BlogBionic Posters help site owners worldwide
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Setting up and running a website is getting easier and easier, and it’s wonderful to see…
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BlogJoin us for an online live chat this Friday!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Many of us Webmaster Help Group guides have happily gotten to meet Group members at various…
Taking advantage of universal search, part 2
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGood maintenance
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSES London Calling!
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogTips for making information universally accessible
Saturday, March 15, 2008 Many people talk about the effect the Internet has on democratizing access to information, but as…
BlogGerman Webmaster Blog turns one
Friday, March 14, 2008 Our German Webmaster Central Blog celebrates its first birthday and we’d like to raise our glasses…
BlogWebmaster Tools keeps your “messages waiting”
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 We’re happy to announce that the Message Center supports a new “messages waiting” feature. Previously, it…
BlogFirst date with the Googlebot: Headers and compression
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHow to use robots.txt
Saturday, March 1, 2008 A robots.txt provides restrictions to search engine robots (known as “bots”) that crawl the web. These…
BlogCross-submissions via robots.txt on Sitemaps.org
Thursday, February 28, 2008 Last spring, the Sitemaps protocol was expanded to include the autodiscovery of Sitemaps using robots.txt to…
BlogiGoogle Gadgets for Webmaster Tools
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Leap day hackathon for Google Gadgets, Maps, and more
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Blog7 must-read Webmaster Central blog posts
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Our search quality and Webmaster Central teams love helping webmasters solve problems. But since we can’t…
BlogFeeling lucky at PubCon
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Last month, several of us with Webmaster Central raked in the “good times” jackpot at PubCon…
Sitemaps FAQs
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogRemove your content from Google
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 Confused about the best uses of robots.txt, nofollow, URL removal tool? Wondering how to keep some…
BlogGrowing the Webmaster Help Groups Team
Monday, January 07, 2008 One of the ways in which we continuously work to improve our service for users everywhere…
BlogLooking back on 2007
Thursday, January 03, 2008 2007 has been a great year of change and growth for the Webmaster Central team. Without…
BlogA Festivus for our webmasterus
Friday, December 21, 2007 If it’s good enough for the Costanzas, it’s good enough for Webmaster Central: it’s time for…
BlogThe Ultimate Fate of Supplemental Results
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 In 2003, Google introduced a “supplemental index” as a way of showing more documents to users.…
BlogTaking feeds out of our web search results
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 As a webmaster, you may have been concerned about your RSS/Atom feeds crowding out their associated…
BlogIntroducing Video Sitemaps
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogFYI on Google Toolbar’s latest features
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogNew: Content analysis and Sitemap details, plus more languages
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Using ALT attributes smartly
Thursday, December 06, 2007 Here’s the second of our video blog posts. Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team,…
BlogAnswering more popular picks: meta tags and web search
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 This blog post was posted in 2007; some of the links may not be available today.…
BlogInformation about buying and selling links that pass PageRank
Saturday, December 01, 2007 Our goal is to provide users the best search experience by presenting equitable and accurate results.…
BlogThe anatomy of a search result
Monday, November 26, 2007 When Matt Cutts, who heads up Google’s webspam team, dropped by our Kirkland offices a little…
BlogA dozen ways to discuss “webmaster help”
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Our goal for the Webmaster Help Group is to be an authoritative source for accurate, friendly…
BlogBringing the conference to you
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 We’re fortunate to meet many of you at conferences, where we can chat about web search…
BlogGo Daddy and Google offer easy access to Webmaster Tools
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogA spider’s view of Web 2.0
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSimplified Chinese blog: Tips for reducing comment spam
2007-11-01 Comments are a great way for webmasters to build visitor communities. Unfortunately, as most people already know, comments are…
BlogBetter geographic choices for webmasters
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHappy Halloween to our spooktacular webmasters!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 With apologizes to Vic Mizzy, we’ve written short verse to the tune of the “Addams Family”…
BlogDealing with Sitemap cross-submissions
Thursday, October 25, 2007 Since the launch of Sitemaps, webmasters have been asking if they could submit their Sitemaps for…
BlogBlast from the past
Thursday, October 18, 2007 As you know, the queries used to find your website in search results can change over…
BlogIntroducing Code Search Sitemaps
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogLes webmasters peuvent désormais donner leur avis sur les Sitelinks.
Cela fait un moment que nous avons publié cet article de blog. Certaines informations peuvent être obsolètes (par exemple, certaines…
BlogData freshness
Monday, October 08, 2007 Common feedback we hear from webmasters is that you want us to improve the freshness of…
BlogOptimisez vos snippets grâce à une refonte de vos meta descriptions.
Cela fait un moment que nous avons publié cet article. Certaines informations peuvent être obsolètes (par exemple, certaines images peuvent…
BlogQuick security checklist for webmasters
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 In recent months, there’s been a noticeable increase in the number of compromised websites around the…
Subscriber stats and more
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGoogle, duplicate content caused by URL parameters, and you
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 How can URL parameters, like session IDs or tracking IDs, cause duplicate content? When user and/or…
BlogWebmaster Central gets a new look
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHow we use spam reports
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogUpdate on penalty notifications
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 First, a brief recap: In late 2005, we started emailing webmasters to let them know that…
BlogRegister non-English domain names with Webmaster Tools
Monday, August 27, 2007 I’m happy to announce that Webmaster Tools is expanding support for webmasters outside of the English-speaking…
BlogJoin us at cool SES San Jose – it’ll be hot!
Friday, August 17, 2007 As summer inches towards fall and in many places the temperature is still rising, you’re probably…