Webmaster Level: Beginner to IntermediateAs you’re working to increase your traffic with Webmaster Tools, did you know that you’re also able to monetize this traffic with Google AdSense? Google AdSense is a program that enables webmasters like you …
Webmaster Level: AllAs a search company, we at Google try to develop scalable solutions to problems. In fact, Webmaster Tools was born out of this instinct: rather than fighting the losing battle of trying to respond to questions via email (and in mult…
Webmaster Level: AllIn this final installation in our URL removal series, let’s talk about following up on your removal requests, as well as when not to use Google’s URL removal tool. If you haven’t already, I recommend reading the previous posts in th…
Webmaster level: AllThere’s a lot of content on the Internet these days. At some point, something may turn up online that you would rather not have out there—anything from an inflammatory blog post you regret publishing, to confidential data that acc…
We’ve just launched Site Performance, an experimental feature in Webmaster Tools that shows you information about the speed of your site and suggestions for making it faster.This is a small step in our larger effort to make the web faster. Studies have…
Webmaster level: Intermediate/AdvancedWebmasters who check their incoming links in Webmaster Tools often ask us what they can do when they see low-quality links. Understandably, many site owners are trying to build a good reputation for their sites, an…
Webmaster Level: Intermediate to AdvancedMany questions about website architecture, crawling and indexing, and even ranking issues can be boiled down to one central issue: How easy is it for search engines to crawl your site? We’ve spoken on this topic…
Webmaster Level: Intermediate to AdvancedEarlier this summer SMX Advanced landed once again in our fair city—Seattle—and it was indeed advanced. I got a number of questions at some Q&A panels that I had to go back and do a little research on. H…
Googlers strongly believe in dogfooding our own products. We manage our work schedules with Google Calendar, publish our blogs on Blogger, and store scads of documentation on Google Sites. So, ever since we launched our first Webmaster Help Group, we’v…
Today we’re going back to basics. We’ll be answering the question: What is a website?…Okay, not exactly. But we will be looking into what a “website” means in the context of Webmaster Tools, what kind of sites you can add to your Webmaster Tools acco…
Duplicate content. There’s just something about it. We keep writing about it, and people keep asking about it. In particular, I still hear a lot of webmasters worrying about whether they may have a “duplicate content penalty.”Let’s put this to bed once…
Posted by the Webmaster Trends Analysts (John, Jonathan, Susan)You may have noticed that we recently rewrote our article on What is an SEO? Does Google recommend them? Previously, the article had focused on warning people about common SEO scams to look…
Posted by Susan Moskwa, Webmaster Trends Analyst Universal search and personalized search were two of the hot topics at SMX West last month. Many webmasters wanted to know…
Posted by Susan Moskwa, Webmaster Trends AnalystOur search quality and Webmaster Central teams love helping webmasters solve problems. But since we can’t be in all places at all times answering all questions, we also try hard to show you how to help yo…
Written by Susan Moskwa & Trevor Foucher, Webmaster Tools TeamLast month, Trevor spoke on the Sitemaps: Oversold, Misused or On The Money? panel at Search Engine Strategies in Chicago. After receiving a lot of great questions at the conference in a…