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# 12 Completely Outdated SEO Practices You Should Avoid

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Seth Goldstein

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December 27, 2018

Sol 1528

If you’re still doing these. Just STOP. You will do more harm than good. Some things like Keyword stuffing have been a no-no for a while now. Others like Keyword Density are a little newer. Regardless, as Matt Cutts (the former Spam-Killer at Google) has always said: “Write good content.”

> Here are 12 SEO practices that used to work (to some extent), but now could do more harm than good for your brand or website.

Source: *[12 Completely Outdated SEO Practices You Should Avoid](https://www.searchenginejournal.com/outdated-seo-practices/276343/)*

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