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Google have updated Webmaster Tools with a raft of changes, which has had the unfortunate side effect of showing a random language in the Crawl Errors section on the dashboard each time you refresh the page. Refresh... French Refresh... Italian Refresh... Spanish Refresh... Slovenian?! The language is...
As mentioned in our previous post today, Google has today made further changes to Google Webmaster Tools. I thought that it'd be a good to discuss these recent changes. The changes made are to one of the most useful features within Webmaster Tools; the crawl error section. The crawl error section essentially details any issues that the Googlebot...
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 which are easy to fix. This blog is an expansion on...
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 recommending DNS verification as the stand...
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 was right. After being in the Labs section for as long as...
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 one direction. The following speed gra...
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 of these wouldn't be a huge issue,...
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; “...
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 sea...
