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Where's my data?

Today we're going back to basics. We'll be answering the question: What is a website? ...Okay, not exactly. But we will be looking into what a "website" means in the context of Webmaster Tools, what kind of sites you can add to your Webmaster Tools account, and what data you can get...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-19-2008
Message Center warnings for hackable sites

Recently we've seen more websites get hacked because of various security holes. In order to help webmasters with this issue, we plan to run a test that will alert some webmasters if their content management system (CMS) or publishing platform looks like it might have a security hole or be hackable...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-16-2008
Video Tutorial: Google for Webmasters

We're always looking for new ways to help educate our fellow webmasters. While you may already be familiar with Webmaster Tools , Webmaster Help Discussion Groups , this blog, and our Help Center , we've added another tutorial to help you understand how Google works. Hence we've made this...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-15-2008
Webmaster Tools API updated with Site Settings

The Webmaster Tools GData API has been updated to allow you to get even more out of Webmaster Tools, such as setting a geographic location or your preferred domain . For those of you that aren't familiar with GData , it's a protocol for reading and writing data on the web. GData makes it very...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-13-2008
Webmaster Tools shows Crawl error sources

Ever since we released the crawl errors feature in Webmaster Tools , webmasters have asked for the sources of the URLs causing the errors. Well, we're listening! We know it was difficult for those of you who wanted to identify the cause of a particular "Not found" error, in order to prevent...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-13-2008
More webmaster questions - Answered!

When it comes to answering your webmaster related questions, we just can't get enough. I wanted to follow-up and answer some additional questions that webmasters asked in our latest installment of Popular Picks . In case you missed it, you can find our answers to image search ranking, sitelinks,...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-23-2008
Hey Google, I no longer have badware

This post is for anyone who has been emailed or notified by Google about badware , received a badware warning when browsing their own site using Firefox, or has come across malware-labeled search results for their own site(s). As you know, these warnings are produced by our automated scanning systems...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-21-2008
To infinity and beyond? No!

When Googlebot crawls the web, it often finds what we call an "infinite space". These are very large numbers of links that usually provide little or no new content for Googlebot to index. If this happens on your site, crawling those URLs may use unnecessary bandwidth, and could result in Googlebot...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-05-2008
Requesting reconsideration using Google Webmaster Tools

Posted by Mariya Moeva, Search Quality Team If your site does not appear in Google Search results , you might be understandably worried. Here, we've put together some information to help you determine when and how to submit a reconsideration request for your site. You can follow along as Bergy (the...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Get Cooking with the Webmaster Tools API

Written by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Tools Team As the days grow longer and summer takes full stage, many of us are flocking to patios and parks to engage in the time-honored tradition of grilling food. When it comes to cooking outdoors, the type of grills used span a spectrum from primitive to high...

Posted to Google Stuff (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-20-2008

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