reCAPTCHA protects the websites you love from spam and abuse. So, when you go online—say, for some last-minute holiday shopping—you won’t be competing with robots and abusive scripts to access sites. For years, we’ve prompted users to confirm they aren’tRead more…
Helping users find mobile-friendly pages
Webmaster level: All Have you ever tapped on a Google Search result on your mobile phone, only to find yourself looking at a page where the text was too small, the links were tiny, and you had to scroll sidewaysRead more…
Tracking mobile usability in Webmaster Tools
Webmaster Level: intermediate Mobile is growing at a fantastic pace – in usage, not just in screen size. To keep you informed of issues mobile users might be seeing across your website, we’ve added the Mobile Usability feature to WebmasterRead more…
Updating our technical Webmaster Guidelines
Webmaster level: All We recently announced that our indexing system has been rendering web pages more like a typical modern browser, with CSS and JavaScript turned on. Today, we’re updating one of our technical Webmaster Guidelines in light of thisRead more…
Best practices for XML sitemaps & RSS/Atom feeds
Webmaster level: intermediate-advanced Submitting sitemaps can be an important part of optimizing websites. Sitemaps enable search engines to discover all pages on a site and to download them quickly when they change. This blog post explains which fields in sitemapsRead more…
Bring your local business online — no website required!
Webmaster Level: Beginner “Hey, how do I get my business on the web?” Having worked at Google for nine years, if I had a penny for every time someone asked me that question… To answer, today we’re releasing aRead more…
An update to the Webmaster Tools API
Webmaster level: advanced Over the summer the Webmaster Tools team has been cooking up an update to the Webmaster Tools API. The new API is consistent with other Google APIs, makes it easier to authenticate for apps or web-services, andRead more…
Webmaster Academy now available in 22 languages
Webmaster level: Beginner Today, the new Webmaster Academy goes live in 22 languages! New or beginner webmasters speaking a multitude of languages can now learn the fundamentals of making a great site, providing an enjoyable user experience, and ranking wellRead more…
An improved search box within the search results
Webmaster level: AllToday you’ll see a new and improved sitelinks search box. When shown, it will make it easier for users to reach specific content on your site, directly through your own site-search pages. What’s this search box and whenRead more…
Optimizing for Bandwidth on Apache and Nginx
Webmaster level: advanced Everyone wants to use less bandwidth: hosts want lower bills, mobile users want to stay under their limits, and no one wants to wait for unnecessary bytes. The web is full of opportunities to save bandwidth: pagesRead more…