We all talk about SEO a lot. There are a ton of things you need to know in order to rank well in the search engines, but what do you know about website security and how it can affect the SEO of your website?

Chances are, not much, because we don’t talk about it often enough. But there are several things about security and they can all affect how well you rank in the search engines.

Quick security checklist for webmasters

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 12:34 AM
Written by Nathan Johns, Search Quality Team

In recent months, there’s been a noticeable increase in the number of compromised websites around the web. One explanation is that people are resorting to hacking sites in order to distribute malware or attempt to spam search results. Regardless of the reason, it’s a great time for all of us to review helpful webmaster security tips.

Obligatory disclaimer: While we’ve collected tips and pointers below, and we encourage webmasters to “please try the following at home,” this is by no means an exhaustive list for your website’s security. We hope it’s useful, but we recommend that you conduct more thorough research as well.

The Rest of The List of things to do about website security and how it can affect you with the search engines here

A lot of people are also not aware that Google has more than one blog. Most people read the Google Webmaster Blog where the post I mentioned above was written, but Google also has a blog about Security.