(Cross-posted on the Google Korea Blog)Webmaster Level: AllLegitimate websites may require that their visitors install software. These sites often do so to provide their users with additional functionality beyond what’s available in standard web browse…
Webmaster Level: IntermediateToday we are announcing a new user agent for robots.txt called Googlebot-News that gives publishers even more control over their content. In case you haven’t heard of robots.txt, it’s a web-wide standard that has been in us…
Webmaster Level: AllYou may have seen our recent announcement of changes to the verification system in Webmaster Tools. One side effect of this change is that blogs hosted on Blogger (that haven’t yet been verified) will have to use the meta tag verifi…
Until today, you had to upload a file to your website to activate Google Friend Connect features and gadgets. Today, we’re dramatically simplifying the Friend Connect setup process. To get started with Friend Connect features, all you have to do is sub…
One of the many useful features of Webmaster Tools is the ability to adjust settings for your site, such as crawl rate or geographic target. We’ve been steadily adding settings over time and have now gotten to the point where they merit their own page….
Ever since we released the crawl errors feature in Webmaster Tools, webmasters have asked for the sources of the URLs causing the errors. Well, we’re listening! We know it was difficult for those of you who wanted to identify the cause of a particular …
Written by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Tools Team
As 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 g…
by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Tools TeamWhen you plan to do something, are you a minimalist, or are you prepared for every potential scenario? For example, would you hike out into the Alaskan wilderness during inclement weather with only a wool overcoat…
Written by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Trends AnalystWe’re always striving to help webmasters build outstanding websites, and in our latest release we have two new features: Content analysis and Sitemap details. We hope these features help you to build a…
Written by Jonathan SimonAs summer inches towards fall and in many places the temperature is still rising, you’re probably thinking the best place to be right now is on the beach, by a pool or inside somewhere that’s air-conditioned. These are all good…