Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'webmaster central'

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...

Posted on December 26, 2007 6:59 AM

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...

Posted on October 25, 2007 8:08 AM

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...

Posted on July 19, 2007 7:31 AM

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...

Posted on July 16, 2007 7:39 AM

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?...

Posted on July 11, 2007 6:07 AM

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?"...

Posted on July 2, 2007 7:05 AM

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,...

Posted on June 15, 2007 7:06 AM

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...

Posted on June 13, 2007 7:36 AM

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...

Posted on June 4, 2007 9:50 AM

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...

Posted on May 29, 2007 7:35 AM

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....

Posted on May 18, 2007 8:10 AM

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...

Posted on May 18, 2007 7:20 AM

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...

Posted on May 17, 2007 10:19 AM

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...

Posted on April 19, 2007 7:41 AM

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...

Posted on April 18, 2007 7:30 AM

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...

Posted on March 28, 2007 7:45 AM

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...

Posted on March 20, 2007 9:11 AM

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...

Posted on March 14, 2007 7:02 AM

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...

Posted on December 29, 2006 7:45 AM