If you’re not already familiar with Google’s free Webmaster Tools, you might want to give them a test drive. They’ll help you:
• Learn which pages of your site are indexed
• Identify URLs Google has had trouble crawling and find out why
• See when Google last crawled your site
• Determine what pages link to your site, an important factor in search engine rankings
• Find the top queries that drive traffic to your site, and where your site is included in the top search results
In addition, Webmaster Tools allows you to share helpful information with Google, such as how frequently you’d like Google to crawl your site for changes.
To tour Google WebmasterTools, click here.
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2 Comments
Val:
This is a great resource that you’ve shared with your readers. Google Webmaster tools is one of the best ways to make sure you give Google what they want.
It couldn’t be easier. Google tells you what it needs to make your website be more easily found by their robots and they also tell you how to do it.
And, it’s free! You can’t beat that.
Great information – you’re always ON IT.
-Lena
Thanks, Lena. It’s amazing how much terrific free stuff Google offers…and how few people seem to know about it. And user-friendly, too!
-Val