SEO Consultants Directory
Search Engine Marketing Standards of Excellence
This information on standards was discussed and assembled in 2004 December.
"Standards: Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence."
Standards Categories
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
On-Site Solutions
- Design and Development
- Website Architecture
- HTML/XHTML Coding Standards
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
- Application Development
- Website Architecture
- HTML/XHTML Coding Standards
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
Off-Site Solutions
- Satellite Sites
- PPV - Pay-Per-Visitor Business Model
Copywriting
- Content Development
- Content Management
Industry Best Practices
- Guidelines
- Search Engines
- Directories
- PPC - Pay-Per-Click
- PFI - Pay-For-Inclusion
- Trusted Data Feeds
Link Development
- Link Exchange Programs
- Buying Links
- Selling Links
- FFAs - Free-For-Alls
- Link Farms and/or Link Rings
Directory Submissions
- Guidelines and Procedures
Search Engine Submissions
- Guidelines and Procedures
Strategies and Risks
SEM - Search Engine Marketing
- On-Site Solutions
- Off-Site Solutions
- Industry Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
PPC - Pay-Per-Click Advertising
- Basics
- Advanced
- Industry Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
PFI - Pay For Inclusion Advertising
- Basics
- Advanced
- Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
Data Feeds
- Basics
- Advanced
- Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
Client-Side Technologies
- Basics
- Advanced
- Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
Server-Side Technologies
- Basics
- Advanced
- Best Practices
- Strategies and Risks
Business Practices
- Ethics
- Full Disclosure
- Professionalism
- Strategies and Risks