Webmaster level: All This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to bring awareness to hacking attacks and offer tips on how to keep your sites safe from hackers. We held the campaignRead more…
HTTPS as a ranking signal
Webmaster level: all Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our services use industry-leading security, like strong HTTPS encryption by default. That means that people using Search, Gmail and Google Drive, forRead more…
Introducing the Google News Publisher Center
(Cross-posted on the Google News Blog) Webmaster level: All UPDATE: Great News — The Publisher Center is now available in all countries where Google News has an edition. If you’re a news publisher, your website has probably evolved and changedRead more…
Testing robots.txt files made easier
Webmaster level: intermediate-advanced To crawl, or not to crawl, that is the robots.txt question. Making and maintaining correct robots.txt files can sometimes be difficult. While most sites have it easy (tip: they often don’t even need a robots.txt file!), findingRead more…
Promoting modern websites for modern devices in Google search results
Webmaster level: allA common annoyance for web users is when websites require browser technologies that are not supported by their device. When users access such pages, they may see nothing but a blank space or miss out a large portionRead more…
Troubleshooting hreflang annotations in Webmaster Tools
If you are targeting users in more than one country, chances are you already heard about rel-alternate-hreflang. If you haven’t, in short, this annotation enables Google and other search engines to serve the correct language or regional version of pagesRead more…
Android app indexing is now open for everyone!
Webmaster level: All Do you have an Android app in addition to your website? You can now connect the two so that users searching from their smartphones and tablets can easily find and reach your app content. App deep linksRead more…
Making site moves easier
Webmaster level: intermediate-advancedFew topics confuse and scare webmasters more than site moves. To help you avoid surprises, we’ve created an in-depth guide on how to handle site moves in a Googlebot-friendly way. So what, exactly, is a site move andRead more…
Directing smartphone users to the page they actually wanted
Webmaster level: all Have you ever used Google Search on your smartphone and clicked on a promising-looking result, only to end up on the mobile site’s homepage, with no idea why the page you were hoping to see vanished? ThisRead more…
App Indexing in more languages
Webmaster level: all In April, we launched App Indexing in English globally so deep links to your mobile apps could appear in Google Search results on Android everywhere. Today, we’re adding the first publishers with content in other languages: FairfaxRead more…