Webmaster Level: AllWe try to communicate with webmasters in lots of different places. For example, when we send representatives to conferences we’re happy to participate in public site clinics where we share best practices on how to improve the craw…
Webmaster Level: AllMembers of the Google Search Quality Team have participated in site clinic panels on a number of occasions. We receive a lot of positive feedback from these events and we’ve been thinking of ways to expand our efforts to reach even …
Webmaster Level: AllHTML5 is the fifth major revision of HTML, the core language of the World Wide Web. The HTML5 specification includes a description of microdata, a new markup standard for specifying structured information within web pages.Today, we
Webmaster Level: AllHow many of Google’s web pages use a descriptive title tag? Do we use description meta tags? Heading tags? While we always try to focus on the user, could our products use an SEO tune up? These are just some of the questions we set …
Webmaster Level: AllLast year we introduced Rich Snippets, a new feature that makes it possible to surface structured data from your pages on Google’s search results. So far, user reaction to Rich Snippets has been enthusiastic — after all, Rich Snipp…
Webmaster Level: BeginnerWant to eat healthier and exercise more in 2010? That’s tough! Want to learn about search engine optimization (SEO) so you can disregard the rumors and know what’s important? That’s easy! Here’s how to gain SEO knowledge as you…
Webmaster Level: AllCountry-code top-level domains (or ccTLDs) can provide people with a quick and valuable clue about the location of a website—for example, “.fr” for France or “.co.jp” for Japan. However, for certain top level domains like .com, .i…
Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you’re reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by exploi…
Webmaster level: AllOne of the great things about working at Google is that we get to take advantage of an enormous amount of computing power to do some really cool things. One idea we tried out was to let webmasters know about their potentially hackab…
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese version of the Webmaster Central Blog )Recently I introduced several methods to ensure your mobile site is properly indexed by Google. Today I’d like to share information useful for webmasters who man…
Webmaster Level: AllWhat’s our take on watermarked images for Image Search? It’s a complicated topic. I talked with Peter Linsley—my friend at the ‘plex, video star, and Product Manager for Image Search—to hear his thoughts.Maile: So, Peter… “wat…
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese Webmaster Central Blog.)It seems the world is going mobile, with many people using mobile phones on a daily basis, and a large user base searching on Google’s mobile search page. However, as a webma…
Webmaster Level: AllAre the holidays an important season for your website or online business? We think so! And to help make sure you’re in good shape, we wanted to invite you to our Holiday Webmaster Webinar.This Webex will be hosted by Senior Search Q…
Webmaster Level: IntermediateGoogle uses numerous sources to find new webpages, from links we find on the web to submitted URLs. We aim to discover new pages quickly so that users can find new content in Google search results soon after they go live. W…
Webmaster Level: AllIn May this year we announced Rich Snippets which makes it possible to show structured data from your pages on Google’s search results.We’re convinced that structured data makes the web better, and we’ve worked hard to expand Rich S…