--- title: Are You Making These 25+ Common SEO Mistakes? description: "Are You Making These 25+ Common SEO Mistakes? If so, we have resources to help you correct them." image: https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Are%20You%20Making%20These%2025+%20Common%20SEO%20Mistakes_.png --- [![](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Are%20You%20Making%20These%2025+%20Common%20SEO%20Mistakes_.png) ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/are-you-making-these-25-common-seo-mistakes) # Are You Making These 25+ Common SEO Mistakes? BY:   [ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones) ![Are You Making These 25+ Common SEO Mistakes_](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Are%20You%20Making%20These%2025+%20Common%20SEO%20Mistakes_.png?width=550&name=Are%20You%20Making%20These%2025+%20Common%20SEO%20Mistakes_.png) You’ve seen the SEO “do” lists: DO use keywords in headings. DO use [long tail phrases](https://www.jonespr.net/inboundaccelerator/4-places-to-use-long-tail-keywords). DO include complete meta data and mark up your pages with schema to improve how results are rendered. *(Get the [non-tech person’s cheat sheet to meta data here](https://www.jonespr.net/microdata-schema-rich-snippets-cheat-sheet).)* But it never hurts to also review the many “don’ts” that could be killing your website’s search results. Check out this [infographic from Hosting Clues](https://www.hostingclues.com/common-seo-mistakes/) for mistakes you may not realize you are making — then read on for a few links to more in-depth information about correcting some of them. **25+ Common SEO Mistakes That Are Killing Your Website[Infographic] by the team at Hostingclues**![Common SEO Mistakes Infogrpahic](https://www.hostingclues.com/wp-content/uploads/Common-SEO-Mistakes-Infographic.png)   Are you making some of these mistakes? If so, read on for links to help you correct some of them.   - #2: Poorly designed landing page? 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