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Get the audio and Q&As from our recent live chat
Date : 2008 06 24
Official Google Webmaster Central BlogBy John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst, Google ZürichLast Thursday, many of you just couldn't get enough of us and joined our second live Webmaster Central chat, "JuneTune." It was an action-packed session with live presentations, questions and answers and chatting about cats and other important topics. read more »
One year of monitored European Webmaster Help Groups
Date : 2008 06 24 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Kaspar Szymanski and the European Guides Team, DublinA year ago Google Guides from the Search Quality Team started monitoring Google Webmaster Help Groups in European languages. It has been an interesting time and a great, rewarding experience for all those involved :o). We have enjoyed building an read more »
Get Cooking with the Webmaster Tools API
Date : 2008 06 20 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Tools TeamAs the days grow longer and summer takes full stage, many of us are flocking to patios and parks to engage in the time-honored tradition of grilling food. When it comes to cooking outdoors, the type of grills used span a spectrum from primitive to high tech. For read more »
A new layer to Google Trends
Date : 2008 06 20 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by R.J. Pittman, Director of Product Management - Consumer Search PropertiesTwo years ago, we launched Google Trends, a tool that lets anyone see what the world is searching for, and compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Last year, we added Hot Trends, which shows what people are searc read more »
Join us for another live chat - June 19, 2008
Date : 2008 06 16 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Adam Lasnik, Search EvangelistWhen it comes to talking with webmasters, we just can't get enough.This past March we had the pleasure of connecting with hundreds of you online in our first-ever Webmaster Help Group online live chat, which included a presentation on Images in Google Search by Mail read more »
Duplicate content due to scrapers
Date : 2008 06 08 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Sven Naumann, Search Quality TeamSince duplicate content is a hot topic among webmasters, we thought it might be a good time to address common questions we get asked regularly at conferences and on the Google Webmaster Help Group.Before diving in, I'd like to briefly touch on a concern webmasters o read more »
The Impact of User Feedback, Part 1
Date : 2008 06 03 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Reid Yokoyama, Search QualityAbout a year ago, in response to user feedback, we created a paid links reporting form within Webmaster Tools. User feedback, through reporting paid links, webspam, or suggestions in our Webmaster Help Group, has been invaluable in ensuring that the quality of our index read more »
Improving on Robots Exclusion Protocol
Date : 2008 06 03 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines.However, there are some cases in which publishers need to c read more »
How Google defines IP delivery, geolocation, and cloaking
Date : 2008 06 01 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Maile OhyeMany of you have asked for more information regarding webserving techniques (especially related to Googlebot), so we made a short glossary of some of the more unusual methods.Geolocation: Serving targeted/different content to users based on their location. As a webmaster, you may be able read more »
Making more housecalls
Date : 2008 05 24 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Maile OhyeAll of us with Webmaster Central share one passion: a serious love for improving the Internet.If you're organizing an event with an audience that would benefit from our discussing building search-engine friendly sites and maximizing the resources of Webmaster Central -- such as our Webmas read more »
Webmaster Tools now in 26 languages
Date : 2008 05 14 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by Liza Ma, Webmaster Tools TeamWebmasters come from all corners of the world and we are working hard to reach each and everyone of you. A few months back we introduced you to Googlers who help monitor our Webmaster Help Groups in fifteen languages. Since then, that number has grown to sixteen with read more »
Becoming Social
Date : 2008 05 12 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogPosted by Mussie Shore, Product ManagerWondering how to make your site more social? We'd like to make it easier for you, which is why earlier tonight at Campfire One at the Googleplex, we announced a preview release of Google Friend Connect.Google Friend Connect is a service that that helps you grow traffic b read more »
Design patterns for accessible, crawlable and indexable content
Date : 2008 05 09 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogWritten by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistAs a follow-up to my previous posts on accessibility, here are some design recommendations for creating web content that remains usable by the widest possible audience while helping ensure that the content gets indexed and crawled.Avoid spurious XMLHttpRequests Pages t read more »
Sitemaps offer better coverage for your Custom Search Engine
Date : 2008 05 06 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogRajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager, SearchIf you're a webmaster or site owner, you realize the importance of providing high quality search on your site so that users easily find the right information.We just announced today that AdSense for Search is now powered by Custom Search. Custom Search (a Google-p read more »
Where in the world is your site?
Date : 2008 04 23 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogPosted by Ríona MacNamara, Webmaster Tools TeamThe Set Geographic Target tool in Webmaster Tools lets you associate your site with a specific region. We've heard a lot of questions from webmasters about how to use the tool, and here Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa explains how it works and when to use read more »
Retiring support for OAI-PMH in Sitemaps
Date : 2008 04 23 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogBy John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst, Google ZürichWhen we originally launched Sitemaps, we included support for the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) 2.0 protocol, an interoperability framework based on metadata harvesting. In the meantime, however, we've found th read more »
Best practices when moving your site
Date : 2008 04 16 Official Google Webmaster Central BlogPosted by Ríona MacNamara, Webmaster Tools Team Planning on moving your site to a new domain? Lots of webmasters find this a scary process. How do you do it without hurting your site's performance in Google search results? Your aim is to make the transition invisible and seamless to the user, and to make su read more »