In a post on the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Google warns that “we plan to roll out several ranking changes in the near future that address sites that are misconfigured for smartphone users. Google called out two specific areas in their blog...
You can read a brief overview of these new tools on the Inside Search blog and a more advanced look at the tools on the Google Webmaster Central blog. To use the tool, you need to login to Webmaster Tools, choose your site and then click...
Annotation also supported by Yandex.common mistakes with rel=canonical – Google Webmaster Central BlogGoogle shares its best practices to avoid the following problems: rel=canonical to the first page of a paginated series; absolute URLs mistakenly...
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. UK flower delivery site Interflora, banished...
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...
For future updates, Lee added they would be announced on Baidu’s Webmaster Tools. As part of Google’s goal to roll out localized YouTube sites internationally, the video sharing site has launched in Indonesia targeting 237 million citizens in the...
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 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. Big D was a new data center with major software upgrades implemented that affected how the...
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. Therefore it could be argued that if Google search represents the glue that binds an ecosystem of sites together, then this latest strategy is...
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...
After all Yahoo sites have migrated to Bing-powered search results, Yahoo site explorer will shut down in favor of Microsoft Webmaster Tools. However, they have since concluded that "having two webmaster portals for a single source for organic...
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. If Google is so confident that you're going to be served a site...
Google announced the availability of this button on the Webmaster Central Blog on March 28, fully two days ahead of the +1 launch. SEW has already begun preparations to make room for the button and no doubt millions of other sites will have it...
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.
Post here.in Webmaster Central. Press Start: launching Google Game Developer Central - Google Mobile Ads Blog In what is the closest Google has come to admitting some sites have been unfairly punished in the SERPs, Google has created a thread...
Unfortunately for Overstock, Webmaster World began examining why they were seeing such great rankings for numerous common terms, a review which led to yet another mainstream news organization "outing" a major retailer for linking practices.
