Comments on: 16 Reasons Why Startups Fail at SEO and How They Can Recover

By: larissakershaw

larissakershaw — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:03:45 +0000

i have noticed your blogs are depending on Avoiding the cowboys type SEO companies which are no expert in PPC and SEO Services and have no good knowledge about social media ads services but Start to business in SEO search engine optimization which could be harmful for us.

By: albert sagan

albert sagan — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:52:46 +0000

Great article, Andreea. To add on; a poor internal linking structure is another mistake that one needs to avoid. Thanks for sharing this. Very helpful!

By: Susan Daigle

Susan Daigle — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:27:43 +0000

Hey, Andreea Sauciuc!!

It’s great to see that you have a great interest in the SEO field and you have classified the things in the general form and we can get the better ideas by reading your blog.

Cheers!!

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:07:36 +0000

This is all true, SEO is sometimes a failure when you do the wrong thing. Better we read new ways to make it better. Being advanced in new SEO techniques is one way to achieve it.

I definitely think that this should be well thought out and done in a smart way, it is important to get out there and market your business.

This is a great information and examples, thanks for sharing!

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:39:29 +0000

It’s no doubt that SEO done right can skyrocket the startup’s traffic and increase its visibility. However, SEO for startups shouldn’t be the highest priority, from my experience, firstly a startup should establish if their product is valuable and necessary for their target audience. What is more, SEO done poorly can end up causing more harm than good. But of course, if you have the necessary competences and knowledge about SEO, you can think about it in advance with the help of some simple activities:
Create unique, valuable and high-quality content. Google is updating its algorithms all the time and they are built by some of the best engineers in the world to determine if the content is useful and your content should be.
Pay attention to link building. As the name of your startup can change many times where possible use shortened URL that allows changing the target URLs. No worries about the SEO, as ranking goes to the target URL (great video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMkltd6dZzU ).
Guest blogging is one of the best ways to get relevant back links with the desired anchor text. It also helps to get subscribers, traffic and authority in the industry. Either you’re writing your own blog or an external blog post, remember to put links as anchors, avoiding such word combinations as learn more, check out, read here etc.
Take into account website’s html structure basics. For example, H1 tag makes certain words to stand out and allows readers to see what your website is about. It also helps to tell search engines what your page is about, and when used in conjunction with the page title, META description, keywords, and keyword targeted content, it helps to improve search engine ranking for specific keywords and phrases.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:24:25 +0000

Very helpful article for startups! Agree that SEO isn’t just a one time thing, it’s a process especially with new sites.

By: Abhilash PS

Abhilash PS — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:00:47 +0000

Touched every aspects, Great work. Social shares must play its role in SEO, More social shares makes a good impression in search engine. I have started a website 4 years back but it was complete failure, I use this post as a resource.

By: Emmerey Rose

Emmerey Rose — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:40:15 +0000

Very detailed article you have here Andreea! Thanks for sharing. This is very helpful! 🙂 SEO can be a pain for startups since it takes time and effort to learn the whole things about SEO. I was wondering, what aspect of SEO do you suggest startups to focus more when trying SEO?

By: Theeban

Theeban — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:03:35 +0000

Hi Andreea,

Excellent work. You have explained almost all the mistakes a novice SEO professional will make. I do agree, “motoring” should be done on regular basis specially via Google webmaster tool & Google analytics to find out the new market opportunities. Also, the effective use of adwords keyword tool & impressions from Google webmaster tool will help to end up with better results for client rather than choosing keywords with less demand among Google searchers.

I would say those 16 ways are 16 Gems.

Great Job.

Cheers,
Theeban

By: Bijay Gupta

Bijay Gupta — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:59:56 +0000

Hey Andreea,

This detailed Informative post on SEO will no doubt guide every startups and online Marketers. Though every point is valid in the post, I personally feel that targeting the right audience is the pain point where most of us loose budget and control.

Thanks.