People often ask us what makes a site  friendly.

We like to tell them that there are a number of ways you can make your website move visible on Google’s radar. Here is a list of those “Best Practices for a Google Friendly Site”   And this info you can get right from Google.

General guidelines

• Webmaster Guidelines
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• How can I create a Google-friendly site?
• Affiliate programs
• Guidelines for owners of local businesses
• For bloggers
• Making sure Google knows about your site

Site design and content

• TITLE tags and ALT attributes
• Flash, images, and other non-text files
• Making sure your site appears properly in different browsers
• About rel=”nofollow”
• Meta tags

Site management

• Dynamic pages
• Frames
• Creating a Google-friendly URL structure
• Custom 404 pages
• 301 redirects
• Moving your site
• AJAX-enhanced sites
• Avoiding comment spam

Potential problems

• Requesting reconsideration of a site
• Hidden text and links
• Site removed from the Google index
• Cloaking, sneaky Javascript redirects, and doorway pages
• Duplicate content
• Keyword stuffing
• Little or no original content
• Link schemes
• Automated queries

More information for publishers

• Developing mobile sites