Written by Raj Krishnan, Snippets TeamThe quality of your snippet — the short text preview we display for each web result — can have a direct impact on the chances of your site being clicked (i.e. the amount of traffic Google sends your way). We u…
Written by Maile OhyeHow can URL parameters, like session IDs or tracking IDs, cause duplicate content?When user and/or tracking information is stored through URL parameters, duplicate content can arise because the same page is accessible through numer…
Written by Prashanth Koppula, Product Manager, and Matt Cutts, Software EngineerWhen Google originally introduced Supplemental Results in 2003, our main web index had billions of web pages. The supplemental index made it possible to index even more web…
Written by Maile OhyeToday we’re launching our Message Center, a new way for webmasters to receive personalized information from Google in our webmaster console. Should we need to contact you, you’ll see a notification in your Webmaster Tools dashboard…
G’day Webmasters! Google Webmaster Central is excited to be heading to Sydney for Search Summit and Search Engine Room on March 1-2 and 20-21, respectively.In addition to our coverage of topics in bot obedience and site architecture, we’ll also provid…
SES Chicago was wonderful. Meeting so many of you made the trip absolutely perfect. It was as special as if (Chicago local) Oprah had joined us!While hanging out at the Google booth, I was often asked about how to take advantage of our webmaster tools….
Hello, webmasters, I’m Maile, and I recently joined the team here at Google webmaster central. And I already have good news to report: we’ve updated our third-party program and websites information. These third-party tools provide lots of options for e…