Google Webmaster Tools Updated
Written by El Guru on 9:12 PM
Recently Google updated it's Webmaster Tools, there are no major enhancements but they've added some new settings and organized others. Let's take a look:
The first thing we'll notice is a new tab called Settings where Google has grouped some configuration options for us.
Geographic target
If your site is meant for a specific country then you'll be able to select the geographic location, this will get you better SERPs on local searches.
Preferred domain
Here we'll also be able to select how we want Google to display our domain name, for example if we prefer www.googleseotools.net or googleseotools.net.
Image search
Here we have the ability to tell Google whether we want our images included in the Google Image Labeler.
Crawl rate
The last setting in this tab is the Crawl rate, don't confuse this with how often Google crawls your site, this only affects the speed that Googlebot uses to crawl your site and will help you avoid overwhelming your server with requests.
The first thing we'll notice is a new tab called Settings where Google has grouped some configuration options for us.
Geographic target
If your site is meant for a specific country then you'll be able to select the geographic location, this will get you better SERPs on local searches.
Preferred domain
Here we'll also be able to select how we want Google to display our domain name, for example if we prefer www.googleseotools.net or googleseotools.net.
Image search
Here we have the ability to tell Google whether we want our images included in the Google Image Labeler.
Crawl rate
The last setting in this tab is the Crawl rate, don't confuse this with how often Google crawls your site, this only affects the speed that Googlebot uses to crawl your site and will help you avoid overwhelming your server with requests.
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Image search
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4 comments: Responses to “ Google Webmaster Tools Updated ”
By Strategic Whiz on May 6, 2009 10:00 PM
You are amazing with so much valuable information. I have to say that I had a bad experience with analytics where all of my blogs dropped right out of Googles index the day after I started using it. I use webmaster tools but it took me months to recover from analytics.
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By Sathish on May 13, 2009 10:02 AM
Thank you very helpful information..
By nile on May 18, 2009 8:18 PM
Thanks for this info. Most helpful, as things always seem to be changing.
By virtual assistant on June 7, 2009 1:46 AM
Being a virtual assistant my clients demand to be their SEO assistant too. Your post is very informative. Thanks. I will signup for google webmaster service now.