seo coding guildelines

1. Less is more, do not use more code than necessaryz
2. No inline CSS or scripts, try to separate content from appearance and behaviour
3. No huge styles and scripts in the head, externalize (use external files) everything as far as possible
4. Use semantic code, make headline headlines (h1, h2, h3 etc.), make important terms bold, citation blockquote etc.
5. Don’t use any redundant meta tags (only meta description is a must)
6. Use Microformats to make your site machine readable by e.g. telling robots your name and address
7. Use tables only for table data (like for basketball scores)
8. Use rel=”external” for external links (instead of target=”_blank”) and make them open in new windows by JavaScript (no popups!)
9. Use only degradable JavaScript (no JavaScript links)
10. Do not load important content via Flash or AJAX, always use plain HTML

Tags: , ,

This entry was posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 1:23 am and is filed under seo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.