SEO Report Card: Optimization According to Google
March 10th, 2010 admin
Earlier this week, Google offered a free download of its own SEO Report Card , an open and honest document that grades around 100 of Google’s own “products” (think Youtube, Maps, Adwords, Reader, Blogger etc). While it may satisfy your curiosity on how well the Big G does at SEO itself (seasoned search pros may snicker that only 10% are using the title tag properly), it can also help you audit your own website. Topics covered include search result presentation, URLs and redirects and on-page optimization. Here’s an example regarding canonical URLs and duplicate content: Directory form, www.google.com/product(/) www.google.com/product (canonical), …
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