{"id":100034,"date":"2010-07-18T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seocopyblogger.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2023-06-29T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:25:17","slug":"weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to spot the weakness of traditional SEO- it focused too much on trying to crack the system rather than work with it.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not familiar how Google, for example, gives split-second results to your every keyword inquiry, the method is actually more science than the infamous \u201cI am feeling lucky\u201d button.<\/p>\n

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As you know (I\u2019m assuming because you read this blog), every search engine formulates and guards their own secret algorithms that determines the relevance and weight of your web pages relative to various search queries (or keywords). Those algorithms are so complex they involve all kinds of metrics from your obvious traffic count, to RSS subscribers, and yes, even as trivial as the site speed of your site (don\u2019t panic though Matt Cutts clarified that\u2019s just a teeny-tiny part<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Traditional SEO is so keen on figuring out the best way to crack the system. A year or two ago, I\u2019ve even heard of seo specialists whose job are to crack down those algorithms in hopes of advancing the ranks of their client sites.<\/p>\n

Well, is there any need in the first place to run after those algorithms?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an seo newbie, or even if you\u2019re a specialist yourself, my take is this- don\u2019t kill yourself trying to.<\/em><\/p>\n

For two simple reasons:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Algorithms constantly and unpredictably change. You can never keep the pace up with the system engineers that are monitoring operations 24\/7 and are frequently revising every section of their magic equation to make their results better than ever.<\/li>\n
  2. You have to remember that search engines, in the first place, are not villains here. They are never against you. Unless of course you violet their Webmasters Terms and Conditions (see Google’s for example<\/a>) directly like buying links and sending fake traffic. Don\u2019t take it against the bots if your site isn\u2019t that visible. The system is purely meritocratic after all- you are most likely to deserve whatever your spot is (whether it\u2019s rank one or in some position on the 9th page).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Most Repeated SEO Mistake<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u2026is to be traditional<\/em>. If you still think there\u2019s a secret backdoor somewhere, if you still think you can through a big budget and set up a team of specialists to run after the algorithms, if you still think you\u2019re on a contest to beat the bots\u2026 then might as well forget about it.<\/p>\n

    Reevaluate your main purpose. Actually, if you think about it, your goal isn\u2019t as different as the search engines\u2019 goal- to be able to deliver the most relevant and reliant information for human benefit.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Now, wouldn\u2019t it be much better if you go along search engines? Your answer should be yes, and for that, you should definitely keep tabs on what SEOCopyblogger <\/a>is going to post from now on \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s easy to spot the weakness of traditional SEO- it focused too much on trying to crack the system rather than work with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100010],"tags":[101122,101124,101125,101855,101128,101620,101129,101133],"wl_entity_type":[102583],"class_list":["post-100034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo-copywriting","tag-search-engine-optimization","tag-search-weakness","tag-seo-weakness","tag-seocopyblogger","tag-traditional-search","tag-traditional-search-engine","tag-traditional-seo","tag-weakness","wl_entity_type-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Avoid the most repeated SEO mistake by embracing a non-traditional approach and focusing on relevance and user benefit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Avoid the most repeated SEO mistake by embracing a non-traditional approach and focusing on relevance and user benefit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SEO Services Agency in Manila, Philippines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-18T15:39:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T09:25:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sean Si\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sean Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5565b7823135bb49dd1618bbcaec2dbf\"},\"headline\":\"The Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-18T15:39:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T09:25:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":488,\"commentCount\":4,\"keywords\":[\"search Engine Optimization\",\"Search weakness\",\"SEO weakness\",\"seocopyblogger\",\"Traditional Search\",\"traditional search engine\",\"traditional seo\",\"Weakness\"],\"articleSection\":[\"SEO Copywriting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-18T15:39:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T09:25:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5565b7823135bb49dd1618bbcaec2dbf\"},\"description\":\"Avoid the most repeated SEO mistake by embracing a non-traditional approach and focusing on relevance and user benefit.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/weakness-traditional-search-engine-optimization\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Weakness of Traditional Search Engine Optimization\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seo-hacker.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"SEO Services Agency in Manila, Philippines\",\"description\":\"SEO Hacker is an SEO Agency and SEO Blog in the Philippines. 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