网站搜索引擎优化推广的核心目标是让网站在搜索结果中获得更靠前的展示位置,MDN Web Docs将其方法归纳为技术优化、内容撰稿、声望建设三类[1]。采购相关服务前,先明确自身需求对应的服务方向,再核对服务商的业务侧重和计费口径,能减少信息不对称。
技术优化类服务侧重网站基础架构与搜索引擎规则的适配。这类服务通常覆盖站点抓取逻辑调整、结构化数据部署、页面加载性能优化、移动端适配、索引提交等内容。按照公开的搜索引擎指南,技术优化需遵循官方文档要求,例如付费链接需标注rel="sponsored"属性,用户生成内容链接标注rel="ugc",通用不可信链接使用rel="nofollow"[3]。针对多搜索引擎覆盖的项目,还可核对服务商是否支持IndexNow协议,2026年参与该协议的搜索引擎包括Bing、Yandex、Naver、Seznam、Yep及部分DuckDuckGo服务,可加快内容在这些平台的索引速度[3]。技术优化服务的计费常见按项目周期收取,也有部分服务商按站点页面量级或功能模块报价,具体金额需结合站点规模和改动范围确认。
内容建设类服务侧重页面信息与用户搜索意图的匹配。公开的搜索引擎指南显示,页面标题应保持唯一、描述性且简洁,全网范围内搜索引擎对标题的改写比例通常在40%至60%之间,因此内容优化需同时考虑用户可读性和引擎解析逻辑[3]。涉及金融、健康、法律等YMYL类主题的网站,内容需满足更高的E-E-A-T要求,通常需要标注作者身份、引用权威来源[3]。Bing等平台的官方指南还推荐使用清晰的结构化内容、语义HTML及无障碍实践,以适配AI搜索场景的内容提取[3]。内容建设服务的计费方式较为多样,常见按单篇内容、按关键词组或按月度内容包计费,价格差异主要来自主题专业度、内容篇幅、是否包含结构化数据标注等因素。
声望建设类服务侧重站点外部认可度的积累。这类服务通常围绕合规的外链建设、品牌提及、行业合作曝光等方向展开,所有付费性质的链接合作都需符合搜索引擎的垃圾信息政策,明确标注对应链接属性[3]。需要注意的是,meta关键词标签已被Google、Bing等主流搜索引擎排除在排名因素之外,采购服务时无需将其作为声望或内容优化的考核项[3]。声望建设服务的计费多按合作资源量级、链接质量维度或月度服务包收取,部分服务商采用效果导向的收费模式,将服务费用与特定关键词的排名表现挂钩。
从公开的行业服务信息来看,网站SEO推广的常见收费模式包括按天、按月、按年的周期收费,按关键词难度定价,以及效果导向收费三类[2]。不同模式适用的项目阶段不同,新站基础优化通常适合按项目或按月计费,成熟站点的长期维护可选择按年合作,关键词排名类需求更常采用难度定价或效果导向模式。
采购服务时可先核对服务商公开的服务清单是否对应自身需求方向,再确认计费口径包含的具体动作、交付物和周期。对于技术优化,可核对是否包含站点审计报告、结构化数据部署及索引提交;对于内容建设,可核对是否包含关键词研究、内容撰写、页面标题及描述优化;对于声望建设,可核对链接合作的合规标注方式和资源说明。所有服务内容和计费边界都应以书面约定为准,避免将模糊的“排名提升”“流量增长”作为唯一交付标准。
参考来源
- SEO - MDN Web 文档术语表:Web 相关术语的定义 | MDN - MDN Web Docs
- 排名seo优化多少钱_网站关键词排名seo优化多少钱_艾迪顿AI获客 - www.aididun.com
- # Official SEO Guidelines Cheatsheet (Google Search Central, Bing, Schema.org, MDN) **Last updated:** 2026-05-03 **Source:** https://www.lawrencehitches.com/seo-official-guidelines-cheatsheet/ --- Distilled from Google Search Essentials and the Quality guidelines.Download PNGtrong>This is a quick-reference cheatsheet to the official SEO guidelines that matter most in 2026: Google Search Central, Bing Webmaster, Schema.org, MDN's robots.txt spec, and IndexNow. Each entry summarises what the official documentation says, what it actually means in practice, and links to the source. I built this because the official docs are scattered across half a dozen sites and dozens of pages. When you're trying to confirm a single rule (e.g. "does Google still support FAQ schema on non-FAQ pages?") it's faster to scan one page than to hunt through five. ## Google Search Central, The Core Pages You Should Bookmark ### Title Link Best Practices Google's official guidance on writing title elements (the source for what becomes the title link in search results). Keep titles unique, descriptive, and concise. Google may rewrite your title link if it finds a better match for the query, typical rewrite rate is 40-60% across the web. **In practice:** write titles 50-60 characters, lead with the primary keyword, include brand at the end on supporting pages but at the start on commercial money pages. [developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link) ### Heading Tags (SEO Starter Guide) Use heading tags to signal structure. The starter guide doesn't say "you must have one H1" but it does say to use headings to convey structure and meaning. Skipping heading levels is allowed but discouraged. Heading text matters more than the level number for ranking signal. **In practice:** one H1 per page (covered in our [header tags guide](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/header-tags/)), H2s for main sections, H3s only when an H2 has multiple subsections. [developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide) ### Qualify Outbound Links: Sponsored, UGC, Nofollow Three link attributes to declare relationships: - `rel="sponsored"` , paid, affiliate, advertising links - `rel="ugc"` , user-generated content (comments, forum posts) - `rel="nofollow"` , generic "don't pass equity"; still the default if you can't be more specific **In practice:** always disclose paid links with `sponsored`. Default to `nofollow` for generic untrusted links. Use `ugc` on comment