Google Webmaster Tools
This month Google have launched some seriously useful Webmaster tools.
To get your site added, you’ll need to upload some html, or post a unique code in your template. If you’re a Webreality customer, we can help you do this.
Once you’ve done this, you’ll have immediate access to some great Google stats, including:
- when Google last crawled your site
- what errors the Googlebot encountered when crawling your site
- the stats page will also show query stats, crawl stats, page analysis, and index stats
The index stats page gives a shortcut to tools I’ve mentioned previously, including link: yourdomain.com and site:yourdomain.com.
Finally, there’s an easier way to upload Google sitemaps. Sitemaps give Google an exact inventory of your site’s content, and allow the Googlebot to navigate to all of the pages. In theory, if your site is semantically correct, and well structured, you shouldn’t need sitemaps. If you’re struggling though, I’d always throw in a sitemap for good measure.
You can auto-generate a sitemap at xml-sitemaps.com for free, and then upload away!
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Hi Phil,
This is George from P&O. You came to give an SEO masterclass the other week, and I thought I’d comment and say hello.
I’ve been keeping an eye on your blog, and I must say that it’s both interesting and useful. I’ve been using the Google Webmaster tools all day yesterday and they do indeed seem to be a great source of information on how/why/where customers are getting into our site.
Thanks,
George
Hi George
I really enjoyed meeting you and the Carnival team a couple of weeks ago. Very switched on company; and your work at http://www.pocruises.com is excellent.
Appreciate feedback very much - cheers!