Sometimes when looking at Google Webmaster Tools you might see an error in the crawl errors section. You should take note of these as it means that Google couldn’t crawl these pages. If it can’t crawl these pages it will not be indexed. There are quite a few errors to be aware of, some of Read Blog…
Google Webmaster Tools Unreachable Errors Explained
December 15th, 2011 by Andrew
Webmaster Tools Verify Ownership Update
April 20th, 2011 by Andrew
While browsing around Webmaster Tools and needing to add a new client, I noticed Google have changed the verify ownership screen when you add a new domain. Before it used to be a list of the possible verification method, but now it’s been changed to a more modern tabbed system. They also appear to be Read Blog…
Fetch as Googlebot out of the Labs
February 7th, 2011 by Andrew
I was browsing Webmaster Tools recently and noticed something was missing from the “Labs” drop down. There used to be three items but something was now missing and I couldn’t for the life of me work out what it was. I asked a colleague and he said it was the “Fetch as Googlebot” feature. He Read Blog…
Where Your Webmaster Tools Performance Graph Comes From
January 23rd, 2011 by Andrew
A colleague of mine brought up an interesting question at lunch time one day this week. The Google Webmaster Tools site performance graphs; are they averaged over all users visiting the site or just the targeted country? Although there is no way to tell for sure, I’m going to look at evidence that points in Read Blog…
How Faceted Navigation gave us 20,000 duplicate pages. And the One Simple Solution.
December 22nd, 2010 by Andrew
The Problem Recently one of our clients was having a lot of duplicate metas flagged in Webmaster Tools. We only realised this when we received an e-mail from Webmaster Tools about an extremely high number of URL’s being found. By a lot I mean in excess of 20,000 duplicate titles and descriptions. Normally a few Read Blog…
How do you know if your site has been hacked?
March 3rd, 2010 by steve
Starting this month Google has announced that they will inform you if you website has potentially been hacked. They will alert you via Google Webmaster Tools if they detect any potential issues that point to a malicious hacker. Quoting Google from their official Webmaster Central Blog they state; “Starting this month, we will notify more Read Blog…
Ignore Webmaster Tools At Your Peril
January 22nd, 2010 by Dan
Webmaster Tools is a free and powerful tool provided by search engine Google, which provides key insights into your site on the web. Webmaster tools should not be ignored by any website manager/owner. Reports Provided By Webmaster Tools There are many key reports provided by Webmaster Tools such as: Top search phrases Website performance What Read Blog…