sections. [developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials/spam-policies](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials/spam-policies#qualify-outbound-links) ### Structured Data: FAQPage Guidelines FAQPage schema is supported but with restrictions since 2023: Google only displays FAQ rich results from "well-known authoritative" government and health sites. Other sites can still mark up FAQs (and AI search engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT use the schema as an extraction signal), but the visible SERP enhancement is gone for most domains. **In practice:** still ship FAQPage schema. The SERP rich result is gone for most sites, but AI engines parse it. We auto-generate it on every [article on this site](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/articles/). [developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage) ### Helpful, Reliable, People-First Content (incl. YMYL) Google's content quality framework. The "Your Money or Your Life" (YMYL) categories, finance, health, safety, legal, are held to higher E-E-A-T standards. The 2022 Helpful Content Update made content quality a sitewide signal: a domain with a lot of unhelpful content gets demoted across the board. **In practice:** for YMYL topics, name the author (with credentials), cite sources, show direct experience. For everything else, write content that genuinely helps a human reader more than the next-best-ranking competitor. [developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content) ### AI Features and Your Website Google's documentation on how AI Overviews and Search Generative Experience use content. Standard SEO best practices apply, there's no separate "AI optimisation" requirement. Google does provide opt-out controls via `Google-Extended` in robots.txt for excluding content from training (covered in our [robots.txt guide](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/robotstxt/)). [developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features) ## Google Business Profile, Local SEO Documentation ### Business Description: 750 Character Limit The "from the business" section in Google Business Profile is capped at 750 characters. Google's official guidelines say: don't use it for promotional content, sales, or links. Use it to describe what the business does and what makes it distinct. **In practice:** first 250 characters carry the most weight (visible without "read more"). Lead with what you do + city + the differentiator that matters most. [support.google.com/business/answer/7091](https://support.google.com/business/answer/7091?hl=en) ## Bing Webmaster Guidelines, Often Forgotten, Worth Reading ### Bing Webmaster Guidelines for AI Search Bing officially documents how its AI search (powering Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT search, and the broader OpenAI ecosystem) uses website content. Bing recommends: clear, well-structured content; semantic HTML; structured data; and accessibility best practices. Bing also officially supports IndexNow for instant indexing. **In practice:** Bing has been undervalued by SEOs for a decade, but in 2026 it powers ChatGPT search, Copilot, and an increasing share of AI-mediated queries. Worth optimising for. See our [Google vs Bing guide](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/google-vs-bing/) for the case. [bing.com/webmasters/help/webmasters-guidelines](https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/webmasters-guidelines-30fba23a) ## Schema.org, The Structured Data Reference ### Schema.org Type Library Schema.org is the canonical reference for structured data types. The hierarchy starts at `Thing` and branches into hundreds of specialised types: `Article`, `Product`, `LocalBusiness`, `Person`, `Organization`, `Event`, etc. **Specialised LocalBusiness sub-types worth knowing** (Google supports them all): - `Restaurant` , for restaurants, cafes, bars - `MedicalBusiness` , for clinics, doctors, hospitals - `HealthAndBeautyBusiness` , for