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Hi...

I want to know about about seo basics..

1.What black hat and white hat seo..which one should be used for a website?
2.Article submission
3.Directory submission
4.press release submission
5.robots.txt
6.XML sitemap creation
7.Business directory submission??

Thanks in advance

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Practical, compact guide (building on and ): exact steps to implement robots.txt, produce an XML sitemap, and a simple submission/pricing workflow so the work is repeatable and safe.

Robots.txt — create a plain text file named robots.txt at the site root (for example https://example.com/robots.txt). Keep rules simple, test them, and never use robots.txt to “hide” sensitive content (it only controls crawling). Common gotchas: don’t block CSS/JS needed for rendering, each subdomain needs its own file, and list your sitemap with a Sitemap: line so crawlers can find it. Example:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /private/
Allow: /public/
Sitemap: https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml

See Google Search Central for syntax and testing tips. (developers.google.com)

XML sitemap — generate a UTF-8 sitemap, use absolute URLs, and split into multiple sitemaps or a sitemap index if you exceed 50,000 URLs or 50MB uncompressed. Include lastmod when feasible to help crawlers prioritize changes. Host the sitemap where it can cover the desired URL set (root is simplest), add its location to robots.txt, and submit via Search Console to monitor processing/errors. Minimal example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-02-01</lastmod>
  </url>
</urlset>

Refer to the Sitemap protocol and Google’s sitemap guidance. (sitemaps.org)

Submissions and charging — mass directory/article submission for links only is low ROI and can look like link manipulation; focus on niche/authoritative directories, genuine press that’s newsworthy, and outreach/guest-post placements that add value. For client billing, use a clear package or hourly model and itemize: research list, account creation, unique descriptions, live link evidence, and a tracking spreadsheet/UTM tags. If scaling, automate-safe parts (tracking, form fills) but keep content unique. For guidance on large-scale article/link campaigns and risks, see Google’s notes on link practices. (developers.google.com)

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Member Avatar for niktar75

Absolutely you should white hat for good SEO as it gives good web traffice and do your next steps all manually and be done.

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  1. White hat seo is what is endorsed by Google. Black hat seo is when you use tricky tactics to fool google into ranking higher.
  2. It's good to get quality backlinks from quality articles.
  3. I don't think that directories do much nowadays.
  4. It's good to promote your company, brand and website through press releases. The backlinks don't hurt either.
  5. You can use robots.txt to steer Googlebot away from sections of your site you don't want them to crawl
  6. A sitemap is a good way of giving Google an overall picture of all the important pages on your site
  7. I don't put faith in directories, but niche B2B directories might be another story.
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Hi thanks for your reply..
Can i know about these topics,
1.how to implement robot.txt
2.how to create XML sitemap
3.Should i charge the client for submissions like directory,social bookmark,article,forum,blog submissions..how to do these submissions and where to find them like for free or i should pay for those submissions
please can you tell me in detail

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