BlogThe Year in Review
Friday, January 19, 2007 Welcome to 2007! The webmaster central team is very excited about our plans for this year,…
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BlogBetter understanding of your site
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogDeftly dealing with duplicate content
Monday, December 18, 2006 At the recent Search Engine Strategies conference in freezing Chicago, many of us Googlers were asked…
Building link-based popularity
Friday, December 15, 2006 Late in November we were at SES in Paris, where we had the opportunity to meet…
BlogSES Chicago – Using Images
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogCome and see us at Search Engine Strategies Chicago
Saturday, December 02, 2006 If you’re planning to be at SES Chicago this week, be sure to stop by and…
BlogViva, Webmasters in Vegas
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
Introducing Sitemaps for Google News
Monday, November 20, 2006 Good news for webmasters of English-language news sites: If your site is currently included in Google…
BlogJoint support for the Sitemap Protocol
Thursday, November 16, 2006 We’re thrilled to tell you that Yahoo! and Microsoft are joining us in supporting the Sitemap…
Badware alerts for your sites
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogLas Vegas Pubcon 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006 As if working at Google isn’t already a party, today I’m traveling to Las Vegas for…
BlogNew third-party Sitemaps tools
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogThe number of pages Googlebot crawls
Friday, November 10, 2006 The Googlebot activity reports in Webmaster Tools show you the number of pages of your site…
BlogTarget visitors or search engines?
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Last Friday afternoon, I was able to catch the end of the Blog Business Summit in…
BlogUpdate to our webmaster guidelines
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 As the web continues to change and evolve, our algorithms change right along with it. Recently,…
Googlebot activity reports
Thursday, October 19, 2006 The Webmaster Tools team has a very exciting mission: we dig into our logs, find as…
BlogLearn more about Googlebot’s crawl of your site and more!
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGot a website? Get gadgets.
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogMultiple Sitemaps in the same directory
Monday, October 09, 2006 We’ve gotten a few questions about whether you can put multiple Sitemaps in the same directory.…
BlogUseful information you may have missed
Friday, October 06, 2006 When we launched this blog in early August, we said goodbye to the Inside Google Sitemaps…
BlogFresher query stats
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogIntroducing Google Checkout
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHow to verify Googlebot
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogDebugging blocked URLs
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Vanessa’s been posting a lot lately, and I’m starting to feel left out. So here my…
BlogFor Those Wondering About Public Service Search
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSetting the preferred domain
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Based on your input, we’ve recently made a few changes to the preferred domain feature of…
BlogInformation about Sitelinks
Thursday, September 07, 2006 You may have noticed that some search results include a set of links below them to…
BlogBetter details about when Googlebot last visited a page
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHow search results may differ based on accented characters and interface languages
Friday, September 01, 2006 When a searcher enters a query that includes a word with accented characters, our algorithms consider…
Listen in – Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox talk search
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Tune into Webmaster Radio Thursday, August 31 at 1 pm Pacific to hear Matt Cutts and…
BlogSystem maintenance
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 We’re currently doing routine system maintenance, and some data may not be available in your Webmaster…
BlogAll About Googlebot
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BlogBack from SES San Jose
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogChat with us in person at the Search Engine Strategies conference
Monday, August 07, 2006 Got a burning question about the new Webmaster Central? Eager to give feedback about our Webmaster…
BlogMore Webmaster Tools
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BlogNew name better reflects our commitment to communicate with you
August 04, 2006 We’re surrounded by moving boxes and construction dust. To better reflect our goal to provide tools and…
BlogHer Tips
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BlogTime to verify
August 03, 2006 Very soon, we’ll be doing one of our periodic checks of verified sites. As our documentation notes,…
BlogBack from BlogHer
August 02, 2006 I just got back from BlogHer, a conference primarily for women about the technical and community aspects…
BlogMore control over titles too
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSupport for Polish
July 14, 2006 Google Sitemaps has added support for Polish. If you already use Google in Polish, you should see…
BlogMore control over page snippets
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BlogTips for Non-U.S. Sites
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BlogYahoo! Merchants get Sitemaps
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogGet more from the latest release
June 21, 2006 In response to your requests, our latest release expands some of the features of Google Sitemaps. Here’s…
Webmaster help center updates
June 13, 2006 We recently updated our webmaster help center. Two new sections that you may find particularly useful are:…
BlogThe Sitemaps Google Group
June 11, 2006 If you use Sitemaps, you should check our our Google Group. The Sitemaps team monitors this community…
BlogAnother update on the site: operator
June 09, 2006 We’ve fixed the issue with the trailing slash in site: operator queries. Queries for site:www.example.com and site:www.example.com/…
BlogAn update on the site: operator
June 02, 2006 We’ve fixed the issue with site: queries for domains with punctuation in them. We are still working…
Live in our hometown
May 28, 2006 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated…