Our team had an awesome Halloween and we hope you did too. Yes, the picture below is our team; we take our Halloween costumes pretty seriously. :)As a post-Halloween treat, we’re happy to announce a brand new user interface for our Keywords feature. W…
The Webmaster Tools team is lucky to have passionate users who provide us with a great set of feature ideas. Going forward, we’ll be launching some features under the “Labs” label so we can quickly transition from concept to production, and hear your f…
Duplicate content has been a hot topic among webmasters and our blog for over three years. One of our first posts on the subject came out in December of ’06, and our most recent post was last week. Over the past three years, we’ve been providing tools …
The Google Webmaster Tools team has code names for each update we release. Today’s update is aptly named “Summer Shine”.Here are a few highlights:Our site selector now lists all verified sites that you own, and allows you to search as you type.You can …
(Cross-posted on the Google Product Ideas Blog)The Webmaster Central team does our best to support the webmaster community via Webmaster Tools, the Webmaster Central Blog, the Webmaster YouTube Channel, Help Center, our forum, and a fellow named Matt C…
If you’ve submitted a reconsideration request via Webmaster Tools, you’ve probably wondered what happens once Google receives it. We’ve always done our best to act upon these requests as quickly as possible, but until now we haven’t notified webmasters…
Webmaster Level: AllWe launched a preview of our new Webmaster Tools interface three weeks ago, and received a lot of valuable feedback. Most of you liked the update, appreciating features such as the one-stop dashboard, more top search query data, and…
We’ve been listening to you at conferences, user studies, forums and blogs and we decided to start from the ground up with a brand new Webmaster Tools design! It was much needed, and the end result is beautiful in our eyes:HighlightsOne-stop Dashboard:…
Last July, we launched our Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program and it’s been a huge hit. Hundreds of providers have signed up, and thousands of users now access Webmaster Tools via their provider’s control panel. Today we are launching the Google S…
2008 was another great year for the Webmaster Central team. We experienced tremendous user growth with our blogs (97% increase in monthly pageviews), Help Center (25%), Help Forums (225%), and Webmaster Tools (35%). We would like to welcome our new use…