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Emma@chicago web design company — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:19:08 +0000

Great post. I think it should be read by every SEO savy person on net. Very informative and useful. Thanks

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TechyMinds — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:11:30 +0000

nice post… very useful for a beginner

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Caddis Tech SEO — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:01:43 +0000

Very nice beginners guide. I think you touched on all the most important aspects here! Linking is huge!

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By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:11:47 +0000

I find the only use for an HTML sitemap is an extra couple of links back to the various pages, as well as the obvious usability advantages.

I agree with the XML sitemaps though, the WordPress plugin is the first thing I install on any WordPress project.

By: FuggyFoo

FuggyFoo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:42:55 +0000

> 5. Sitemaps

XML Sitemaps are brilliant and I’ve sometimes noticed near instant results from them.

But I’m very skeptical of HTML sitemaps, sure they help the user but to a search engine they are very low value. Unlike natural links throughout your site from navigation and internal page links they offer little substance, they’re as trustworthy as Keyword Meta tags (to a SE) and the SE’s should already be indexing your well coded easy to navigate pages.

Other than to aid human users the only time I can think an HTML sitemap will help search engines is if your code is a bag of crap and they have a hard time getting around the site any other way.

Have Google ever confirmed normal HTML sitemaps are of significant use to a site owner for SEO? In my years of web design I can’t say I’ve ever noticed them do anything helpful in this respect. XML sitemaps on the other hand are brilliant.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:25 +0000

Some great points in the comments here.

@Mike: I’ve had some success using two H1’s although it’s best to use one where possible I agree.