When search engine optimizing your web pages there are five basic things you should avoid doing or all of your hard work trying to achieve rankings will go to waste.
First of all avoid using cloaking mechanisms. This is automated software that doesnt work unless it knows the IP address of a search engine spider. Cloaking is a form of SEO deception that serves a unique, optimized page to the search engines, while presenting a completely different page to surfers. Most major search engines will penalize or ban you altogether if you use this tempting black hat SEO technique that often backfires.
Also you should avoid using professionals that guarantee you a number one position or first page rankings. There is no such thing as this guarantee. To be safe always ask what techniques your would-be SEO firm uses to achieve a good positioning for your site.
Dont use software that automatically submits your sites on a weekly or monthly basis, since it might penalize you in the long run. You can be considered a spammer so you if you submit URLS too often so you dont really need to submit more than once.
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