Webmaster Guidelines for the Beginner

by Paul Flyer

If you are just beginning to develop your own websites, it is helpful to check out the guidelines published by Google and Yahoo for webmasters. These guidelines offer basic instructions for webmasters concerning web development and search engine optimization. The guidelines are a summary of “what to do” and “what not to do”. They are not only a good place to start for the beginner, but oldie and moldies can relearn a thing or two from a review of these documents.

Basic Webmaster FAQ on Google
Google Webmaster Guidelines
Facts and Fiction about Google
Search Engine Optimization
Understand the Googlebot
Yahoo Indexing
Yahoo Search Results Ranking
Yahoo’s Web Crawler
Yahoo and Search Engine Spam