content. When this occurs, web crawlers become confused about which pages to present. In Google\u2019s words, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGoogle tries hard to index and show pages with distinct information,\u201d so duplicate pages can tank rankings and, in the most extreme cases, can cause Google to remove the entire site from search results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Common causes of duplicate content include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improperly managing WWW and non-WWW variations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Granting access with both HTTP and HTTPS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using both trailing slashes and non-trailing slashes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Including scraped or copied content<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having separate mobile and desktop versions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tips to avoid duplicate content are auditing your site for duplicate content, monitoring indexed pages in the Console, and implementing canonical tags and 301 redirects as needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"glDiXXbfbr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/front-end-and-back-end-seo-the-secret-to-search-engine-rankings\/\">Front End and Back End SEO: The Secret to Search Engine Rankings<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Front End and Back End SEO: The Secret to Search Engine Rankings&#8221; &#8212; Ladybugz Interactive Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/front-end-and-back-end-seo-the-secret-to-search-engine-rankings\/embed\/#?secret=yzPmabBYTt#?secret=glDiXXbfbr\" data-secret=\"glDiXXbfbr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Spammy Auto-Generated Content<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chat GPT, Open AI, and other AI systems can serve up low-quality or incorrect content that people don\u2019t bother to verify. Lack of quality and value causes the pages to suffer in rankings. Always review your site to identify and prune low-quality pages, carefully spell check and proofread copy, and write in a human-friendly way.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Incorrectly Structured Data<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structured data based on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Guide\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schema.org technical and search guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps Google more easily access, understand, and interpret webpages. However, inappropriate structured data used to manipulate user behavior can lead to manual penalties, including the page becoming ineligible to appear in valuable rich results. Web developers should strictly conform to Schema.org guidelines for each type of structured data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.\u00a0 Paid Links<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Companies can purposefully or unknowingly fall prey to link schemes, the black hat SEO practice of buying or selling links to artificially inflate search rankings. One notorious example is link farming, which uses a network of low-quality, auto-generated sham sites that all link to each other. The best backlinking strategy is to build relationships with authoritative sources that publish high-quality content.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Cloaking, Cloaked Images, and Sneaky Redirects<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloaking is the deceptive practice of showing one landing page to search engines and a significantly different one to users. Similarly, sneaky redirects send users to content they don\u2019t expect, often a highly commercialized page. When detected, Google will likely demote the page or even completely drop it from search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Sneaky Mobile Redirects<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sneaky mobile redirects, computer and mobile see the same URL in search results. However, the link sends computer users to the correct page and mobile users to another\u2014often a WAP-click affiliate program created for mobile traffic monetization. Website owners may also be unaware of mobile redirects caused by hackers and third-party scripts. Avoid Google potentially removing these pages from the index by choosing advertisers and partners who are transparent on how they handle user traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m6tqJr9t9C\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/your-must-have-monster-seo-checklist-for-2025\/\">Your MUST Have Monster SEO Checklist for 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Your MUST Have Monster SEO Checklist for 2025&#8221; &#8212; Ladybugz Interactive Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/your-must-have-monster-seo-checklist-for-2025\/embed\/#?secret=ywqwMIOzML#?secret=m6tqJr9t9C\" data-secret=\"m6tqJr9t9C\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. AMP Content Mismatch<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMP (Accelerated Mobile Page) content is a stripped-down HTML version of a webpage that loads quickly on mobile devices\u2014leading to better user experience and SEO. If the AMP version and the canonical master version of the page don\u2019t match, Google will drop the mobile-optimized AMP page. Always verify that the AMP page is associated with the correct canonical page and confirm that what Google and the mobile user see is essentially the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. News and Discover Policy Violations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google\u2019s manual actions used to be limited to search-related violations. As of 2021, websites can receive manual penalties for violating Google News and Google Discover guidelines. Examples of such violations include content that is adult-themed, misleading, terrorist, harassing, dangerous, harassing, or lacks transparency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t Let Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes Hurt Your Business<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s better to be safe than sorry with your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/your-must-have-monster-seo-checklist-for-2024\/\">SEO efforts<\/a> and hard-won top rankings. Keeping up with all of Google\u2019s policies and changing search algorithms is difficult, but it pays to take the necessary precautions to avoid manual actions. When choosing a web design or SEO agency, be sure they are above-board, reputable, and knowledgeable about Google&#8217;s SEO policies\u2014and how to avoid costly penalties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Let Google Punish You for Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0 Do you know the bad SEO practices and mistakes that will cause your organic page rankings to plummet? If you\u2019re working hard to improve your SEO results, read on. Here\u2019s a valuable list of bad SEO practices and mistakes you can make that can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":14227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":-1},"categories":[83,314,35,584,39],"tags":[483,358,167,81,82],"class_list":["post-14226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-seo","category-seo","category-web-design","category-website-maintenance","category-wordpress-design","tag-best-boston-seo-companies","tag-best-seo-metrics","tag-boston-web-design-seo-companies","tag-fitchburg-seo-companies","tag-leominster-seo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SEO Mistakes to Avoid in 2025 (and beyond)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Website Design Agency, Boston