Fetch As GoogleBot Now Out Of Beta

Feb 7, 2011 - 7:58 am 1 by

If you login to your Google Webmaster Tools you may notice that the Fetch as GoogleBot feature is no longer under the "labs" section. Yes, it has graduated and is no longer a beta feature of Google Webmaster Tools.

The featured launched in October 2009 and has become a useful tool for many SEOs.

Here is the location of the tool now:

Fetch As Googlebot

Here is a screen shot from October 2009:

Google Webmaster Tools Labs: Fetch as Googlebot

Congrats to the Google Webmaster Team on this release!

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

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