Webmasters are happily breathing a huge sigh of relief on learning Google has altered and updated their Webmaster Guidelines page.

Some of the additions include links to:

• hidden text or hidden links
• cloaking or sneaky redirects
• automated queries to Google
• load pages with irrelevant keywords
• multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content
• avoid creating pages that installs viruses, trojans, or other badware
• How to avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content
• How to Provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first

Though the change is not jarring, it is a little more detailed with not just what is bad for the site but how to improve it. Here's a before and after to better understand the scenario.

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