TL;DR: Google reads your code, not your design. Most developers ship sites that actively hurt their rankings without knowing it. Here are the 7 mistakes I see most often, and how to fix every single one.

You spent weeks perfecting your website. The animations are smooth, the layout is pixel-perfect, the color palette is chef's kiss . You deploy it, share the URL with a few people, and wait for Google to notice.

It doesn't.

Weeks pass. You are still on page 7. Or worse, not indexed at all.

Here is the hard truth: Google does not care how your site looks. It reads your code. And most developers unknowingly write code that makes Google's job harder, or impossible.

I have been building websites for 19+ years and running my own web studio. I see the same SEO mistakes from developers over and over. This article breaks them down and shows you exactly how to fix each one.

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