During a recent visit to the Mountain View Googleplex, I had the chance to interview Matt Cutts for our German Webmaster Blog. While enjoying the California sunshine we chatted about how to rank in Google, resources for webmasters and Matt’s first enco…
Written 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 ye…
Written 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…
Written 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 maximizin…
Written 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 …
Rajat 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 …
Written by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistHubbell and I enjoying the day at our home in California. Please feel free to view my earlier post about accessibility for webmasters, as well as additional articles I’ve written for the Official Google blog.One…
Written by Jayant Madhavan and Alon Halevy, Crawling and Indexing TeamGoogle is constantly trying new ideas to improve our coverage of the web. We already do some pretty smart things like scanning JavaScript and Flash to discover links to new web pages…
Written by Michael Wyszomierski, Search Quality TeamToday’s the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, so now is a perfect time to start your spring cleaning. But as a webmaster, your chores don’t end after you’ve cleaned the garage — you’ll …
Written by T.V. Raman, Research ScientistMany people talk about the effect the Internet has on democratizing access to information, but as someone who has been visually impaired since my teenage years, I can certainly speak to the profound impact it ha…
Written by Maile Ohye as the website, Jeremy Lilley as the Googlebot Name/User-Agent: GooglebotIP Address: Verify it hereLooking For: Websites with unique and compelling contentMajor Turn Off: Violations of the Webmaster GuidelinesGooglebot — what a d…
Written by Kas, Search Quality TeamOne of the ways in which we continuously work to improve our service for users everywhere is to localize and adjust our tools for different regions. In November, we had a chance to introduce our international Webmaste…
Written by Maile OhyeIf it’s good enough for the Costanzas, it’s good enough for Webmaster Central: it’s time for a Festivus for the rest of us (webmasterus)!Our special celebration begins not with carols and eggnog, but by remembering some of the popu…
Written by Bogdan Stănescu, Software EngineerAs a webmaster, you may have been concerned about your RSS/Atom feeds crowding out their associated HTML pages in Google’s search results. By serving feeds, we could cause a poor user experience: Feeds inc…
Written by Maile OhyeWith apologizes to Vic Mizzy, we’ve written short verse to the tune of the “Addams Family” theme (please use your imagination):We may be hobbyists or just geeky,Building websites and acting cheeky, Javascript redirects we won’t mak…