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If you haven't already, subscribe to Google's Webmaster Central blog. Webmaster Central Blog The Crawl Errors report is is one of my favorites offered in Google Webmaster Tools. Put your website optimization skills to the test and see how you do at...
Introducing "x-default hreflang" for international landing pages – Google Webmaster Central BlogSays Google: "The new x-default hreflang attribute value signals to our algorithms that this page doesn’t target any specific language or locale and is...
After Interflora and several UK newspapers were punished, it became clear in a Google Webmaster Central blog post by Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts that at issue were “advertorial” pages. But an analysis on David Naylor’s blog revealed...
A bitter consultant with a client dodging bills or a fired employee who has Google Webmaster Central access could cause some serious havoc by disavowing valuable links to websites as revenge against the company (if it is hidden well enough in the...
He also penned a post for the Webmaster Central Blog, entitled “Google does not use the keywords meta tag in ranking. Now, we anxiously await an updated Webmaster Help video to which we can point confused clients (who will inevitably hear the new...
For future updates, Lee added they would be announced on Baidu’s Webmaster Tools. In China, this has caused significant loss in ranking or websites to disappear, particularly small and medium sized companies that do not update their content...
Set up and verify a Webmaster Central Account at Google. Update or create your XML sitemap and upload it to Google Webmaster Tools and Bing Webmaster Tools. Set up a Bing Webmaster Tools account and verify it.
This move is similar to last year after Panda launched, when Google created a Webmaster Central thread for those affected by the algorithm change. On the form, Google asks you to provide details about the page impacted by the algorithmic update...
The search engines – Google in particular – are trying hard to eliminate the practice of purchasing inbound links, where one webmaster pays another to link to their site using certain keywords. Consider running a series of different blog posts...
The Buffy update, was actually named in tribute to Vanessa Fox, the creator of Google Webmaster Central. The name was given by Webmaster World (WMW) members. As Cutts recounts in a blog post, he and some members at PubCon 2006 were sitting around...
Last week, the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog introduced “Author Stats” in Webmaster Tools. That’s why Google introduced “Author Stats” in Webmaster Tools to show authors – including journalists and bloggers – how often their content is...
A post on Google’s Webmaster Central Blog offers information on preventing cross-domain URL issues and announces a new notifications feature for webmasters. The links and resources offered in the blog post seem to indicate that the notification...
The data of actual search terms is available in aggregate form elsewhere, via Google Webmaster Central. From the blog post, Google claim to be merely following suit with Twitter, Facebook and maintaining their commitment to the Electronic Frontier...
The new multi-site feature, named, “Site Health” was announced by Google yesterday on the Webmaster Central Blog. Users logging into Google Webmaster Tools may be surprised to see a new feature right away.
Google is now sending more detailed reconsideration responses to webmasters who’ve requested re-inclusion in the search index, according to the Google Webmaster Central Blog. Google reconsiders the site once the webmaster has ensured the site no...
However, they have since concluded that "having two webmaster portals for a single source for organic results does not add enough value," as stated on the Yahoo Search Blog. Yahoo representatives have encouraged webmasters to begin using the Bing...
Search traffic will be measured in Webmaster Tools just like before this feature, with only results the user visited counted," noted Ziga Mahkovec on the Google Webmaster Central Blog. Google unveiled Instant Pages at their Inside Search Event...
Google announced the availability of this button on the Webmaster Central Blog on March 28, fully two days ahead of the +1 launch. Website owners will be busy tomorrow, as Danny Sullivan has confirmed that Google will be launching their +1 button...
In a new blog post on Google Webmaster Central, Google's Amit Singhal has posted what he calls "guidance" to webmasters in the form of 24 questions you should ask yourself as you go about recovering and determining "quality.
Your fast pass through security - Google Webmaster Central Blog Two heads are better than one: introducing enhanced collaboration in Google Site Search - Google Enterprise Blog Security First: Security and data protection in Google data centers...
