Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google sitemaps'

Google Sitemaps New Error: "Dynamic Content"

Several webmasters are noticing new errors found in their Google Webmaster Tools Sitemaps error diagnostic section. The new error is: All the URLs in your Sitemap are marked as having dynamic content. We have threads at WebmasterWorld and Google Groups...

Google Sitemaps: Are They Really Important for SEO?

There are many SEOs spilt on the topic of the value in submitting a Sitemap to Google. In my opinion, it is clear that if a site has very poor navigation and on-page SEO, submitting a Sitemap might be your...

Google Recommends You Split Sitemap Files By File Type

A Google Groups thread reports an issue (or a feature, depending on your view) with Google's Sitemap handling. In short, a webmaster used one Sitemap file for all his content. In that file, he specified the geo data by using...

Google Webmaster Central Now Offering "Sitemaps Warnings" With Error Reports

The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced that they have expanded the error reporting to include less serious errors, which are now called "warnings." If Google finds "minor problems in a sitemap," they will call it a "warning." If Google finds...

Query Stats Working Again at Google Webmaster Central

Tamar reported that Google Webmaster Tools Query Statistics Frozen yesterday. Today, they are back to normal. Try checking yours out at http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/. Reports at Google Groups and DigitalPoint Forums show people noticing that they have been updated. My top search...

Google Anchor Text Reports Updated Monthly & Not Finalized

Last week we reported that Google Webmaster Central Showing Back Link Anchor Text. But when I checked some of my other sites in Google Webmaster Central, I noticed the anchor text report was missing, even from verified sites. Vanessa Fox...

Google Webmaster Central Showing Back Link Anchor Text

The folks over at Google Webmaster Central keep pumping out more and more features. The latest feature is showing how other sites link to you, by showing the "most common words used in anchor text to your site." How do...

Google Webmaster Central Adds Link Analysis Tool

Google has announced the release of a tool that many thought would never come but always dreamt of - a tool that shows us our links for our sites. It has been sought over since Google changed the link command....

Losing Trust in Google's Webmaster Central?

We have reported time after time again the issues with Google's Webmaster Central tools, specifically Sitemaps. It is a wonderful tool, it allows you to see a ton of data about your site plus submit data back to Google. But...

Update on Sitemaps Common Words Report

The other day we reported that Google Webmaster Sitemaps Tool Back With Old Data? where I said, there was in issue with the common words. The issue is most likely old data. Vanessa Fox replied to the forum thread at...

Google Sitemaps Tools Sends All Sites Back into Pending Verification?

This morning, I logged into my Google Webmaster Central Sitemaps tool and noticed all my sites are "pending verification." I then found a thread at WebmasterWorld with an other person reporting this issue. So I dug deeper and found a...

Submitting a Google Sitemaps Does Not Guarantee Indexing

A typical WebmasterWorld thread has a member who is upset about submitting his (I believe) new site to Google Sitemaps and 3 weeks later, Google has still not fully indexed his site. Well, it is a great way to tell...

Google Sitemaps Webmaster Central Requires Verification Code

A WebmasterWorld thread asks why after he set up his site in Google's Webmaster Central Sitemaps, his site was no longer "verified." Vanessa Fox from Google replied saying; We recommend that you leave the verification file or meta tag in...

Google Sitemaps's Query Stats To Be Updated Weekly

Vanessa Fox of the Google Sitemaps team has posted at the blog that you should be expecting fresher query stats in your Google Webmaster Central area. Specifically, every Monday, you should expect the data in the query stats page to...


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