--- title: 10 SEO Myths You Need To Bust description: "10 SEO Myths To Stop Believing Today Don’t fall into the trap of false “facts” about external links, the length of your content, the need for meta tags or how social media impacts search results." image: https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/10%20SEO%20Myths%20You%20Need%20To%20Bust%20.jpg --- [![](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/10%20SEO%20Myths%20You%20Need%20To%20Bust%20.jpg) ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/10-seo-myths-you-need-to-bust) # 10 SEO Myths You Need To Bust BY:   [ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones) ![10 SEO Myths You Need To Bust ](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/10%20SEO%20Myths%20You%20Need%20To%20Bust%20.jpg) What do you know about SEO? Or what do you think you know? Chances are somewhere along the line you may have fallen into believing something about the world of search that just isn’t true. Do any of the myths outlined here by [SEO Pressor](https://seopressor.com/blog/10-common-seo-myths-infographic/) sound familiar to you? We agree. But I know you want to know more. Click through to find a few tips specific to several of these points. 10. Great content isn’t the only thing you need, BUT … you do need it. [Here’s how to create it](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/topic/content). 9. [How SEO works and is changing.](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/seo-changes-what-you-need-to-know-today) 8. [Link to others and encourage links back to you](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/3-rules-for-earning-high-quality-backlinks-that-boost-seo) 7. [Guest blogging: why and how.](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/inbound-links-website-essential-for-seo-success) 6. [Why people share things on social media](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/why-people-share-the-psychology-of-social-media) 5. Longer content not only generates more shares, it generates more leads: 9x as many according to the stats in [this post](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/content-marketing-in-2018-by-the-numbers). 4. [Our marketers’ guide to meta tags and more](https://www.jonespr.net/microdata-schema-rich-snippets-cheat-sheet) 3, 2 & 1. We know SEO isn’t a one-time thing. And that’s why we created our [On-Page SEO Planning Template and Guide](https://www.jonespr.net/on-page-seo-planning-template) — and why it has been downloaded more times than any other offering in our [Inbound Marketing Learning Library](https://www.jonespr.net/marketing-resources). 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