Webmaster Tools News
How to Tell if Your Site is Being Penalized
There's a Google Groups thread that is discussing the ways webmasters can tell that their site is penalized by Google. In case you wanted to cover all your bases, you might want to try the tactics that they suggest you look at: One person suggests that you will *only* find your site listed when you do a site:domain.com search (rather than searching for the homepae). Another says you ...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Google Penalty Checklist: Rank Drop Troubleshooting Guide
Is your website not appearing in Google and you re not sure why It is possible that your site has been penalized for not following Google s webmaster guidelines. This article will walk you through troubleshooting your website to help you turn up some of the most common issues and correct them so you can achieve the search engine ranking you deserve.... DOWNLOAD XCELSIUS ENGAGE 2008 - FREE ...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Google Finally Updates Webmaster Tools Link Reports
It has been a while since I posted a link update post, based on Google updating their webmaster tools report. One of the reasons for this is because there has been a two to three month bug, where Google has not updated the report with new links. Google has not confirmed via a Google Webmaster Help thread that the reports are now being updated with the latest linkage data. We typically ...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Share Your Funny SEO Mistakes
I found a fun but serious SEO mistake in a Google Webmaster Help thread that I wanted to share with you all. But I felt it would be fun, if you had the time, to share at least one of your funny, but deadly, SEO mistakes - that you have seen first hand, in the comment section below. The mistake documented in the thread was that someone was not sure why his Webmaster Tools account was showing ...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Google To Auto-Sort Sitemap Formats
Submitting sitemaps to Google has been simplified, the company announced this morning. Webmasters will no longer have to specify which type of sitemap they are submitting. Google will determine the filetype for them. Google still prefers webmasters use Google Webmaster Tools for submission, though, but they also accept files listed in the robots.txt file, or submitted via the HTTP ping ...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 18, 2008
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Thursday, December 18, 2008
