{"id":5599,"date":"2022-08-17T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/17\/the-worst-seo-advice-i-heard-this-year-and-what-you-should-do-instead\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:09:02","slug":"the-worst-seo-advice-i-heard-this-year-and-what-you-should-do-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/17\/the-worst-seo-advice-i-heard-this-year-and-what-you-should-do-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"The WORST SEO advice I heard this year (and what you should do instead)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most common complaint I receive from audit clients and bloggers is the inability to \u201cknow which SEO advice to follow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike search engines which can rank, re-rank, or penalize information or practices that are unethical or unscrupulous in nature, the same can\u2019t be achieved by the average blogger weeding through multiple courses, gurus or podcasts.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, 2022 has taken things to a whole new level. <\/p>\n

The amount of emails and instant messages I received from bloggers asking, \u201cIs this true?\u201d or \u201cI was told to do this, what do you think?\u201d cannot be quantified other than to say, \u201cIt was a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Executing a correct and competent SEO strategy has never been more challenging, especially in light of the explosion of new websites launched during the pandemic. <\/p>\n

As such, understanding what advice is worthwhile and which is complete and utter garbage has never been more important.<\/p>\n

To that end, I present some of the worst pieces of SEO advice I was asked about in 2022, with the hope that the answers will help you decide what not<\/strong> to do.<\/p>\n

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