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. 1. Your Site Renders Everything in JavaScript This is the #1 silent killer of developer websites.…