\n Sitemaps<\/a>
\n today, you’ll notice some changes. We’ve revamped the interface based on your feedback to make
\n your account easier to use. There’s more below on the facelift, but first, here are details about
\n the new features we’ve added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since the Google Sitemaps program is built on the idea of two-way communication between Google
\n and webmasters we hope this update gives you as much information as possible to help you debug
\n your site and help ensure it is crawled and indexed as effectively as possible.\n<\/p>\n
New verification method<\/h2>\n
\n Many features of Sitemaps are available only to site owners. Some of you aren’t able to use our \n To verify ownership of your site using this method, simply click the Verify link for your site, The new Summary page provides a quick snapshot about the state of your site, including:<\/p>\n \n We may use the summary page to tell you if a site has violated the \n The reinclusion request form is available once you sign in to Sitemaps. Simply sign in, click the \n The spam report form is available once you sign in to Sitemaps. This form is already available \n We’ve launched a new \n Throughout your Sitemaps account, you’ll notice a [?] link in places where additional information \n We want Google Sitemaps to be easy to use for everyone. You may notice that a few things have \n To add a Sitemap<\/a>, first add the site. Then, \n You’ll notice that the tabs have changed a bit. When you access a site, you’ll see the Summary
\n existing verification method, so
\n we asked for your feedback<\/a>
\n on an alternate method of
\n verification that uses a meta<\/code> tag<\/a>
\n on the root page of your site. The response was overwhelmingly positive, so we’ve added this
\n method as an option.\n<\/p>\n
\n choose Add a META tag as the verification option, and then copy the tag provided to the
\n <head><\/code> section of your home page. Once you’ve done that, select the checkbox and
\n click Verify. We’ll post something soon with more details about this.\n<\/p>\nIndexing snapshot<\/h2>\n
\n
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<\/p>\nNotification of violations of the webmaster guidelines<\/h2>\n
\n webmaster guidelines<\/a> so you can correct the problems and
\n request reinclusion.\n<\/p>\n![\"Sitemaps](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-8a6e3b65bc1f.jpg\")
<\/p>\nReinclusion request form<\/h2>\n
\n link, and fill out the form. This form is also available from the Summary page for sites that show
\n violations. Remember, if your site hasn’t violated the webmaster guidelines, there’s no need to
\n submit a reinclusion request.\n<\/p>\nSpam report<\/h2>\n
\n outside of Sitemaps, but we wanted to make it available inside as well for two reasons: so that
\n all tools you need for the Google index are available in one place, and because reports that come
\n from within Sitemaps are from users who are signed in, so your report may receive more in-depth
\n consideration.\n<\/p>\nNew webmaster help center<\/h2>\n
\n help center for webmasters<\/a>
\n as a central place for comprehensive information. It includes the webmaster guidelines and details
\n on Googlebot, crawling, indexing, and ranking—plus information about using Sitemaps. It
\n includes all of the information that was previously located at www.google.com\/webmasters, as well
\n as much of the information that was located in the Sitemaps documentation. Over time, we’ll be
\n adding more information to the help center to answer any questions you might have.\n<\/p>\n
\n is available. Simply click the link to access the help center.\n<\/p>\nMore about our new look<\/h2>\n
\n moved around. For instance:\n<\/p>\nAdding a Sitemap<\/h2>\n
\n click the Add a Sitemap link beside the site on the My Sites page. To add more Sitemaps for that
\n site, just access the Sitemaps tab for the site and click Add a Sitemap there.\n<\/p>\nNavigating the tabs<\/h2>\n
\n page of the Diagnostic tab. All the information that used to be under the
\n Errors tab<\/a>
\n and the
\n robots.txt tab<\/a>
\n is available from the Diagnostic tab as well. The Statistics tab contains all the pages that were
\n under the Stats tab and the Sitemaps tab has remained the same. You won’t see a Verify tab, but
\n the Verify link is available from the My Sites page and the Diagnostic and Statistics tabs.\n<\/p>\n