Controlling how search engines access and index your website

good article on how to set up your site for google SEO

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/controlling-how-search-engines-access.html

 

Nice addition .. nothing new for me..but many,many folks misunderstand it

 

I agree, that post is the answer to a lot of questions in this forum

 

I hope he'll continue the article with an explanation and endorsement of the recently created "NOODP" tag.

Few webmasters know about it, but it's a Google/Yahoo! sanctioned tag that prevents their SERP's from using your ODP (Open Directory Project) snippet. The ODP (aka DMOZ) is horribly under-staffed and under-resourced -- hence many old-time websites have descriptions pulled from there that are 5-8 years old and written by someone outside their company.

Better to control the SERP snippet yourself than rely on something like that

 

Useful article to newbies, just normal and basic.

 

Good article to get the basics.