This document provides tips to avoid search engine penalties. It advises to forget about trying to outsmart Google and instead focus on creating great content. The tips are to regularly clean up websites by removing error pages, duplicate content, broken links, and unwanted inbound links. It also recommends diversifying traffic sources rather than relying on a single source, as no single source is completely safe from algorithm updates. The overall message is that maintaining a clean website with quality content and diversified traffic is the best way to avoid search engine penalties.