Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google webmaster central'

Part Of Your Site Needs a Google Review? You Need To Verify That Section With Google Separately

Let's say, you have a subfolder on your domain that gets hacked. The hack causes your subfolder to be penalized by Google, due to the hack. Did you know that in order to issue a request for a review from...

Google Webmaster Tools Delists All Verified Sites?

There seems to be a major bug in Google Webmaster Tools where Google is telling virtually all webmasters that their sites are not indexed in Google. For example, I am personally getting the following message for all my sites: Yes,...

Google Offers Advice On Moving from Site A to Site B

Google has finally written a formal post at the Google Webmaster Central blog named Best practices when moving your site. It honestly is a nice place to send a client or webmaster when the question comes up. Does it give...

Google Webmaster Tools Can't Verify .ASIA Domain Names

Just when we were getting over the Google Webmaster Tools Verification bug, when the far east is now suffering with a similar bug. If you have a .ASIA domain, Google has confirmed that you will not be able to verify...

Google Webmaster Tools Fixes Verification Bug

After about 6 or so days of webmasters not being able to verify their sites in Google Webmaster Tools, Google has finally applied the fix. On March 28th, we reported verification issues with Google Webmaster Tools starting some time before...

Google's First Live Chat Webmaster Help Session a Success

As reported, Google held their first live chat even hosted by the Google Webmaster Help team. I listened and participated in the live chat event, and I can personally attest that it was a huge success. I believe there were...

Google Webmaster Tools Verification Temporary Bug

Googler, JohnMu, posted a Google Groups thread telling everyone that Google is aware of the verification issue in Google Webmaster Tools and not to worry. He said: I just wanted to give a short heads-up that we're aware of the...

How To Join The Google Webmaster Help Group Live Chat on Friday

Monday we reported that Google Webmaster Central Team to Offer Live Chat on Friday, March 28th. As promised, I am updating you with the how to join details of this live chat session. Google's Adam Lasnik posted a bunch of...

Google Webmaster Central Team to Offer Live Chat on Friday, March 28th

Google Webmaster Central is hosting a live chat session this Friday at 9pm (PST), noon (EST). Adam Lasnik of Google posted some details at the Google Webmaster Central Blog. Date/Time: Friday, March 28 at 9am PDT / noon EDT /...

Google Webmaster Tools Can't Verify Serbia's .rs TLDs

Serbia currently has two TLDs, .rs and .yu. The .rs TLD is now replacing the .yu TLD, all .yu TLDs should be transferred over to .rs by September 30, 2009. FYI, .rs stands for Republika Srbija (The Republic of Serbia)....

Google Should Add Inbound Link Opt Out Feature to Webmaster Tools

Recently, one of the most requested Google Webmaster Tools features I have been hearing through the forums either directly or indirectly is the ability to mark links as links you do not vouch for. Even though we have said time...

Google Webmaster Tools Message Center Bug

Google recently improved the Webmaster Tools "message center" by having messages wait for you even if you are not verified. But a few reports are coming from Google Groups that the message center is not displaying open messages. Users are...

Google Webmaster Tools External Links Report Showing 0 Links

The Google Webmaster Tools "external links" report is buggy over the weekend. The tool is not showing any backlinks anymore for, I believe, any site. For example, here are the non-existent backlinks for the Search Engine Roundtable: There are dozens...

Get Google Webmaster Tools on iGoogle as Gadgets

Google announced you can now add Google Webmaster Tools stats directly to your iGoogle home page. It comes from a feature request we linked to in the past and now it is here. Vanessa Fox has an excellent post documenting...

Google Finally Updates Webmaster Tools External Link Data: February 2008 Update

We reported several days ago that Google hasn't updated their external link counts and data in Google Webmaster Tools since early January. Webmasters and SEOs began to complain so Googlers began looking into it. We now have reports via Google...

Google Webmaster Tools Links Not Being Update & Yahoo Site Explorer Up and Down

I have been hearing reports from friends in the industry that the external link reports at Google Webmaster Tools have not been updated for an unusually long time. I personally stop tracking those updates back in November 2007. We now...

Google Asks For Feedback With Webmaster Tools User Survey

Do you love or hate Google Webmaster Tools? Do you have ideas or suggestions for improvements to the tools? Do you want to give Google a piece of your mind? If you log into Google Webmaster Tools and click on...

Google's "Making the Most of Your Content: A Publisher's Guide to the Web"

Search Engine Watch Moderator, Beu, posted a Search Engine Watch Forums thread noting that Google has published a PDF document named Making the Most of Your Content: A Publisher's Guide to the Web. The PDF document is a printable 13...

