Blog6 Quick Tips for International Websites
Friday, May 31, 2013 Note from the editors: After previously looking into various ways to handle internationalization for Google’s web-search,…
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Getting started with structured data
Thursday, May 30, 2013 If Google understands your website’s content in a structured way, we can present that content more…
Using schema.org markup for organization logos
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogIntroducing “x-default hreflang” for international landing pages
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Blog5 common mistakes with rel=canonical
Monday, April 08, 2013 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogThe Webmaster Academy goes international
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogA new opt-out tool
Monday, March 25, 2013 Webmasters have several ways to keep their sites’ content out of Google’s search results. Today, as…
Easier management of website verifications
Thursday, March 21, 2013 To help webmasters manage the verified owners for their websites in Webmaster Tools, we’ve recently introduced…
BlogMaking search-friendly mobile websites — now in 11 more languages
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 As more and more users worldwide with mobile devices access the Internet, it’s fantastic to see…
BlogWe created a first steps cheat sheet for friends and family
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogNew first stop for hacked site recovery
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 We certainly hope you never have to use our new Help for hacked sites informational series.…
BlogA reminder about selling links that pass PageRank
Friday, February 22, 2013 Google has said for years that selling links that pass PageRank violates our quality guidelines. We…
BlogMake the most of Search Queries in Webmaster Tools
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Level: Beginner to Intermediate If you’re intrigued by the Search Queries feature in Webmaster Tools but…
A faster image search
Thursday, January 24, 2013 People looking for images on Google often want to browse through many images, looking both at…
BlogWebmaster Tools verification strategies
Monday, December 17, 2012 Newer content available: This post is outdated. Check out our newer documentation on how to verify…
BlogHelping Webmasters with Hacked Sites
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Having your website hacked can be a frustrating experience and we want to do everything we…
Introducing Data Highlighter for event data
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Update 19 February 2013: Data Highlighter for events structured markup is available in all languages in…
BlogGiving Tablet Users the Full-Sized Web
Monday, November 12, 2012 Since we announced Google’s recommendations for building smartphone-optimized websites, a common question we’ve heard from webmasters…
A new tool to disavow links
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Today we’re introducing a tool that enables you to disavow links to your site. If you’ve…
BlogMake the web faster with mod_pagespeed, now out of Beta
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 If your page is on the web, speed matters. For developers and webmasters, making your page…
BlogRich snippets guidelines
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogGoogle Webmaster Guidelines updated
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 Today we’re happy to announce an updated version of our Webmaster Quality Guidelines. Both our basic…
BlogKeeping you informed of critical website issues
Monday, October 01, 2012 Having a healthy and well-performing website is important, both to you as the webmaster and to…
BlogStructured Data Testing Tool
Thursday, September 20, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogAnswering the top questions from government webmasters
Friday, September 14, 2012 Government sites, from city to state to federal agencies, are extremely important to Google Search. For…
Site Errors Breakdown
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Today we’re announcing more detailed Site Error information in Webmaster Tools. This information is useful when…
BlogSearch Queries Alerts in Webmaster Tools
Monday, August 20, 2012 We know many of you check Webmaster Tools daily (thank you!), but not everybody has the…
BlogConfiguring URL Parameters in Webmaster Tools
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogWebsite testing and Google search
Thursday, August 09, 2012 We’ve gotten several questions recently about whether website testing—such as A/B or multivariate testing—affects a site’s…
BlogDomain verification using Cname records
Thursday, August 02, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogIntroducing the Structured Data Dashboard
Wednesday, August 01, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogNew notifications about inbound links
Friday, July 27, 2012 Lots of site owners use our webmaster console to see how their site is doing in…
BlogBehold Google index secrets, revealed!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Since Googlebot was born, webmasters around the world have been asking one question: Google, oh, Google,…
On web semantics
Monday, July 16, 2012 In web development context, semantics refers to semantic markup, which means markup used according to its…
New Crawl Error alerts from Webmaster Tools
Thursday, July 12, 2012 Today we’re rolling out Crawl Error alerts to help keep you informed of the state of…
Adding associates to manage your YouTube presence
Friday, June 29, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogSEO essentials for startups in under 10 minutes
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Wondering how to be search-friendly but lacking time for SEO research? We’d like to help! Meta…
BlogDownload to Google Spreadsheet from Webmaster Tools
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Webmaster Tools now has a new download option for exporting your data directly to a Google…
For webmasters: Google+ and the +1 button 101
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Recommendations for building smartphone-optimized websites
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 Every day more and more smartphones get activated and more websites are producing smartphone-optimized content. Since…
Easier domain verification
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogNow you can polish up Google’s translation of your website
Thursday, May 31, 2012 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogMultilingual and multinational site annotations in Sitemaps
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogIntroducing Webmaster Academy
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Making more pages load instantly
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSorting and Filtering Results in Custom Search
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogNavigation, Dashboard and Home page
Monday, May 07, 2012 After announcing Webmaster Tools spring cleaning earlier this quarter, it’s time to do the job. There…
BlogCoding guidelines for HTML and CSS
Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Great code has many attributes. It’s effective, efficient, maintainable, elegant. When working on code with many…
BlogResponsive design – harnessing the power of media queries
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 We love data, and spend a lot of time monitoring the analytics on our websites. Any…
BlogEven more Top Search Queries data
Thursday, April 26, 2012 We recently updated the Top Search Queries data to take into account the average top position,…