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SEO tips, release notes, and lessons from building a free SEO tool.
5 Common SEO Mistakes That Are Killing Your Rankings
Even sites built with care can leak ranking equity through a handful of preventable mistakes. This post walks through the five we see most often in SeoSee audits — and exactly how to fix each one.
- Missing or duplicated meta titles that confuse crawlers
- Slow images without width/height or modern formats
- Redirect chains that waste crawl budget
- Schema markup shipped then forgotten
- Internal link orphans that never get indexed
How to Use Schema Markup for Rich Results
Structured data is the fastest path from a blue text link to a rich result. We break down the schema types that actually move clicks — Article, FAQ, BreadcrumbList, Product, Review — and the most common validation errors SeoSee catches on free audits.
- Which schema types Google currently surfaces
- How to validate with the Rich Results Test
- Common mistakes: missing @type, duplicate IDs, nested breadcrumbs
Free SEO Tools vs Paid: What You Actually Get for $0 vs $99/mo
The honest breakdown of what free SEO tools give you, what only paid tools ($99/mo and up) give you, and the affordable middle ground. Find out whether you actually need Ahrefs or whether SeoSee's free tier covers your whole workflow.
- What you get free: GSC, GA4, SeoSee, Rich Results Test, PageSpeed Insights
- What you only get paid: backlink index, content gap, historical rank tracking
- When free is enough — and when it isn't
More posts coming soon. Got something you want us to write about? Email support@seosee.app.