Google Removed "Download This Table" From Webmaster Link Reports

If you login to Google Webmaster Tools and go to your "links" and then "external links" section, you may notice Google removed the "Download This Table" link from the bottom. What remains is the "Download all external links." Why did...

Google Provides SEO Advice With Webmaster Tool's New "Content Analysis"

Last night Google released a new feature for Google Webmaster Tools named Content Analysis. Vanessa Fox's Search Engine Land post named Google's Webmaster Tools Adds More Diagnostic Features and Video Sitemaps is outstanding. Basically, the Content Analysis feature shows you...

Why Would an SEO Company Want to Remove Your Access to Google Webmaster Tools?

I have been following a WebmasterWorld thread that has a site owner asking why his SEO company is requiring him to remove his verification code and add only access to Google Webmaster Tools for the SEO company. Again, Site Owner...

How Long Does it Take for Google to use Geographic Target Data?

Google recently released a new tool in Google Webmaster Tools that enables you to set your Geographic Target market for your site. Since then, we have been waiting to see any real feedback on how exactly it works. We learned...

Google Webmaster Link Tool November 2007 Update

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update earlier this week. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums. Here is a look at our top pages, by links reported...

Setting the Geographic Target in Google May Not Limit You to that Target Area

Google enabled a way for webmasters to set a geographic target for their site. So if you want to tell Google, most of my visitors are from a specific area, you can do that. This way, if someone searches in...

Set Geographic Target in Google Webmaster Tools

Let Google Know The Geographic Location of Your Site from Vanessa Fox at Search Engine Land has nice coverage of Google's new Set geographic target feature in Google Webmaster Tools. In short, if your site is tailored to a certain...

Amanda Camp of Google on Helping Webmasters with Webmaster Tools

We talk a ton about Google Webmaster Tools and how important they have become to SEOs and Webmasters over the course of this year. Amanda Camp, who worked with Vanessa Fox (before Vanessa left to Zillow), at the Google Seattle...

Fixed: Google Webmaster Tools Link Page Now Working

Two days ago we reported, Google Webmaster Tools Link Page Troubles Again. Since then, there has a huge amount of discussion on this topic. Tons of SEOs and Webmasters were really frustrated that the tool wasn't giving them information. They...

Google Webmaster Tools Link Page Troubles Again

For the past couple days, Google Webmaster Tools has been having issues displaying the detailed links for a particular page of a site. Many people are seeing what I am seeing: When you try to download all external links or...

Google Webmaster Central Gets Updated with Sitelinks and More

Forum members have spotted that the Google Webmaster Central has been updated with some new functionality. The Webmaster Central team has confirmed this and outlines the additions in detail: Up to 6 months of historical data. Percentages of the top...

See 8 Google Sitelinks in Action

Yesterday, I got confirmation that Google is now showing up to 8 Sitelinks for a search result. I tried to find real examples of this in action, and finally found something that works on my computer. A search for search...

Google Webmaster Tools Link Update More Frequent?

A DigitalPoint Forums thread is reporting yet another recent Google Webmaster Tools Link update. It appears Google is now updating the linkage data, not monthly, but much more frequently, over at Google Webmaster Tools. We typically track only the monthly...

Google Webmaster Link Tool October 2007 Update

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update last week. Google typically does these updates monthly, around this time. There are additional reports of and ranking changes. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums. Here is a look...

Google Link Report Tool Now Working Again

Yesterday we reported that Google's link report tool was not working fully. To be specific, the link reports were not downloading to your desktop, when that feature was requested. After about two-plus days, the feature is now back. Webmasters can...

Google Webmaster Tools Link Report Download Feature Not Working

The Google Link Tool at Google Webmaster Tools is now allowing you to download all external links. I have been trying it myself from several locations for the past two days and no luck. You can the "Download all external...

Google Webmaster Tools Not Showing PageRank Pages for Some Sites?

When you login to Google Webmasters Tools and click on your "Crawl stats" under the statistics section, you are suppose to see a screen like this: Notice it shows two tables, the first is for "The PageRank of your pages...

Pagination Issue on Google Webmaster Link Reports

I have been tracking a WebmasterWorld thread about an issue with Google Webmaster Tools. Apparently, the link reporting tool, within Google Webmaster Tools, has issues with pagination. By this I mean, when someone clicks on the "next" page link, it...

Google Webmaster Central Landing Page Gets Upgraded

The Google Webmaster Central team has announced a number of changes to the webmaster central landing page. Here's a screenshot: Recall the old version: New features include quick links to Google Analytics, custom search, Google's Developer Tools, and Google Gadgets....

