Google Wants Your Feedback On Webmaster Central

Jun 25, 2009 at 9:31am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google Webmaster Central blog is asking SEOs and Webmasters to submit and vote on feedback at the Product Ideas for Webmaster Central. When you go to the products idea page, you will be asked to sign in to submit or vote on submissions. The more votes a submission receives, the more likely Google will take that product idea more seriously. So if you have a great idea on how to improve Google Webmaster Tools or how to improve Matt's videos or the discussion forums, go to Product Ideas for Webmaster Central and submit them. You have until Friday, July 24, 2009 to submit and vote on sug [...]

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New Google Webmaster Tools Now Live For All Users

Jun 10, 2009 at 5:52pm ET by Matt McGee

In addition to the new Change of Address feature, Google has also announced that the new Webmaster Tools interface is now live for all users. Content has been re-organized inside Webmaster Tools and the interface has been changed dramatically. The dashboard, for example, now shows Top search queries, Links to your site, Crawl errors, and Sitemap information. Google says they've made several changes and bug fixes to the new interface based on user feedback over the past month, including: Showing 100 rows of "Links to your site" by default Fixing several statistical differences b [...]

Filed in: Google: Webmaster Central

Google Adds Change of Address To Notify Google Of Domain Change

Jun 10, 2009 at 4:58pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Google announced a new feature in Google Webmaster Tools named change of address. This feature allows webmasters to notify Google when they move domain names. When used, Google will update the index to reflect your new URL. The change will stay in effect for 180 days, by which time Google would have crawled and indexed the pages at your new URL. To access this feature, login to Webmaster Tools and under "site configuration" select "change of address." Then follow the instructions, which currently read: Set up the new site: Review our guidelines for moving your site to a new domain. [...]

Filed in: Google: Webmaster Central, How To: SEO, Top News

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