The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced that they now have APIs for developers and webmasters to tap into. You can now access some of the data you see in Google Webmaster Tools through an API.

API features currently include:

– Managing Sites – Retrieve a list of your sites in Webmaster Tools – Add your sites to Webmaster Tools – Verify your sites in Webmaster Tools – Remove your sites from Webmaster Tools - Working with Sitemaps – Retrieve a list of your submitted Sitemaps – Add Sitemaps to Webmaster Tools – Remove Sitemaps from Webmaster Tools

You can learn more at the Google Webmaster Tools AP Developer’s Guide.

Related Topics: Google: Webmaster Central

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