Worst SEO advice you ever heard?

MS Nil said:

I’ve been around long enough to hear some pretty wild SEO “advice,” but lately it feels like the bad tips are getting even worse.

So I thought it would be fun (and maybe helpful for a few newbies) to ask everyone here:

What’s the absolute worst SEO advice you’ve ever heard?

A few of my personal favorites:

• “Just create one article and backlink it with 1,000 spam comments — Google loves that.”
• “Keyword stuffing still works in 2025, trust me bro.”
• “Buy expired domains and Google will automatically rank you #1.”
• “You don’t need content… AI can replace your entire site.”

I’m sure the community has seen WAY crazier ones.
Drop yours below — let’s laugh a little and maybe save someone from destroying their site.

Looking forward to your stories!

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GrowMore said:

I’ve been around long enough to hear some pretty wild SEO “advice,” but lately it feels like the bad tips are getting even worse.

So I thought it would be fun (and maybe helpful for a few newbies) to ask everyone here:

What’s the absolute worst SEO advice you’ve ever heard?

A few of my personal favorites:

• “Just create one article and backlink it with 1,000 spam comments — Google loves that.”
• “Keyword stuffing still works in 2025, trust me bro.”
• “Buy expired domains and Google will automatically rank you #1.”
• “You don’t need content… AI can replace your entire site.”

I’m sure the community has seen WAY crazier ones.
Drop yours below — let’s laugh a little and maybe save someone from destroying their site.

Looking forward to your stories!

Click to expand...