Webmaster Level: AllLast year we introduced Rich Snippets, a new feature that makes it possible to surface structured data from your pages on Google’s search results. So far, user reaction to Rich Snippets has been enthusiastic — after all, Rich Snipp…
Google SEO resources for beginners
Webmaster Level: BeginnerWant to eat healthier and exercise more in 2010? That’s tough! Want to learn about search engine optimization (SEO) so you can disregard the rumors and know what’s important? That’s easy! Here’s how to gain SEO knowledge as you…
Region Tags in Google Search Results
Webmaster Level: AllCountry-code top-level domains (or ccTLDs) can provide people with a quick and valuable clue about the location of a website—for example, “.fr” for France or “.co.jp” for Japan. However, for certain top level domains like .com, .i…
Hard facts about comment spam
Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you’re reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by exploi…
‘New software version’ notifications for your site
Webmaster level: AllOne of the great things about working at Google is that we get to take advantage of an enormous amount of computing power to do some really cool things. One idea we tried out was to let webmasters know about their potentially hackab…
Running desktop and mobile versions of your site
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese version of the Webmaster Central Blog )Recently I introduced several methods to ensure your mobile site is properly indexed by Google. Today I’d like to share information useful for webmasters who man…
Pros and cons of watermarked images
Webmaster Level: AllWhat’s our take on watermarked images for Image Search? It’s a complicated topic. I talked with Peter Linsley—my friend at the ‘plex, video star, and Product Manager for Image Search—to hear his thoughts.Maile: So, Peter… “wat…
Help Google index your mobile site
(This post was largely translated from our Japanese Webmaster Central Blog.)It seems the world is going mobile, with many people using mobile phones on a daily basis, and a large user base searching on Google’s mobile search page. However, as a webma…