BlogA few questions from our Google Group
May 24, 2006 In this post, we thought we’d answer a couple of the questions we’ve been seeing in the…
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Issues with the site: operator query
May 19, 2006 We’d like to give you all a quick update on some of the issues you have been…
Bloghttps verification
May 17, 2006 Recently, we told you that we were working on making verification of site ownership available for https…
BlogMore about meta tag verification
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogA whole new look and a lot more
April 26, 2006 If you log in to Sitemaps today, you’ll notice some changes. We’ve revamped the interface based on…
Updated robots.txt status
April 26, 2006 Thanks to our users for alerting us to an issue with incorrectly reporting that sites and Sitemaps…
BlogBack from Pubcon
April 21, 2006 We had a great time meeting with webmasters and talking about Sitemaps at Pubcon in Boston. We…
BlogJoin us for lunch!
April 17, 2006 If you’re planning to be at PubCon in Boston this week, join us for lunch with Googlers…
BlogMore third-party tools
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogUsing the lastmod attribute
April 14, 2006 With our recent infrastructure changes, we’ve made some minor changes in how we process the lastmod attribute.…
Bloghttps verification
April 12, 2006 Some of you have had trouble verifying ownership of https sites (for instance, https://www.example.com/). We are working…
BlogResolving issues listed in the Errors tab
April 11, 2006 Another question from our mailbag: Under the Errors tab, I see a URL listed with a 404…
BlogAdding new content
April 10, 2006 This week, we thought we’d answer some of the questions we’ve gotten recently. If you have questions,…
BlogRobots.txt tab maintenance
April 04, 2006 Today, we’ll be performing maintenance on the infrastructure that displays the information for the robots.txt tab. During…
BlogMore information on the new “unsupported file format” error for Sitemaps
March 20, 2006 As we told you a couple of days ago, we’ve recently enhanced the infrastructure that processes Sitemaps.…
BlogImproving things behind the scenes
March 15, 2006 We’ve just made some enhancements to the infrastructure that processes Sitemaps. You shouldn’t notice many changes, although…
BlogIf you see a “we couldn’t find your verification file” error when…
March 09, 2006 When you verify site ownership, we check to see if the verification file exists on your webserver.…
We’ve fixed an issue with verification files that included leading zeros
March 03, 2006 Thank you to our Google Group members for finding a bug in the verification file logic, which…
BlogMore new features
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogCome by and say hi
February 26, 2006 This week, some of the Sitemaps team will be at Search Engine Strategies NYC. If you’re planning…
BlogUsing a robots.txt file
February 24, 2006 A couple of weeks ago, we launched a robots.txt analysis tool. This tool gives you information about…
BlogWe’d like your feedback on a potential new verification process
February 22, 2006 Before we show you site stats, we verify site ownership by asking you to upload a uniquely…
BlogImproving your site’s indexing and ranking
February 13, 2006 You’ve submitted a Sitemap for your site. As we explain in our docs, a Sitemap can help…
BlogWe’ve fixed a few things
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogAnalyzing a robots.txt file
February 10, 2006 Earlier this week, we told you about a feature we made available through the Sitemaps program that…
From the field
February 10, 2006 Curious what webmasters in the community are saying about our recent release? Check out Matt Cutts’ blog…
Unexpected Common Words
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogMore stats and analysis of robots.txt files
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogA chat with the Sitemaps team
February 02, 2006 Some members of the Sitemaps team recently took some time to answer some questions about Sitemaps. We…
BlogGiving others access to Sitemaps account information
February 02, 2006 Once you add a site or Sitemap to your account and verify ownership, we show you statistics…
BlogMore about changing domain names
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogAnswers to Friday questions
January 13, 2006 Today, we wanted to review a few things that we get a lot of questions about. I…
BlogMore language support
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogHappy New Year!
January 04, 2006 We hope you all had a happy holiday and New Year’s celebration. Over the past few weeks…
Blogwww vs non-www versions of a site
December 21, 2005 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated…
BlogVerifying a site located in a subdirectory
December 19, 2005 If your site is located in a subdirectory, rather than at the root level of a domain…
BlogMore query stats; verification enhancements
December 13, 2005 We’ve made a few improvements that we wanted to let you know about. Expanded query stats We’ve…
Lowercase verification filenames
December 12, 2005 We’ve been looking into ways to enhance our verification process and noticed that some members of our…
New version of Sitemap Generator
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogIf you don’t see the full range of stats
November 30, 2005 The stats we show you are all about what Google knows about your site. If some stats…
BlogTrouble with verification
November 30, 2005 Some of you have had one of the following responses when trying to verify: “Our system has…
BlogThird-party programs
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogSitemaps in Japanese
November 22, 2005 Last week, we added support for Japanese. As with the other languages we support, if you already…
BlogSite Verification
November 18, 2005 This morning we learned of an issue with the Google Sitemaps tool that may have temporarily enabled…
BlogMore stats!
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogChanging domains
November 11, 2005 From our Google Group: I’ve moved my site to a new domain. Can I submit a Sitemap…
BlogURLs with HTTP errors
November 08, 2005 What can you do about URLs that we tried to crawl but couldn’t because we received a…
BlogWhat to do when your Sitemap status is “Denied URLs”
November 01, 2005 If your Sitemap status is “Denied URLs” and the error listed is “URL not under Sitemap path”,…
When your site changes
October 26, 2005 Here’s another question we’ve gotten. If you have a question about Sitemaps, let us know by posting…
BlogIncluding site pages in a Sitemap
October 24, 2005 From time to time, we use this blog to answer some common questions. Here’s one: Do I…