SEO Fail! 10 Most Commonly Overused Website Techniques

You’ve just heard about the latest and greatest website technique. Everyone is doing it you should try it too! Right? Well, you might or you might not. Too often, sites pick up a technique just because another site uses it, thinking awesome, that’s cool for me, too! However, just because someone is doing it, even the biggest, baddest, coolest someone doesn’t always mean you should as well. Here are some of the most commonly overused site techniques and why they're bad for users, SEO, and conversions. 1. Infinite Scroll Sure this is a great technique for some sites, just not all sites or even most. Infinite scroll is great for sites like Facebook where you have linear information that is best delivered in a never-ending story, but is this true for all sites or site pages? Definitely not! Before you start laying out your page into long-form scrolling bottomless wells, ask yo...

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