Google Fetch As Google Adds Colored Syntax

Aug 12, 2014 - 8:11 am 1 by

Google Webmaster ToolsGoogle has now added colored syntax to their fetch as Googlebot tool within Google Webmaster Tools.

If you try it out by going to Google Webmaster Tools and then fetch a URL on your site, Google's results will now show you the HTML code in colored syntax, which makes it easier to read and debug.

Here is a screen shot:

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Menashe Avramov was one of the first to spot this and he posted it on Google+.

Before, it was just plain black text but now it is very colorful.

Forum discussion at Google+.

 

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