Easier management of website verifications
Webmaster level: All To help webmasters manage the verified owners for their websites in Webmaster Tools, we’ve recently introduced three new features: Verification details view: You can now see the...
View ArticleA new opt-out tool
Webmasters have several ways to keep their sites' content out of Google's search results. Today, as promised, we're providing a way for websites to opt out of having their content that Google has...
View ArticleThe Webmaster Academy goes international
Webmaster level: All Since we launched the Webmaster Academy in English back in May 2012, its educational content has been viewed well over 1 million times. The Webmaster Academy was built to guide...
View Article5 common mistakes with rel=canonical
Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced Including a rel=canonical link in your webpage is a strong hint to search engines your preferred version to index among duplicate pages on the web. It’s...
View ArticleIntroducing "x-default hreflang" for international landing pages
Webmaster Level: All The homepages of multinational and multilingual websites are sometimes configured to point visitors to localized pages, either via redirects or by changing the content to reflect...
View ArticleTo summarize, the new Yahoo! app delivers better mobile content discovery
By Marissa Mayer, CEO Consuming news and information on the go has become the norm — whether waiting for a morning coffee or commuting home from work, content discovery is an insatiable daily habit....
View ArticleUsing schema.org markup for organization logos
Webmaster level: all Today, we’re launching support for the schema.org markup for organization logos, a way to connect your site with an iconic image. We want you to be able to specify which image we...
View ArticleGetting started with structured data
Webmaster level: All If Google understands your website’s content in a structured way, we can present that content more accurately and more attractively to Google users. For example, our algorithms can...
View Article6 Quick Tips for International Websites
Note from the editors: After previously looking into various ways to handle internationalization for Google’s web-search, here’s a post from Google Web Studio team members with tips for web developers....
View ArticleYahoo! Search Gets a Refresh
by Peter Levinson, Director, Product Management and Anand Chandrasekaran, Senior Director, Search Products If you’ve searched for something on Yahoo! today, you may have noticed a new look and feel on...
View ArticleChanges in rankings of smartphone search results
Webmaster level: IntermediateSmartphone users are a significant and fast growing segment of Internet users, and at Google we want them to experience the full richness of the web. As part of our efforts...
View ArticleVerify your site in Webmaster Tools using Google Tag Manager
Webmaster level: Intermediate If you use Google Tag Manager to add and update your site tags, now you can quickly and easily verify ownership of your site in Webmaster Tools using the container snippet...
View ArticleWe’ve Moved!
We’ve moved! As of today, the Yahoo! Search blog has moved to yahoosearch.tumblr.com. Come on over and check out the new digs!...
View ArticleBacklinks and reconsideration requests
Webmaster level: advanced When talking to site owners on Google Webmaster Forums we come across questions on reconsideration requests and how to handle backlink-related issues. Here are some common...
View ArticleIntroducing website satisfaction by Google Consumer Surveys
Webmaster level: all We're now offering webmasters an easy and free way to collect feedback from your website visitors with website satisfaction surveys. All you have to do is paste a small snippet of...
View ArticleEasier navigation without GPS
Webmaster level: All Today we’re unveiling a shiny new navigation in Webmaster Tools. The update will make the features you already use easier to find, as well as unveil some exciting additions....
View ArticleA reminder about manipulative or deceptive behavior
Webmaster level: All Our quality guidelines prohibit manipulative or deceptive behavior, and this stance has remained unchanged since the guidelines were first published over a decade ago. Recently,...
View ArticleIn-depth articles in search results
Webmaster level: all Users often turn to Google to answer a quick question, but research suggests that up to 10% of users’ daily information needs involve learning about a broad topic. That’s why today...
View ArticleView manual webspam actions in Webmaster Tools
Webmaster level: All We strive to keep spam out of our users’ search results. This includes both improving our webspam algorithms as well as taking manual action for violations of our quality...
View ArticleMaking smartphone sites load fast
Webmaster level: Intermediate Users tell us they use smartphones to search online because it’s quick and convenient, but today’s average mobile page typically takes more than 7 seconds to load....
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