BlogTo err is human, Video Sitemap feedback is divine!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 You can now check your Video Sitemap for even more errors right in Webmaster Tools! It’s…
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BlogVideo Sitemaps: Understanding location tags
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogURL removals explained, part II: Removing sensitive text from a page
Friday, August 06, 2010 Change can happen—sometimes, as we saw in our previous post on URL removals, you may completely…
BlogNew Message Center notifications for detecting an increase in Crawl Errors
Monday, July 26, 2010 When Googlebot crawls your site, it’s expected that most URLs will return a 200 response code,…
BlogVideo Sitemaps 101: Making your videos searchable
Friday, July 16, 2010 We know that some of you, or your clients or colleagues, may be new to online…
BlogSitemaps: One file, many content types
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Have you ever wanted to submit your various content types (video, images, etc.) in one Sitemap?…
BlogQuality links to your site
Monday, June 21, 2010 A popular question on our Webmaster Help Forum is in regard to best practices for organic…
BlogGoogle Videos best practices
Saturday, June 12, 2010 We’d like to highlight three best practices that address some of the most common problems found…
BlogOur new search index: Caffeine
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogCrawl Errors now reports soft 404s
Monday, June 07, 2010 Today we’re releasing a feature to help you discover if your site serves undesirable soft oder…
BlogGrab bag videos are back!
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogChrome Extensions for web development
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogTop Search Queries is now Search Queries with Average Position and Stars
Thursday, May 06, 2010 Since we released the latest version of Top Search Queries in Webmaster Tools we’ve gotten a…
BlogCall for webspam reports in Thai, Indonesian, Romanian, Czech and Farsi
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 We pay attention to dozens of different languages in our spam fighting, but sometimes we really…
BlogDo know evil
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
URL removal explained, Part IV: Tracking your requests and what not to…
Monday, May 03, 2010 In this final installation in our URL removal series, let’s talk about following up on your…
You and site performance, sitting in a tree…
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogRich snippets go international
Monday, April 26, 2010 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogTo slash or not to slash
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 That is the question we hear often. Onward to the answers! Historically, it’s common for URLs…
BlogHelp Google index your videos
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 The single best way to make Google aware of all your videos on your website is…
BlogURL removal explained, Part III: Removing content that you don’t own
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Welcome to the third episode of our URL removals series! In episodes one and two, we…
BlogUpdated malware feature in Webmaster Tools
Monday, April 19, 2010 A little over six months ago we released a new malware diagnostic tool in Webmaster Tools…
BlogWebmasters – configure Google services at your hosting panel
Thursday, April 15, 2010 Today, as announced on the Official Google Blog, we’ve taken an additional step to improve access…
Better recipes on the web: Introducing recipe rich snippets
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
More data and charts in Top Search Queries
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 We’ve got good news for site owners who are frequent users of the Top search queries…
When and why was my site flagged for malware? Learn in near…
Friday, April 09, 2010 We’ve been hearing this question for many years from webmasters. That’s why we built features such…
Using site speed in web search ranking
Friday, April 09, 2010 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogAdding Images to your Sitemaps
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
A word on site clinics
Friday, April 02, 2010 We try to communicate with webmasters in lots of different places. For example, when we send…
BlogDNS Verification FTW
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 A few weeks ago, we introduced a new way of verifying site ownership, making it easy…
URL removal explained, Part I: URLs and directories
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogWill the Real Please Stand Up?
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogWorking with multilingual websites
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Sharing advice from our site clinic
Monday, March 15, 2010 Members of the Google Search Quality Team have participated in site clinic panels on a number…
BlogMicrodata support for Rich Snippets
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BlogWorking with multi-regional websites
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BlogFetch as Googlebot Mobile and Claim your Sidewiki comment – added to…
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGoogle’s SEO Report Card
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Sharing the verification love
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Everything is more fun with a friend! We’ve just added a feature to Webmaster Tools Site…
Is your site hacked? New Message Center notifications for hacking and abuse
Monday, March 01, 2010 As we crawl the web, we see bad content inserted on to thousands of hacked sites…
BlogHow did you do on the Webmaster Quiz?
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Thanks to all of you who took our webmaster quiz and waited patiently to see how…
BlogRequest visitors’ permission before installing software
Friday, January 29, 2010 Cross-posted on the Google Korea Blog Legitimate websites may require that their visitors install software. These…
BlogProtect your site from spammers with reCAPTCHA
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 If you allow users to publish content on your website, from leaving comments to creating user…
BlogGoogle SEO resources for beginners
Friday, January 22, 2010 Want to eat healthier and exercise more in 2010? That’s tough! Want to learn about search…
Introducing a new Rich Snippets format: Events
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
State of the Index 2009
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 At PubCon in Las Vegas in November 2009, I gave a “State of the Index” talk…
Test your webmaster know-how!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 We thought it might be fun and educational to create a quiz for webmasters about issues…
Answering your December Grab Bag questions
Thursday, January 14, 2010 You asked and Matt Cutts answered. It’s time to answer the latest round of Grab Bag…
BlogHelping webmasters from user to user
Thursday, December 24, 2009 You have to have some kind of super-powers to keep up with all of the issues…
BlogHandling legitimate cross-domain content duplication
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…