Google webmaster guidelines list - Detailed information
There are currently 31 webmaster guidelines broken into four categories. The titles below are summaries of the guidelines. The full text of each guideline can be found in the individual descriptions. Use the links below to go to a guideline detail page.
Design and Content Guidelines
there are nine guidelines in this category
- 1) Hierarchy and links
- 2) Site map page for your website
- 3) Useful and information-rich website
- 4) Importance of words and how they are used
- 5) Text vs Images
- 6) TITLE and ALT tag.
- 7) Broken links and correct HTML.
- 8) Dynamic pages
- 9) Less than 100 links per page
Technical Guidelines
there are five guidelines in this category
- 1) How a search engine spider sees your site
- 3) If-Modified-Since HTTP header
- 4) Robots.txt file
- 5) Content management systems
Quality Guidelines and Basic Principles
there are four guidelines and eight basic principals in this category
Basic Principles
- Avoid tricks to improve rankings
- Don't participate in link schemes
- Don't use automated, unauthorized programs to submit pages or check ranking
Specific Guidelines
- Avoid hidden text or hidden links
- Don't use cloaking or sneaky redirects
- Don't send automated queries to Google
- Don't load pages with irrelevant words
- Don't create duplicate content
- Don't create pages that install "badware"
- Don't use cloaking or sneaky redirects
- Avoid "doorway" pages and affiliate programs that have little or no original content
Submission Guidelines
-When your site is ready
there are five guidelines in this category
- 1) Have relevant sites link to yours
- 2) Submit it to Google
- 3) Submit a Google sitemap from webmaster tools
- 4) Let other sites know you are online
- 5) Submitting your site to relevant directories
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