Yeah! That’s true for all present Google Webmaster Tools users who have verified their sites using meta tag method. The meta tag generated for the verification process used to depend on the email address of the user’s Google account. So if you change your email address, all the sites that you have verified will become unverified. But just a few days ago Google came out with a tweak on the verification process. From now on, the new meta tags generated for site verification will not depend on the email & will remain same whether you change your email address or not. [...]
Google has just released a update on Webmaster Tools called Summer Shine. I was going through it. There are some tweaks in user visibility & navigation, but more importantly two new useful features for you. [...]
Google engineer Matt Cutts is doing a series of video interviews lately especially on Google SEO. Have you wondered where to go to ask him a question for the interview? Here is the link! Go there & post your question for July 2009. Just not only SEO, you can ask him anything on Google products too. Questions should be generic i.e. not a site-specific. Moreover you can vote for other questions whether you like it or dislike. And help them to be popular enough to be chosen for the video.
Google Webmaster Tools has launched a new tool called Change of address with its brand new look. If you are moving your site from old domain to a new one, it can be of much help. Using this service you can reflect the change in Google index faster & make the transition smoother for your users. You can find the tool under Site Configuration option of the respective site. You have to have both old & new domain verified to use this service. So there is no problem of unauthorized access. [...]
Today when I entered Google Webmaster Tools, I saw a message like “We’re changing! Check out our new look!“ And there was a link to activate the new interface. Wow! when I checked it, it looked simpler & easier to navigate. Here is the new dashboard screenshot:
Features are now grouped together into three main categories: [...]
Google has just released Google Services for Websites – an all in one webmaster service package that can easily be implemented by the hosting providers in their own service. It is an enhanced version of the Google Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program that was released last year. [...]
There has been a talk on the increasing importance of branded search results in Google. I have found this useful video about Matt Cutts talking on this new discussion. Listen to this & you will have a clear idea about Google’s point of view on branding search results.
Google Webmaster Central Team have introduced a new YouTube channel that will host webmaster related videos. The first video is already up & they are planning to release more videos soon.
Google Japan’s PR has come down to 5 from usual 9. But Why? Google has penalized Google Japan for running pay-per-post campaigns to promote their product. Google Japan is fighting hard to dislodge Yahoo as the no.1 search engine in Japan. Japan’s blogosphere was filled with reports that Google hired Cyberbuzz, a Tokyo-based internet marketing company to promote their Hot Keywords Widget as per per post basis. You can read TechCrunch & Asiajin’s follow ups on this. [...]
Google has released Google News based element for webmasters & developers. If you are a blogger or a webmaster, you can easily add Google news box in you site.
You can choose related categories under your niche or even mention some specific keywords to get news from. You can easily embed the news box by implementing few lines of code from wizard page or can use the API option. [...]
