Your Website Might Be Hurting You
Having a website is not enough. A slow, technically broken or poorly structured website can actively hurt your Google rankings — costing you traffic, leads and revenue every single day. Here are the 10 most common SEO mistakes we find on UAE business websites.
1. Poor Core Web Vitals
Google uses LCP (Largest Contentful Paint), FID/INP (Interaction to Next Paint) and CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) as direct ranking signals. Most UAE business websites fail all three. Fix: compress images, defer non-critical JS and use a CDN.
2. Missing or Incorrect Schema Markup
Structured data (JSON-LD schema) helps Google understand your content and can earn rich snippets in search results. Most local businesses are missing LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Product and Review schema entirely.
3. No Mobile Optimization
65% of Google searches in the UAE are on mobile. If your website is hard to navigate on a phone — small text, tiny tap targets, horizontal scrolling — Google will rank it lower for all queries.
4. Duplicate or Thin Content
5. Missing Meta Descriptions & Title Tags
6. Broken Internal Links
7. No HTTPS / Mixed Content Issues
8. Images Without Alt Text
9. No XML Sitemap
10. Ignoring Local SEO
For businesses serving UAE customers, Google My Business optimization, local citations and location-specific landing pages can triple your local search visibility. Most businesses set up their GMB profile once and never touch it again.
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