spas, salons, beauty clinics - `AutomotiveBusiness` , for dealerships, mechanics - `LegalService` , for law firms - `FinancialService` , for accountants, financial advisors **In practice:** use the most specific type that applies. `HealthAndBeautyBusiness` beats generic `LocalBusiness` for a salon, Google reads it as a stronger entity signal. [schema.org/docs/full.html](https://schema.org/docs/full.html) ### Structured Data Testing The official validators: - [Google Rich Results Test](https://search.google.com/test/rich-results) , checks if your schema qualifies for SERP enhancements - [Schema.org Validator](https://validator.schema.org/) , generic syntax + spec validation ## Robots.txt, MDN and the Robots Exclusion Standard ### MDN Robots.txt Documentation Mozilla Developer Network's robots.txt page covers the core spec: `User-agent`, `Disallow`, `Allow`, `Crawl-delay` (Google ignores this), `Sitemap`. The 2022 RFC 9309 formalised the de-facto standard most major search engines have followed for two decades. **In practice:** our [robots.txt guide](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/robotstxt/) covers the 2026 reality including AI crawler controls (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) which aren't in the original spec but are now de-facto standard. [developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Robots.txt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Robots.txt) ## IndexNow, Faster Indexing Across Search Engines ### IndexNow Participating Search Engines (2026) IndexNow is an open protocol that lets sites push instant indexing pings to multiple search engines at once. As of 2026, the participating engines are: - **Bing** (Microsoft), original co-founder of the protocol - **Yandex** , co-founder; matters for sites targeting Russian-language audiences - **Naver** , Korea's dominant search engine; added 2023 - **Seznam** , Czech Republic; added 2022 - **Yep** , privacy-focused search; added 2023 - **DuckDuckGo** , partial integration via Bing's index **Notably absent:** Google still doesn't participate. Google's ecosystem uses its own Indexing API (limited to JobPosting and BroadcastEvent schema) and the standard sitemap + crawl flow. **In practice:** IndexNow integration is cheap (one HTTP POST per URL change) and gets your content into Bing, and through Bing, ChatGPT search and Copilot, in minutes instead of days. Worth wiring up if your site has frequently-updated content. [indexnow.org/searchengines](https://www.indexnow.org/searchengines) ## Google's Documentation Quirks That Catch People Out A few things the official docs say that contradict common SEO advice: - **Meta keywords aren't used.** Confirmed by Google in 2009 and reaffirmed every couple of years. Stop adding them. - **Word count isn't a ranking factor.** Long content can rank because it covers more relevant subtopics, not because of length itself. - **The disavow tool is rarely needed.** Google's own docs since 2020 explicitly say most webmasters shouldn't need it. Use only if you have a manual action. - **Multiple H1s are technically allowed in HTML5.** The starter guide doesn't say "only one H1", that's SEO folklore. (Practitioner advice: still use one. [More on this](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/header-tags/) .) - **JavaScript-rendered content gets indexed.** Google renders JS; the older "JS = invisible to Google" advice is wrong as of 2018. There are still performance and discoverability trade-offs, but indexability isn't one of them. ## How to Use This Cheatsheet Three workflows: 1. **Quick fact-check.** Want to confirm what the official docs say about a specific topic? Use this page as a jump-off to the source. 2. **Stakeholder evidence.** When a client (or boss) pushes back on SEO advice, link them to the official source. Authority by reference. 3. **AI search context.** AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude) cite official documentation heavily. Building a clean reference page like this gets cited because it consolidates information across multiple authoritative sources. Part of [the complete cheatsheet library](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/cheatsheets/). ## FAQ: Official SEO Guidelines ### Where can I find Google's official SEO guidelines? Google's main hub is [Google Search Central](https://developers.google.com/search) (developers.google.com/search). The most-referenced pages are the SEO Starter Guide, the Search Essentials, the Spam Policies, and the structured data documentation. ### Does Bing have an equivalent to Google Search Central? Yes, [Bing Webmaster Guidelines](https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/webmasters-guidelines-30fba23a). Less polished than Google's documentation, but worth reading because Bing now powers ChatGPT search, Copilot, and a growing share of AI-mediated traffic. ### Are Google Search Central guidelines requirements or recommendations? Mostly recommendations. The Spam Policies are enforceable rules (violations can trigger manual actions). The other documentation is best-practice guidance, sites can rank without following every recommendation, but following them increases the probability of strong organic performance. ### Does Google really not use meta keywords? Correct, Google has not used the meta keywords tag for ranking since 2009. [Officially confirmed](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag) and reaffirmed multiple times since. Bing and other engines also ignore it. Stop adding meta keywords to your pages. ### What's the difference between rel="nofollow", rel="sponsored", and rel="ugc"? All three are link attributes that tell search engines not to pass full ranking equity. `rel="sponsored"` declares paid or affiliate relationships. `rel="ugc"` identifies user-generated content. `rel="nofollow"` is the generic catch-all. Google introduced the more specific tags in 2019 to encourage better classification, they all function similarly but provide more accurate signal. ### Is FAQPage schema still worth using? Yes, but for different reasons than in 2021. Google restricted FAQ rich results to government and health authority sites in 2023, most sites no longer get the visible SERP enhancement. However, AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews) parse FAQPage schema as a strong extraction signal. Mark up FAQs to feed AI citations, not for the SERP rich snippet. ### Which search engines participate in IndexNow? As of 2026: Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam, Yep, and (partially) DuckDuckGo. Google does not participate, they use their own Indexing API for limited content types and standard crawl for everything else. Implementing IndexNow gets your content into Bing's index (and through Bing, into ChatGPT search and Copilot) in minutes instead of days. ## Sources & Further Reading - [Google Search Central (full hub)](https://developers.google.com/search) - [Bing Webmaster Guidelines](https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/webmasters-guidelines-30fba23a) - [Schema.org](https://schema.org/) - [IndexNow Protocol](https://www.indexnow.org/) - [MDN: Robots.txt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Robots.txt) ## Keep Reading - [Header Tags: SEO Best Practices for H1-H6](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/header-tags/) - [Robots.txt in 2026: AI Crawlers + Configuration](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/robotstxt/) - [Google vs Bing in 2026](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/google-vs-bing/) - [AI Citation Mechanics](https://www.lawrencehitches.com/ai-citation-mechanics/) Bookmark this SEO guidelines go-to reference: keep it handy for your next audit. --- *Lawrence Hitches is an independent AI SEO Consultant and General Manager at StudioHawk, Australia's most awarded SEO agency. Free 30-minute AI search consultation: https://www.lawrencehitches.com/ai-seo-consultant/* - Lawrence Hitches