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A few weeks ago we reported that Google may be adding page loading speed as a ranking factor in 2010. They have now taken this a step further by adding a page speed report to their set of free webmaster tools.
To access the data, visit the labs section of your Google webmaster account and click on the site performance…
Google’s Webmaster Tools have always been an essential resource for website owners and operators, but the introduction of a new keyword user interface is likely to make this resource even more popular.
The upgrade applies to the keyword report available in the webmaster tools, which now includes a daily update of the most common keywords that the Google spiders found…
Google has dropped their PageRank values from the Crawl stats section in Google Webmaster Tools. According to Googler Susan Moskwa, Google have removed the feature because they don’t want webmasters focusing on their PageRank values:
We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most
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Google have launched a new tool under their Google Webmaster Centre that can help to reduce duplicate content issues on your website. The feature, called parameter handling, enables you to specify up to 15 parameters that Google should ignore when crawling your site.
URL Parameters (such as session IDs, source or language codes) can result in many different listings in…
Bing has surprised many of us over the past few weeks with its solid growth in search volume and users.
With Bing securing more and more market share, Microsoft has started to reclaim the attention of webmasters and Search Engine Optimizers.
Accordingly, Microsoft has been quick to get on side with Webmasters and site owners by launching
Google webmaster central now provides webmasters with an easier way to view stats about their website. The popular webmaster tools can now be made available on your personalized iGoogle homepage, so you don’t have to login each time to access them.
iGoogle is Google’s personalized homepage and can be easily used by anyone with a Google account. Simple…
Google have been busy enhancing their suite of webmaster tools in recent times, with the most recent being an updated backlink count measurement for webmasters. Google have now enhanced their backlink reporting even further by providing webmasters with a full list of anchor text other websites use when linking to their website.
Previous to this update, webmaster tools…