How did you make such a incredible site?

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In the time I have been to webmasterworld I have learned a lot of stuff, but I feel that the more I seem to learn the more I realize how little I know. So, here is most of the things I have covered. If anybody can think of any more I would love to hear about them.

W3C Tips on good websites,

<title>: the most important element of a quality Web page - Done

Don't use "click here" as link text - Done

Use standard redirects: don't break the back button! - Done

Use h1 for top-level heading - Done

Use the alt attribute - Done

Don't forget to add a doctype - Done

Use <link>s in your document Done

If You Pick One Color, Pick Them All - Done

Care With Font Size - Done

Use international date format - Not needed

GIF or PNG? - GIF

Use headings to structure your document - Done

Choose URIs wisely - Done

Managing URIs - Done

Beyond Validation - Done

Make readable URIs - Done

Beyond W3C tips, I have,

Added gzip compression

All my pages load in under 6 seconds on 56k

Use multiple classes for my css i.e. <div class="b i u">

Still use tables for setup but fill them with divs

Test pages with IE 5.0/5.5/6, Opera 7.x, Moz 1.6, NN 7, lynx

All pages validate for both css and xhtml 1.1

Setup P3P

The javascript I use is unnoticed by those with it turned off

Favicon is 16x16x256 (for load time)

Robots file is done

Indexes are turned off

Error documents are set

All characters are standard i.e. &copy; or &raquo;

[DrDoc]

• Use dynamic font sizes (such as % or em)
• Provide alternative content for all images
• Use the title tag wherever possible
• Use <strong> and <em> when appropriate

...and, the most important

• Usability-test the final result before launching

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Do not use flash for contents. Use small flash files vor vector animations or other things that can't be without.

Test if your pages can be printed correctly. There are many folks out there that intend to print pages, so get an appropriate css for printing (no black background etc.).

Indexes are turned off

Can be quite annoying if someone uses buttons like that one on the G! toolbar to get one level up and gets a 403 then. Do something so that peope don't get 403d. If you don't want to put index.html, put a 301 to the location that might be the right one for the user.

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someone uses buttons like that one on the G! toolbar to get one level up

I've set up my pages like so,

<link rel="up" href="http://example.com" title="up" />

Does google use this for page up?