Update on penalty notifications Written by Ben D'Angelo, Search Quality TeamFirst, a brief recap: In late 2005, we started emailing webmasters to let them know that their site is violating our Webmaster Guidelines and that we have t

373 views read more 2007-08-29 08:40:00

Looking back on 2007 Written by Liza Ma, Webmaster Tools Team2007 has been a great year of change and growth for the Webmaster Central team. Without the webmaster community helping us drive our vision to create better too

365 views read more 2008-01-03 07:31:00

More details about our webmaster guidelines Posted by Vanessa Fox At SMX Advanced on Monday, Matt Cutts talked about our webmaster guidelines. Later, during Q&A, someone asked about adding more detail to the guidelines: more explan

364 views read more 2007-06-07 12:59:00

The Ultimate Fate of Supplemental Results Posted by Yonatan Zunger, Search Quantity TeamIn 2003, Google introduced a "supplemental index" as a way of showing more documents to users. Most webmasters will probably snicker about that statement,

356 views read more 2007-12-18 14:10:00

FYI on Google Toolbar's latest features By John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst, Google ZürichThe latest version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer (beta) just added a neat feature to help users arrive at your website, or at least s

350 views read more 2007-12-14 01:05:00

Message Center: Let us communicate with you about your site 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

348 views read more 2007-07-18 05:51:00

Google's email communication with webmasters Posted by Ríona MacNamara, Webmaster Tools TeamIn den letzten Tagen gab es nochmals Versuche, deutsche Webmaster durch falsche E-Mails von Google zu verunsichern. Diese E-Mails stammen nicht von Goog

341 views read more 2007-06-20 06:56:00

First date with the Googlebot: Headers and compression 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: Violati

336 views read more 2008-03-05 12:13:00

Making harmonious use of Webmaster Tools and Analytics Written by Reid Yokoyama, Search Quality TeamOccasionally in the discussion group, webmaster ask, "Should I be using Google Webmaster Tools or Google Analytics?" Our answer is: use both! Here are thr

335 views read more 2008-03-31 12:28:00

My site's been hacked - now what? Written by Nathan Johns, Search Quality TeamAll right, you got hacked. It happens to many webmasters, even despite the hard work you devote to prevent this type of thing from happening. Prevention tip

333 views read more 2008-04-07 06:37:00