An obvious SEO tip that I wish I heard sooner
"Look at the top 5 organic search results for the keyword you want to rank on, then write content that is 10x better."
I regret spending so much time focusing on quantity over quality while writing content. I got caught up in the "SEO hacks", but there really aren't a lot of ways to hack genuine SEO results.
This advice simply makes sense- Google wants the best results possible at the top of its SERP so that users are happy and continue to choose Google over other search engines.
Do you write SEO content with this in mind? What do you do to increase your content's quality?
I learned a lot of things similar to this from Ahref's free course, which I loved: https://ahrefs.com/academy/seo-training-course
Another painfully obvious tip: I wish I had just done a beginner SEO course sooner. Instead, I read a few articles and then assumed I knew the ins and outs. I paid for this pride in wasted time.