BlogDeprecation of the old Webmaster Tools API
Thursday, March 12, 2015 Last fall we announced the new Webmaster Tools API, which helps you to automate a number…
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BlogUnblocking resources with Webmaster Tools
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Webmasters often use linked images, CSS, and JavaScript files in web pages to make them pretty…
BlogEasier website development with Web Components and JSON-LD
Monday, March 09, 2015 JSON-LD is a JSON-based data format that can be used to implement structured data describing content…
BlogSafe Browsing and Google Analytics: Keeping More Users Safe, Together
Tuesday, March 03, 2015 The following was originally posted on the Google Online Security Blog. If you run a web…
Finding more mobile-friendly search results
Thursday, February 26, 2015 When it comes to search on mobile devices, users should get the most relevant and timely…
BlogCase Studies: Fixing Hacked Sites
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Every day, thousands of websites get hacked. Hacked sites can harm users by serving malicious software,…
BlogCrawling and indexing of locale-adaptive pages
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogNew Structured Data Testing Tool, documentation, and more
Thursday, January 15, 2015 Structured data markup helps your content get discovered in search results and across Google properties. We’re…
BlogUpcoming Events In The Knowledge Graph
Thursday, January 15, 2015 Last year, we launched a new way for musical artists to list their upcoming events on…
BlogGoogle Public DNS and Location-Sensitive DNS Responses
Monday, December 15, 2014 Recently the Google Public DNS team, in collaboration with Akamai, reached an important milestone: Google Public…
BlogThe four steps to appiness
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 App deep links are the new kid on the block in organic search, and they’re picking…
Are you a robot? Introducing “No Captcha reCAPTCHA”
Wednesday, December 03, 2014 reCAPTCHA protects the websites you love from spam and abuse. So, when you go online—say, for…
Helping users find mobile-friendly pages
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Have you ever tapped on a Google Search result on your mobile phone, only to find…
Tracking mobile usability in Webmaster Tools
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Mobile is growing at a fantastic pace—in usage, not just in screen size. To keep you…
BlogUpdating our technical Webmaster Guidelines
Monday, October 27, 2014 We recently announced that our indexing system has been rendering web pages more like a typical…
BlogBest practices for XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds
Thursday, October 16, 2014 Submitting sitemaps can be an important part of optimizing websites. Sitemaps enable search engines to discover…
BlogBring your local business online—no website required!
Monday, October 06, 2014 “Hey, how do I get my business on the web?” Having worked at Google for nine…
BlogAn update to the Webmaster Tools API
Thursday, September 11, 2014 Over the summer the Webmaster Tools team has been cooking up an update to the Webmaster…
BlogWebmaster Academy now available in 22 languages
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogAn improved search box within the search results
Friday, September 05, 2014 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Optimizing for Bandwidth on Apache and Nginx
Thursday, September 04, 2014 Everyone wants to use less bandwidth: hosts want lower bills, mobile users want to stay under…
Blog#NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness
Monday, August 25, 2014 This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to…
BlogHttps as a ranking signal
Thursday, August 07, 2014 Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our…
BlogIntroducing the Google News Publisher Center
Monday, August 04, 2014 Cross-posted on the Google News Blog UPDATE: Great News—The Publisher Center is now available in all…
BlogTesting robots.txt files made easier
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogPromoting modern websites for modern devices in Google search results
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogTroubleshooting hreflang annotations in Webmaster Tools
Monday, July 14, 2014 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogAndroid app indexing is now open for everyone!
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Do you have an Android app in addition to your website? You can now connect the…
BlogMaking site moves easier
Friday, June 06, 2014 Few topics confuse and scare webmasters more than site moves. To help you avoid surprises, we’ve…
BlogDirecting smartphone users to the page they actually wanted
Thursday, June 05, 2014 Have you ever used Google Search on your smartphone and clicked on a promising-looking result, only…
BlogApp Indexing in more languages
Friday, May 30, 2014 In April, we launched App Indexing in English globally so deep links to your mobile apps…
BlogRendering pages with Fetch as Google
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogUnderstanding web pages better
Friday, May 23, 2014 In 1998 when our servers were running in Susan Wojcicki‘s garage, we didn’t really have to…
BlogMaking your site more mobile-friendly with PageSpeed Insights
Monday, May 19, 2014 To help developers and webmasters make their pages mobile-friendly, we recently updated PageSpeed Insights with additional…
Creating the Right home page for your International Users
Monday, May 12, 2014 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogWebmaster Guidelines for sneaky redirects updated
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Redirects are often used by webmasters to help forward visitors from one page to another. They…
BlogIntroducing our global Google+ page for webmasters
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSurfacing your business’s contact and local info in Google
Tuesday, April 08, 2014 Every day, searchers use Google to find information about businesses. Common queries include finding the phone…
BlogApp Indexing updates
Thursday, April 03, 2014 In October, we announced guidelines for App Indexing for deep linking directly from Google Search results…
BlogMore Precise Index Status Data for Your Site Variations
Monday, March 31, 2014 The Google Webmaster Tools Index Status feature reports how many pages on your site are indexed…
App Engine IP Range Change Notice
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Google uses a wide range of IP addresses for its different services, and the addresses may…
Introducing the new Webmaster Academy
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Musical artists: your official tour dates in the Knowledge Graph
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 When music lovers search for their favorite band on Google, we often show them a Knowledge…
Blog3 tips to find hacking on your site, and ways to prevent…
Friday, February 28, 2014 Google shows this message in search results for sites that we believe may have been compromised.…
BlogInfinite scroll search-friendly recommendations
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogFaceted navigation best (and 5 of the worst) practices
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Affiliate programs and added value
Monday, January 27, 2014 Our quality guidelines warn against running a site with thin or scraped content without adding substantial…
BlogA new Googlebot user-agent for crawling smartphone content
Thursday, January 23, 2014 Over the years, Google has used different crawlers to crawl and index content for feature phones…
BlogChanges in crawl error reporting for redirects
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 In the past, we have seen occasional confusion by webmasters regarding how crawl errors on redirecting…
BlogGoogle Publisher Plugin beta: Bringing our publisher products to WordPress
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…