Category Archives: google sitemaps / webmaster tools

Google webmaster tools UI update.

TweetGoogle have updated the UI of the front dashboard page in webmaster tools . Here is a screen shot: The really interesting thing is the “Sort: By site health” ??? interesting use of the word health…. Also google are showing … Continue reading

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Google bug for blocked URLs

TweetI run a large forum and had a “Defamation Complaint: UK” as a member had posted about how they felt they had been scammed. I’m not going to quote as don’t want to url removed for the search results but … Continue reading

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google webmaster tools bug

Tweetbarry beat me to blogging this as I’m far to busy so credit to him for picking up on it. You can see his post here:Â http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/022347.html When he wrote about it the screen grab he had didn’t show this … Continue reading

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Google hit by duplicate content penalty.

TweetI’ve just notice today that google has been hit by a duplicate content penalty and dropped in rankings… I’m lazy and wanted to log into google webmaster tool so I search on google for “sitemaps” (It used to be sitemaps … Continue reading

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Barry is dropping hints again..

TweetAfter the success of the barry tag also know as noydir tag to remove yahoo directory titles more info here http://www.seohome.co.uk/2007/03/01/noydir-is-here/ Barry’s new crusade is to get “more” of the new google webmaster tools “link” section …  He’s not … Continue reading

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Sitemaps update.. True link count from google WOW!

Tweet Pages with external links  Pages with internal links  This is amazing.. Full link commands! WOW Need I say more really.. The next few hr’s i’m playing 😀 Well done google.. Thanks for giving us what we need … Continue reading

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New Sitemaps Protocol May Hurt Your Listings in Yahoo! Tim Says no!

TweetQuite a few comments in forums regarding the drop in indexing/ranking when adding the site maps protocol.. This used to be a google sitemaps topic and now has moved to yahoo, however tim (assuming Tim Mayer)Â has commented on SERT … Continue reading

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Google bot stats from webmaster tools

TweetGbot activity.. This is very cool.. I have 3 sites with ye-oldie google sitemaps and its really good to see the difference.. Anyway this is what google said: Check out these cool charts! We show you the number of pages … Continue reading

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Fresher info for us webmasters

TweetThis is great news imho. Just for some reason only just got around to blogging it.. Ah well.. Â Anyway for anyone who hasn’t read about this yet it the fact that google going to give us far fresher Query … Continue reading

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Fun quote in sitemaps

TweetI’m sure many people have noticed this and most likely blog about it.. But hey i’ve only just noticed it.. Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. — Evan Esar (1899-1995), … Continue reading

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