1. Configuring Robots.txt file is safest way to block page/site from being crawled by SEs.
Even if you block a page through the “disallow” tag in robots.txt, Google might still crawl it following an external incoming link. The safest way to block out a page from being crawled is to make the page as password protected page, Search Engine Spider wont be able to get through it.
2. Search Engine Result Pages display the site description as mentioned by you in the Meta tag.
No. Google’s algorithm has updated which will pick up matching lines/phrases from the page content to the search query and display selective parts of the content on the SERPs snippets. Particularly relevant for longer search queries.
3. Changing the crawl rate settings in Webmasters tools console will change the Google crawl rate once and for all.
Apparently not. Google will also check your posting/publishing frequency and set an appropriate crawling frequency based on it, despite your manual setting.
4. By adding a plugin like the AllinOneSEO puts your blog into auto SEO mode.
Wish if it did. In fact, a plugin will take care of the most important parts, but sometimes they do harm more than good. Like the auto generate meta description feature of All in One SEO, can create more duplicate entries in certain themes, if you set it to auto generate. Its always best to do it all manually, while leaving certain parts for the plugins.
5. 4% Keyword density will help in optimizing the content.
Search Engines are clever enough to detect any particular patterns in the site content. While its best not to follow any predictable pattern, using them cleverly can give you results. Keyword Density is no longer a metric SE’s count, so get over it. Rather focus on relevancy factor.
6. Linking to government sites or other authority sites will lead to increase in reputation.
It doesnt make any difference by linking to government sites or authority sites, its just a good habit to give links to respective authority sites.
7. Good page rank results in higher Search Engine ranking.
Page rank has not direct association with search engine page results. Though good PR is a sign of site popularity and will lead to good rankings.
8. H1 tags to keywords directly help in SEO.
Header tags used in the content definitely supports SEO, but they are no stand alone factors that will directly give you any push.
9. Submitting to search engines is the only way to get indexed.
No. Getting a relevant link from other sites is the better way to get indexed.
10. A flash page means bad SEO.
Not at all. Using flash will definitely give you less options for SEO compared to a content rich page, but that doesn’t mean bad SEO. You can focus on other SEO factors and get equally good if not better results.
