1000 Words About Images
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BlogHow to move your content to a new location
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BlogAnother step to reward high-quality sites
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Google has said before that search engine optimization, or SEO, can be positive and constructive —and…
BlogWebmaster Tools spring cleaning
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Webmaster Tools added lots of new functionality over the past year, such as improvements to Sitemaps…
BlogUpdates to rich snippets
Monday, April 16, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Five common SEO mistakes (and six good ideas!)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 To help you avoid common mistakes webmasters face with regard to search engine optimization (SEO), I…
BlogUpcoming changes in Google’s HTTP Referrer
Monday, March 19, 2012 Protecting users’ privacy is a priority for us and it’s helped drive recent changes. Helping users…
BlogVideo about pagination with rel=”next” and rel=”prev”
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogCrawl Errors: The Next Generation
Monday, March 12, 2012 Crawl errors is one of the most popular features in Webmaster Tools, and today we’re rolling…
BlogKeeping your hosting service valuable for searchers
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Web hosting services that are available without payment can be great! Many of these services have…
Safely share access to your site in Webmaster Tools
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 We just launched a new feature that allows you as a verified site owner to grant…
BlogUsing schema.org markup for videos
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BlogPreparing your site for a traffic spike
Thursday, February 09, 2012 It’s a moment any site owner both looks forward to, and dreads: a huge surge in…
BlogMore Options for Google+ Badges
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogWhat’s new with Sitemaps
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Sitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site. Webmaster Tools’ Sitemaps feature…
BlogMaking form-filling faster, easier and smarter
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 One of the biggest bottlenecks on any conversion funnel is filling out an online form –…
BlogUpdate to Top Search Queries data
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Starting today, we’re updating our Top Search Queries feature to make it better match expectations about…
BlogPage layout algorithm improvement
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BlogBetter page titles in search results
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Check out out up-to-date documentation about title links. Page titles are an important part of our…
Download search queries data using Python
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Website user research and testing on the cheap
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 As the team responsible for tens of thousands of Google’s informational web pages, the Webmaster Team…
BlogRich Snippets Instructional Videos
Friday, December 16, 2011 When users come to Google, they have a pretty good idea of what they’re looking for,…
BlogIntroducing smartphone Googlebot-Mobile
Thursday, December 15, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogClicks and impressions for authors
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BlogTips for hosting providers and webmasters
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogNew markup for multilingual content
Monday, December 05, 2011 Many websites serve users from around the world. There are different approaches to serving content appropriate…
BlogGrow your audience with Google+
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BlogGET, POST, and safely surfacing more of the web
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 As the web evolves, Google’s crawling and indexing capabilities also need to progress. We improved our…
Raising awareness of cross-domain URL selections
Monday, October 31, 2011 A piece of content can often be reached via several URLs, not all of which may…
BlogAccessing search query data for your sites
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 SSL encryption on the web has been growing by leaps and bounds. As part of our…
BlogCreate and manage Custom Search Engines from within Webmaster Tools
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BlogWebmaster forums’ Top Contributors rock
Wednesday, October 05, 2011 The TC Summit was a blast! As we wrote in our announcement post, we recently invited…
BlogWebmaster Tools Search Queries data is now available in Google Analytics
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 Earlier this year we announced a limited pilot for Search Engine Optimization reports in Google Analytics,…
BlogWork smarter, not harder, with site health
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Pagination with rel=”next” and rel=”prev”
Thursday, September 15, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogReconsideration requests get more transparent
Thursday, September 15, 2011 If your site isn’t appearing in Google search results, or it’s performing more poorly than it…
BlogView-all in search results
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BlogIntroducing: Application Rich Snippets
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 So you’re going global, and you need your website to follow. Should be a simple case…
BlogRecognizing Top Contributors in Google’s Help Forums
Wednesday, September 07, 2011 The communities around Google products and services have been growing tremendously over the last couple of…
BlogPDFs in Google search results
Thursday, September 01, 2011 Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. During…
BlogReorganizing internal vs. external backlinks
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Today we’re making a change to the way we categorize link data in Webmaster Tools. As…
BlogGoogle News now crawling with Googlebot
Thursday, August 25, 2011 Cross-posted on the Google News Blog Google News recently updated our infrastructure to crawl with Google’s…
BlogMaking the most of improvements to the +1 button
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BlogHelp us improve Google Search
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BlogA new rich snippets format for music
Thursday, August 18, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogIntroducing new and improved sitelinks
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Check out our up-to-date documentation about sitelinks. This week we launched an update to sitelinks to…
BlogHigh-quality sites algorithm launched in additional languages
Friday, August 12, 2011 Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog For many months, we’ve been focused on trying to return…
BlogNew webmaster tutorial videos
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 Over the past couple of years, we’ve released over 375 videos on our YouTube channel, with…
BlogA new, improved form for reporting webspam
Monday, August 08, 2011 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…