MA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ladybugz-Interactive-Web-design-ecommerce-emarketing-social-media\/178379525546559\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-practice-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lysa Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lysapreneur\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lysapreneur\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lysa Miller\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/55abb1294b4796e9bfd72a00f4ebdcc3\"},\"headline\":\"Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\"},\"wordCount\":1507,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Best Boston SEO Companies\",\"Best SEO Metrics\",\"Boston Web Design SEO Companies\",\"Fitchburg SEO companies\",\"Leominster SEO\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local SEO\",\"SEO (Search Engine Optimization)\",\"Website Design\",\"website maintenance\",\"WordPress Design\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\",\"name\":\"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1056,\"caption\":\"SEO image\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/\",\"name\":\"Boston MA Website Design Agency\",\"description\":\"Website Design + Digital Marketing Boston + Worcester Massachusetts\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ladybugz Interactive Agency\",\"alternateName\":\"Ladybugz Web Design\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LadyBugz_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LadyBugz_logo.jpg\",\"width\":333,\"height\":236,\"caption\":\"Ladybugz Interactive Agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ladybugz-Interactive-Web-design-ecommerce-emarketing-social-media\/178379525546559\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/lysapreneur\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ladybugzagency\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ladybugz-inc-\/\"],\"description\":\"Ladybugz Interactive is a Boston, MA web design and digital marketing agency creating responsive, growth-driven websites for businesses and organizations.\",\"email\":\"lysa@ladybugz.com\",\"telephone\":\"9783767878\",\"legalName\":\"Ladybugz Interactive Agency, Inc.\",\"foundingDate\":\"2012-10-30\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/55abb1294b4796e9bfd72a00f4ebdcc3\",\"name\":\"Lysa Miller\",\"description\":\"Lysa Miller is the powerhouse behind Ladybugz Interactive, a nationally recognized Boston web design and digital marketing agency. Known for her bold leadership and no-nonsense approach, Lysa has built an award-winning agency that's caught national attention \u2014 landing features on the Boston Business Journal\u2019s Book of Lists, Agency Vista\u2019s Women-Owned Agencies to Watch, Cloudways\u2019 Top Ten Women-Owned Agencies, and ranking among Clutch.co\u2019s Top 3 Women-Owned Agencies in the U.S. in 2023. In just over four years, Lysa has led Ladybugz to launch more than 40 websites, support over 55 ongoing clients, and grow 10 strategic digital partnerships \u2014 all while building real community connections. She\u2019s also the founder and president of the MetroWest Women\u2019s Network, uniting more than 5,000 women entrepreneurs and leaders. A passionate advocate for business growth and community impact, Lysa serves on the board of Fresh Start Furniture Bank and as an elected corporator for Main Street Bank \u2014 proving that success is about lifting others up along the way.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025","description":"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SEO Mistakes to Avoid in 2025 (and beyond)","og_description":"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/","og_site_name":"Website Design Agency, Boston MA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ladybugz-Interactive-Web-design-ecommerce-emarketing-social-media\/178379525546559","article_published_time":"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bad-practice-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Lysa Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025","twitter_creator":"@lysapreneur","twitter_site":"@lysapreneur","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/"},"author":{"name":"Lysa Miller","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/55abb1294b4796e9bfd72a00f4ebdcc3"},"headline":"Bad SEO Practices and Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025","datePublished":"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/"},"wordCount":1507,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp","keywords":["Best Boston SEO Companies","Best SEO Metrics","Boston Web Design SEO Companies","Fitchburg SEO companies","Leominster SEO"],"articleSection":["Local SEO","SEO (Search Engine Optimization)","Website Design","website maintenance","WordPress Design"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/","name":"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0You Want to Avoid in 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp","datePublished":"2025-07-20T02:16:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-28T22:18:05+00:00","description":"Bad SEO Practices and SEO Mistakes\u00a0will get you penalized on Google. Here are 12 common bad practices and how you can avoid and fix them!","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/bad-seo-practices-and-seo-mistakes-you-want-to-avoid\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/seo-bad-practices-and-seo-mistakes-to-avoid.webp","width":1600,"height":1056,"caption":"SEO image"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/","name":"Boston MA Website Design Agency","description":"Website Design + Digital Marketing Boston + Worcester Massachusetts","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#organization","name":"Ladybugz Interactive Agency","alternateName":"Ladybugz Web Design","url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LadyBugz_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LadyBugz_logo.jpg","width":333,"height":236,"caption":"Ladybugz Interactive Agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ladybugz-Interactive-Web-design-ecommerce-emarketing-social-media\/178379525546559","https:\/\/x.com\/lysapreneur","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ladybugzagency","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ladybugz-inc-\/"],"description":"Ladybugz Interactive is a Boston, MA web design and digital marketing agency creating responsive, growth-driven websites for businesses and organizations.","email":"lysa@ladybugz.com","telephone":"9783767878","legalName":"Ladybugz Interactive Agency, Inc.","foundingDate":"2012-10-30","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/55abb1294b4796e9bfd72a00f4ebdcc3","name":"Lysa Miller","description":"Lysa Miller is the powerhouse behind Ladybugz Interactive, a nationally recognized Boston web design and digital marketing agency. Known for her bold leadership and no-nonsense approach, Lysa has built an award-winning agency that's caught national attention \u2014 landing features on the Boston Business Journal\u2019s Book of Lists, Agency Vista\u2019s Women-Owned Agencies to Watch, Cloudways\u2019 Top Ten Women-Owned Agencies, and ranking among Clutch.co\u2019s Top 3 Women-Owned Agencies in the U.S. in 2023. In just over four years, Lysa has led Ladybugz to launch more than 40 websites, support over 55 ongoing clients, and grow 10 strategic digital partnerships \u2014 all while building real community connections. She\u2019s also the founder and president of the MetroWest Women\u2019s Network, uniting more than 5,000 women entrepreneurs and leaders. A passionate advocate for business growth and community impact, Lysa serves on the board of Fresh Start Furniture Bank and as an elected corporator for Main Street Bank \u2014 proving that success is about lifting others up along the way."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ladybugz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}