Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'webmaster central'

Google AdSense & Webmaster Central Representatives Working on Christmas

As Vanessa Fox writes at Search Engine Land yesterday, Google has kept up their tradition of providing support on Christmas day via Google Groups forums. Last year, it was Googler's Adam Lasnik and Vanessa Fox found working on Christmas and...

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...

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 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?...

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?"...

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 Webmaster Tools Query Statistics Frozen

A Google Groups thread shows numerous complaints from Google Webmaster Tool users who say that they have not received any updated query statistics since the beginning of April. The only information that is seemingly updated is the sitemaps and last...

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 Delists Sites With Parasitic Spammy Subdomains

A user on WebmasterWorld mentions that his page rankings have dropped considerably after what appears to be a hack attempt on his server. According to the user, a vulnerability on his web host was exploited, and 50,000 new pages on...

How To Remove The StopBadware.org & Google.com Malware Notification?

In January, Google starting beefing up malware warnings in the search results. A Search Engine Watch Forums thread asks how does one remove the warning quickly. Danny Sullivan replied to his question by linking to a post at Google Webmaster...

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...


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