We updated our job posting guidelines

Last year, we launched job search on Google to connect more people with jobs. When you provide Job Posting structured data , it helps drive more rele…

Introducing the new Search Console

A few months ago we released a beta version of a new Search Console experience to a limited number of users. We are now starting to release this bet…

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…

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…

App Indexing updates

Webmaster Level: Advanced In October, we announced guidelines for App Indexing for deep linking directly from Google Search results to your Android …

Indexing apps just like websites

Webmaster Level: Advanced Searchers on smartphones experience many speed bumps that can slow them down. For example, any time they need to change co…

What’s new with Sitemaps

Webmaster level: All Sitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site. Webmaster Tools’ Sitemaps feature gives you feedback on your submi…

Tag Your TV Shows!

Webmaster Level: All If your website is the authoritative source for the video of a particular TV show, make sure we know about it! Hopefully, you a…

Making Websites Mobile Friendly

Webmaster level: Intermediate We’ve noticed a rise in the number of questions from webmasters about how best to structure a website for mobile phone…

Sending Video Sitemaps Q&A holiday cheer

Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced To the fabulous, savvy audience that attended our Video Sitemap webinar several months ago, please accept ou…

Video Sitemaps & mRSS vs. Facebook Share & RDFa

Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced What are the benefits of submitting feeds like Video Sitemaps and mRSS vs. the benefits of Facebook Share an…

Video Sitemaps: Is your video part of a gallery?

Webmaster Level: All Often a website which hosts videos will have a common top-level page that groups conceptually related videos together. Such a pag…

To err is human, Video Sitemap feedback is divine!

Webmaster Level: All You can now check your Video Sitemap for even more errors right in Webmaster Tools ! It’s a new Labs feature to signal issues in y…

Video Sitemaps: Understanding location tags

Webmaster Level: All If you want to add video information to a Sitemap or mRSS feed you must specify the location of the video. This means you must in…

Video Sitemaps 101: Making your videos searchable

Webmaster Level: All We know that some of you, or your clients or colleagues, may be new to online video publishing. To make it easier for everyone to…

Sitemaps: One file, many content types

Webmaster Level: All Have you ever wanted to submit your various content types (video, images, etc.) in one Sitemap ? Now you can! If your site contain…

Help Google index your videos

Webmaster Level: All The single best way to make Google aware of all your videos on your website is to create and maintain a Video Sitemap . Video Site…

Adding Images to your Sitemaps

Webmaster Level: All Sitemaps are an invaluable resource for search engines. They can highlight the important content on a site and allow crawlers to …

Tips for News Search

Webmaster Level: All During my stint on the " How Google Works Tour: Seattle ", I heard plenty of questions regarding News Search from esteeme…

An Update on Sitemaps at Google

Did you know that the number of website hosts that have been submitting Sitemap files has almost tripled over the last year? It's no wonder: the…