Webmaster level: All Everyone on the web knows how frustrating it is to perform a search and find websites gaming the search results. Read more »
Submit URLs to Google with Fetch as Googlebot
Webmaster Level: All The Fetch as Googlebot feature in Webmaster Tools now provides a way to submit new and updated URLs to Google for indexing. After you fetch a URL as Googlebot, if the fetch is successful, you’ll now see the option to submit that URL to our index. When you submit a URL in this way Googlebot will crawl the URL, usually within a day Read more »
Preview the latest +1 button changes
Webmaster level: All Want to test the latest +1 features? Today we’re introducing a new option for webmasters who want to be the first to know about changes to the +1 button Read more »
Validation: measuring and tracking code quality
Webmaster level: All Google’s Webmaster Team is responsible for most of Google’s informational websites like Google’s Jobs site or Privacy Centers . Maintaining tens of thousands of pages and constantly releasing new Google sites requires more than just passion for the job: it requires quality management. In this post we won’t talk about all the different tests that can be run to analyze a website; instead we’ll just talk about HTML and CSS validation, and tracking quality over time Read more »
+1 around the world
Webmaster Level: all A few months ago we released the +1 button on English search results on google.com. Read more »
URL removals explained, part II: Removing sensitive text from a page
Webmaster level: All Change can happen—sometimes, as we saw in our previous post on URL removals , you may completely block or remove a page from your site. Other times you might only change parts of a page, or remove certain pieces of text. Depending on how frequently a page is being crawled, it can take some time before these changes get reflected in our search results Read more »
Pilot Webmaster Tools’ Search Queries data in Google Analytics
Webmaster Level: All Webmasters have long been asking for better integration between Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics . Today we’re happy to announce a limited pilot for Search Engine Optimization reports in Google Analytics, based on Search Queries data from Webmaster Tools. In addition to including Search Queries data found in Webmaster Tools, these Search Engine Optimization reports also take advantage of Google Analytics’ advanced filtering and visualization capabilities for deeper data analysis Read more »
Pilot Webmaster Tools’ Search Queries data in Google Analytics
Webmaster Level: All Webmasters have long been asking for better integration between Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics . Read more »
Flash support in Instant Previews
Webmaster level: All With Instant Previews , users can see a snapshot of a search result before clicking on it. We’ve made a number of improvements to the feature since its introduction last November, and if you own a site, one of the most relevant changes for you is that Instant Previews now supports Flash. An Instant Preview with rich content rendered In most cases, when the preview for a page is generated through our regular crawl, we will now render a snapshot of any Flash components on the page. Read more »
Flash support in Instant Previews
Webmaster level: All With Instant Previews , users can see a snapshot of a search result before clicking on it. We’ve made a number of improvements to the feature since its introduction last November, and if you own a site, one of the most relevant changes for you is that Instant Previews now supports Flash. An Instant Preview with rich content rendered In most cases, when the preview for a page is generated through our regular crawl, we will now render a snapshot of any Flash components on the page. Read more »