Google rewards high quality websites

What is a high quality website is a question that lots of people pose to developers. 

 Google has made it very clear that a quality website will make a site more crawlable and make individual pages more accessible and easier to find. Below is 12 point checklist that will make your site effective with search engine optimization, or SEO :

1. Make your site crawable
2. Develop GREAT or quality content that is informative and interesting to site visitors
3. A hook - What sets you apart from the competition? Why should people return to your site and bookmark it?
4. Keyword research to ensure that the right words are on your pages
5. Link and website architecture is critical
6. Sitemap
7. Correct Title and Meta description tags
8. Page layout
9. Minimizing keyword stuffing
10. Relevant or Natural backlinks for search engine optimization or SEO
11. Easy navigation 
12. Fast page downloads

Watch this brief video clip from Matt Cutts on  Qualities of a good site



Click HERE to read the article on Google's Blogspot on why "High Quality Websites" are rewarded by their search engine.   

Click HERE to read about Google's Quality Standards for website design.