BlogOne place for changing your site’s settings
Friday, December 05, 2008 One of the many useful features of Webmaster Tools is the ability to adjust settings for…
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BlogMore control of Googlebot’s crawl rate
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogA new look for our Webmaster Help Group
Thursday, December 04, 2008 Googlers strongly believe in dogfooding our own products. We manage our work schedules with Google Calendar,…
Date with Googlebot, Part II: HTTP status codes and If-Modified-Since
Thursday, November 27, 2008 Our date with Googlebot was so wonderful, but it’s hard to tell if we, the websites,…
BlogBetter targeting your indic language site
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
On-Demand Sitemaps for Custom Search
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGoogle’s SEO Starter Guide
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogSpookier than malware
Saturday, November 01, 2008 …and infinitely more fun: webmasters and their pets incognito! Happy Halloween, everyone! If you see any…
Reflections on the “Tricks and Treats” webmaster event
Thursday, October 30, 2008 What featured over 750 webmasters and a large number of Googlers from around the world, hundreds…
BlogMalware? We don’t need no stinking malware!
Friday, October 24, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Webmaster chat event: Vote early and often!
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogJoin us for our third live online webmaster chat!
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogWhere’s my data?
Monday, October 20, 2008 Today we’re going back to basics. We’ll be answering the question: What is a website? …Okay,…
BlogFirst Click Free for Web Search
Friday, October 17, 2008 While working on our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and…
Message Center warnings for hackable sites
Thursday, October 16, 2008 Recently we’ve seen more websites get hacked because of various security holes. In order to help…
BlogVideo Tutorial: Google for Webmasters
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 We’re always looking for new ways to help educate our fellow webmasters. While you may already…
BlogHelping you break the language barrier
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 When webmasters put content out on the web it’s there for the world to see. Unfortunately,…
BlogWebmaster Tools API updated with Site Settings
Monday, October 13, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogWebmaster Tools shows Crawl error sources
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGood times with inbound links
Friday, October 10, 2008 Inbound links are links from pages on external sites linking back to your site. Inbound links…
BlogLinking out: Often it’s just applying common sense
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Creating outbound links on your site, or “linking out”, is our topic for Day 3 of…
BlogImportance of link architecture
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogLinks information straight from the source
Monday, October 06, 2008 We hope that you’re able to focus on helping users (and improving the web) by creating…
BlogAdvanced Website Diagnostics with Google Webmaster Tools
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Running a website can be complicated—so we’ve provided Google Webmaster Tools to help webmasters to recognize…
BlogKeeping comment spam off your site and away from users
Friday, September 26, 2008 So, you’ve set up a forum on your site for the first time, or enabled comments…
BlogMore webmaster questions – Answered!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogDynamic URLs vs. static URLs
Monday, September 22, 2008 Chatting with webmasters often reveals widespread beliefs that might have been accurate in the past, but…
Webmaster Tools made easier in French, Italian, German and Spanish
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 We’re always working for new ways to make life a bit easier for webmasters. We’ve had…
BlogDemystifying the “duplicate content penalty”
Friday, September 12, 2008 Duplicate content. There’s just something about it. We keep writing about it, and people keep asking…
Your burning questions – Answered!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 In a recent blog post highlighting our Webmaster Help Group, I asked for your webmaster-related questions.…
BlogWorkin’ it on all browsers
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BlogSimplified Chinese blog: Message Center: It’s all about your site
2008-09-01 You may have tried our Webmaster Tools for better interaction with Google and better management of your own site,…
BlogThe Impact of User Feedback, Part 2 (and more Popular Picks!)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 As a follow-up to my recentpost about how user reports of webspam and paid links help…
BlogHey Google, I no longer have badware
Friday, August 22, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Blogsilver_medal_count++
Friday, August 22, 2008 Since both tennis and table tennis are in the Olympics, perhaps you’re wondering: if there’s soccer,…
BlogMake your 404 pages more useful
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
More on 404
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogFarewell to soft 404s
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 We see two kinds of 404 (“File not found”) responses on the web: “hard 404 error”…
BlogIt’s 404 week at Webmaster Central
Monday, August 11, 2008 This week we’re publishing several blog posts dedicated to helping you with one response code: 404.…
BlogHow to start a multilingual site
Thursday, August 07, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogTo infinity and beyond? No!
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 When Googlebot crawls the web, it often finds what we call an “infinite space”. These are…
A day in the life of webmaster support
Thursday, July 31, 2008 It was an ordinary Wednesday morning when I decided to film my day at the Googleplex……
BlogMatt Cutts on ranking, spam and the future of search
Friday, July 18, 2008 During a recent visit to the Mountain View Googleplex, I had the chance to interview Matt…
BlogGoogle Trifecta recording now available
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHelping yourself to Webmaster Tools
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogRequesting reconsideration using Google Webmaster Tools
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 If your site does not appear in Google Search results, you might be understandably worried. Here,…
Improved Flash indexing
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BlogWhat are your SEO recommendations?
Monday, June 30, 2008 You may have noticed that we recently rewrote our article on What is an SEO? Does…
BlogOnline seminar: The Google Trifecta
Thursday, June 26, 2008 Staying competitive in the online space can be hard if you don’t have the proper tools…
Get the audio and Q&As; from our recent live chat
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…