Quote Originally Posted by Feznizzle View Post
The following is a list *no one* will argue with (maybe?):
  • XML Sitemap
  • Provide a good user experience
    • Valid code
    • Fast site <--- IH is awesome for this!
    • Excellent, well organized content, content, CONTENT!
Why'd you have to go an issue a challenge like that? Now I *have* to argue it! :) The only nit picky thing I would suggest is the order... content is far more important than a site map, from my understanding. I recall from various sources that a site map is more important for YOUR server and resources as it, perhaps, speeds up the traversal of the bot and (sometimes) sends it on its way before it "wastes time" looking for things that aren't there, but I don't think it actually helps with ranking. Google makes changes all the time. Attempts at "SEO" (if such a thing even exists any more) are certainly always trumped by having content the user actually wants to find. That's the point of Google... to get the RIGHT site to the searcher's eyes, not necessarily YOUR site.