A bit of Advice... for Newbies???...

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OK, so I was doing my normal stuff this afternoon, and working in Google's webmasters tool section, and two things occurred to me.

First, there's a LOT of valuable stuff here, basic stuff that helps your website make a better impression with google. Plus google shows you what they see on your site, how often they're crawling it, and all sorts of good stuff.

Secondly, I don't think I've ever seen The Google Webmasters Tools site mentioned on the Warrior Forum before. Even if it was, well, here's another heads up.

BTW, Google explains stuff like robots.txt, sitemaps.xml and a lot of other stuff that gets perhaps a bit mundane, but necessary nevertheless if you just happen to have a website or two in your possession.

www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

Talltom
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  • Profile picture of the author brianAwilliams
    I agree completely. Every time we launch a new website, we make sure to verify it, immediately, within Google Webmaster Tools. It's very easy to do from within your standard Google account under the Business Solutions link below the Google Search. You can track all of your sites from within a single Google account which makes it easy to manage.
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  • Profile picture of the author trippmarxx
    Gotta make use of every tool out there, and this tool is definitely one of those that you should use. Quick and simple to use, as well as the fact that it provides you with some vital information about your website.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Craig
      I just recently discovered Webmaster Tools. It really gives you a lot of good info about your site - and hey, it's free
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  • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
    Actually, this was part of the reason I posted this, when you're working on your sites, Newbies take note::: Google Webmasters Tools needs to be part of your 'grunt' work.

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  • Profile picture of the author Dontrell Lyons
    I was thinking the same thing! You can also create multiple sitemaps and submit them through google webmaster tools. It really is a hidden goldmine!
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  • Profile picture of the author danto2
    THANX FOR THE HEADSUP. I'LL TRY IT
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  • Profile picture of the author jazzyjeff
    Taltom,

    Yes, Google Webmaster tools has a lot of useful information in it. Use this information to make your websites Google friendly so you won't get penalized.

    Jeff
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    • Profile picture of the author Peter Johnston
      That's all great but what exactly is Google friendly?
      Wouldn't it be awsome if you could just lift the phone (remember that old fashioned communications device?) And call Mr Google and say "hey what the f**k is wrong with my site and why are you not indexing it?"
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      • Profile picture of the author Talltom1
        Originally Posted by Peter Johnston View Post

        That's all great but what exactly is Google friendly?
        Wouldn't it be awsome if you could just lift the phone (remember that old fashioned communications device?) And call Mr Google and say "hey what the f**k is wrong with my site and why are you not indexing it?"

        Hey Peter, That's what this post was about - the webmaster tools provided by Google do aim to tell you exactly that. Unfortunately, there's no audio, but....it's there.

        My original post was a heads up that website owners do need to spend some time there....


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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Johnston
    I have a site that isn't being indexed by google and says that robots txt unavailable. I don't have a robots txt as I don't have any pages that I don't want google to crawl.
    Don't figure.
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Lockwood
      Originally Posted by Peter Johnston View Post

      I have a site that isn't being indexed by google and says that robots txt unavailable. I don't have a robots txt as I don't have any pages that I don't want google to crawl.
      Don't figure.
      You don't need a robots.txt file to get your site indexed.
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  • Profile picture of the author yaji
    I agree it is really helpful. I haven't visited that site for a while and will do a revisit soon...
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  • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
    Google webmaster tool is really helpful. It's also a good way to check your SEO progress. Definitely one of the more useful tools for online marketing.
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