Helping webmasters from user to user

You have to have some kind of super-powers to keep up with all of the issues posted in our Webmaster Help Forum —that's why we call our ...

So long, 2013, and thanks for all the fish

Now that 2013 is almost over, we'd love to take a quick look back, and venture a glimpse into the future. Some of the important topics o...

Website user research and testing on the cheap

Webmaster level: Intermediate As the team responsible for tens of thousands of Google’s informational web pages, the Webmaster Team is here...

Improving URL removals on third-party sites

Webmaster level: all Content on the Internet changes or disappears, and occasionally it's helpful to have search results for it updated ...

New hacked site notifications in search results

Webmaster level: All Today we’ve added a new notification to our search results that helps people know when a site may have been hacked. We’...

Webmaster Tools verification strategies

Webmaster level: all Verifying ownership of your website is the first step towards using Google Webmaster Tools . To help you keep verifica...

Rich Snippets Instructional Videos

Webmaster level: All When users come to Google, they have a pretty good idea of what they’re looking for, but they need help deciding which ...

Handling legitimate cross-domain content duplication

Webmaster level: Intermediate We've recently discussed several ways of handling duplicate content on a single website ; today we'll ...

Introducing smartphone Googlebot-Mobile

Webmaster level: All With the number of smartphone users rapidly rising, we’re seeing more and more websites providing content specifically ...

Clicks and impressions for authors

Webmaster Level: All (Cross-posted on the Inside Search Blog ) With the latest improvements to the way authorship annotations look in sear...

Structured Data dashboard: new markup error reports for easier debugging

Since we launched the Structured Data dashboard last year, it has quickly become one of the most popular features in Webmaster Tools. We’ve...

Helping Webmasters with Hacked Sites

Webmaster Level : Intermediate/Advanced Having your website hacked can be a frustrating experience and we want to do everything we can to he...

Webmaster Tools’ Holiday Update

Webmaster Level: All Just in time for the holidays, the Webmaster Tools team has updated the "Search queries" and "Links to ...

Checklist and videos for mobile website improvement

Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced Unsure where to begin improving your smartphone website? Wondering how to prioritize all the advic...

The four steps to appiness

Webmaster Level: intermediate to advanced App deep links are the new kid on the block in organic search, and they’re picking up speed fas...

New markup for multilingual content

Many websites serve users from around the world. There are different approaches to serving content appropriate to your users' language a...

Your site's performance in Webmaster Tools

Webmaster level: Intermediate Let's take a quick look at the individual sections in the Google Webmaster Tools' Site Performance fe...

Are you a robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA”

reCAPTCHA protects the websites you love from spam and abuse. So, when you go online—say, for some last-minute holiday shopping—you won...