Re-Including Removed URLs in Google Webmaster Central

In April Google released a way to remove URLs in Google from within Google Webmaster Tools. There has been very little chatter about reincluding content that you have removed in the past. With Google it is very easy to reinclude...

JohnMu is Google's Next Webmaster Trends Analyst

JohnMu, a face we all know too well from the forums we cover here, has officially joined Google as a Webmaster Trends Analyst. He announced his new job at Google Groups and his new personal blog. In two weeks, come...

Google Webmaster Central Improves robots.txt Tool

As Barry reported on Search Engine Land and as the official Google Webmaster Central blog announced yesterday, Google is working to add the functionality to make webmastering a lot easier. With this update, Google announces that it has enhanced their...

Google Webmaster Tools Offers Malware Review

The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced earlier this week that it will begin starting to offer malware reviews of websites. The process is simple: you can view a list of dangerous URLs in the Webmaster Tools, make any changes according...

Matt Cutts Wants You to Suggest Improvements for Google Webmaster Central

Matt Cutts has written a blog post with a poll to get more information from all webmasters on the next feature for Google Webmaster Central, a great resource for webmasters already that is always improving. He asks users to vote...

Google Secures Webmaster Penalty Notifications within Webmaster Central

Google has released a new way for them to notify webmasters of possible penalties with their web sites. In the past, Google sent emails, but this was abused by German hackers a couple times, so Google had to change how...

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...

Google Webmaster Link Tool July 2007 Update

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update over the weekend. The last about was about a month ago. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

Giving Multiple Users Access to your Google Webmaster Tools Account

Google Webmaster Central is an excellent resource for site owners and developers. A Google Groups thread asked if there is a way to give someone else access to your Google Webmaster Tools reports. Why would someone want to do this?...

Google Removes Old Remove URL Tool

The old way to remove pages from Google's index without using 404s or a robots.txt file was to use a page at http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controller. It now appears that if you go to that URL, you are redirected to login to Google...

Finding Some of Your EDU Links with Yahoo Search

There has always been this perception that links from domains with a .EDU TLD is better than links from .COM, .NET, .ORG and so on. Chris Boggs covered the debate with Are Links From .edu and .gov Domains Really "Better?"...

Google Webmaster Link Tool June 2007 Update

Google has updated Google Webmaster Tools with a link update and I suppose other data updates as well. There is currently discussion at DigitalPoint Forums and two threads at WebmasterWorld. Here is a look at our top pages, by links...

SEOs & Webmasters Lose Important Google Link, Vanessa Fox Goes to Zillow

By now, I am sure many of you heard the news that Vanessa Fox, the face behind Google Webmaster Central, is leaving Google for Zillow. If you haven't read the various blog posts from the search community on the news,...

Google Webmaster Central Cleans Interface, Adds Paid Link Report & More

The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced that they have made a few changes to Google Webmaster Tools. The most noticeable change is the new user interface for the dashboard. It has a sleeker look and is a bit neater than...

Google to Restructure Webmaster Tools Help Center

A Google Groups thread has Google representative Riona MacNamara stating that Google will be Google Webmaster Tools Help. The most important change they want to make is to improve the way they "organize and present help content," says MacNamara. So...

Does Google Reinclude Banned Sites into Google.com Without Request?

A WebmasterWorld thread has one post from one individual who said his banned site was automatically reincluded in Google's index. In short, he did not go to Google and ask for his site to be reincluded, it was done by...

Google Adds Bergy, Wysz & Pat To Google Webmaster Help Forums

Adam Lasnik, the original Googler hired to help Webmasters (Yes, Matt Cutts is famous for it, but he wasn't originally hired for it), has promised us that Google will be adding more Google representatives to answer questions about Google search....

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 Link Tool & Anchor Text Tool At Webmaster Central Goes Down

Various sporadic reports from both DigitalPoint Forums and WebmasterWorld that Google's Webmaster Central Link Tool is temporarily offline. I tried it myself, just now and it seems to be offline for me as well. I am told "Our system is...

A New Way To Remove Content in Google.com via Google Webmaster Central

Vanessa Fox of the Google Webmaster Central team announced that Google Webmaster Central now supports the easy removal of content from their index. In short, if you login to your Google Webmaster Central account, you can easily remove content (individual...

Google Requires You Admit Guilt in Order to Request Reinclusion into Index

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that the only way to request reinclusion into the Google index is to admit you violated Google's terms of service. If your site has been removed from the Google index, you can then file a reinclusion...

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...