Webmaster Widget » Google Webmaster Tools http://www.webmasterwidget.com best resource for webmasters and web developers Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:34:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Anchor text – Search engine algorithmshttp://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/anchor-text-search-engine-algorithms http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/anchor-text-search-engine-algorithms#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:35:42 +0000 http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/anchor-text-search-engine-algorithms WebmasterAnchor text is weighted (ranked) highly in search engine algorithms, because the linked text is usually relevant to the landing page. The objective of search engines is to provide highly relevant search results; this is where anchor text helps, as the tendency was, more often than not, to hyperlink words relevant to the landing page. [...]No related posts.]]>

Anchor text is weighted (ranked) highly in search engine algorithms, because the linked text is usually relevant to the landing page. The objective of search engines is to provide highly relevant search results; this is where anchor text helps, as the tendency was, more often than not, to hyperlink words relevant to the landing page.

Webmasters may use anchor text to procure high results in search engine results pages. Google’s Webmaster Tools facilitate this optimization by letting website owners view the most common words in anchor text linking to their site.

In the past, Google bombing has been possible through anchor text manipulation; however, in January, 2007, Google announced it had updated its algorithm to minimize the impact of Google bombs.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Anchor text, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Several proposals have been made for fragment identifiers for use with plain text documents (which cannot store anchor metadata), or to refer to locations within HTML documents in which the author has not used anchor tags:

* RFC 5147 proposes a fragment identifier for text/plain documents, based on character and line positions and ranges within the document using the keywords “char” and “line”. This example identifies lines 11 through 20 of a text document, for instance:

** http://example.com/document.txt#line=10,20

* Erik Wilde and Marcel Baschnagel of the ETH Zurich extend this to also identify fragments in plain text documents using regular expressions, with the keyword “match”. For example, the following would find the case-insensitive text “RFC” anywhere in the document:

** http://example.com/document.txt#match=[rR][fF][cC]

* K. Yee of the Foresight Institute proposes “extended fragment identifiers” delimited with colons and a keyword to differentiate them from anchor identifiers. A text search fragment identifier with “fragment specification scheme” id “words” is the first proposal in this scheme. The following example would search a document for the first occurrence of the string “some context for a search term” and then highlight the words “search term”:

** http://example.com/index.html#:words:some-context-for-a-(search-term)

* Mozilla Foundation employee Gervase Markham has proposed a fragment identifier for searching, of the form

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#!s!search terms. The exclamation point is illegal in anchor tags, ensuring separation from that functionality. Adding a number after the s (#!s10!) indicates that the browser should search for the ”n”th occurrence of the search term. A negative number (#!s-3!) starts searching backwards from the end of the document. A Greasemonkey script is available to add this functionality to compatible browsers.

** http://example.com/index.html#!s3!search terms

* Google Webmaster Central has proposed using an initial exclamation point in fragment identifiers for stateful AJAX pages:

** http://example.com/page?query#!state

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Fragment identifier, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Sandvox is a WYSIWYG template-based website creation tool by Karelia Software, based around WebKit. Released May 16, 2006, it competes directly with Apple’s iWeb and Realmac’s RapidWeaver. Sandvox can be purchased with either a Regular or Pro license. The Pro license unlocks more advanced features, such as the ability to include raw HTML pages and “pagelets” within the created website, along with Google Webmaster Tools integration. In 2007, Sandvox 1.2 won the runner-up Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X User Experience.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Sandvox, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Google Webmaster Tools is a no-charge web service by Google for webmasters. It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites.

It has tools that let the webmasters:

* Submit and check a sitemap

* Check and set the crawl rate, and view statistics about how Googlebot accesses a particular site

* Generate and check a robots.txt file

* List internal and external pages that link to the site

* See what keyword searches on Google led to the site being listed in the SERPs, and the click through rates of such listings

* View statistics about how Google indexes the site, and if it found any errors while doing it

* Set a preferred domain (e.g. prefer example.com over www.example.com or vice versa), which determines how the site URL is displayed in SERPs

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Google Webmaster Tools, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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]]> http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/google-webmaster-tools-introduction/feed 0 Keyword research – Conducting Keyword Researchhttp://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/keyword-research-conducting-keyword-research http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/keyword-research-conducting-keyword-research#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:35:29 +0000 http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/keyword-research-conducting-keyword-research Webmaster(Please note, this is not an entry on how to apply keyword research.). Keyword research should not be undertaken ad hoc. It is the foundation. for all natural search engine optimization techniques as the keywords finally selected based on search volume and likely ability to compete should be included in some, if not all, of [...]No related posts.]]>

(Please note, this is not an entry on how to apply keyword research.). Keyword research should not be undertaken ad hoc. It is the foundation. for all natural search engine optimization techniques as the keywords finally selected based on search volume and likely ability to compete should be included in some, if not all, of the following SEO onpage elements, as well as in any anchor text backlinking to the relevant webpages:

* URL

* Title tag

* Metadata

* Headers

* Actual Content

* Navigation links

* Image names

* Alt attributes

Christine Churchill, another noted SEO expert, simply states that keyword research is the bedrock of successful web page optimization.

Sources of traditional research data

* Wordtracker Allows to search for popular keywords.

* Yahoo Panama Keyword Tool

* Google Keyword Tool, traffic estimator, Webmaster Tools; Google Suggest and Google Trends

* MSN Keyword Forecast

* Hitwise

Uses of Advanced Keyword research

* Business Research

* Product Research

* Brand Equity

* Competitive Intelligence

* New Market & Product Opportunity Identification

* Consumer Feedback

* Social Research

* Political Topics

* Public Issues

* Celebrity Brand

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Keyword research, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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, Google Sites offers the following features:

* Ability to create full copies of sites, including copying from Google Apps to Sites (and vice versa)

* Subscribe (by email) to changes for individual pages or the entire site

* Native RSS feeds for:

** Announcements pages

** Comments

** Recent site activity

* Default page template:

** Web page

** Announcements

** List

** File Cabinet

* Custom templates:

** Individual page types

** Entire sites

* Integrated with:

** Google AdSense

** Google Webmaster Tools

** YouTube and Google Video

** Google Docs (Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations)

** Google Calendar

** Google Maps

** Picasa

** Google Analytics

** Google Apps Script

* Revision history for most page types

* Multiple page layout options

* File storage, including version history

* Access to a full library of custom gadgets which can be used to greatly extend the functionality of Google Sites. Users can also build and insert custom gadgets of their own as a way to include content that may otherwise be rejected by the Google Sites editor.

* No ads are displayed, though each user may choose to monetize their site with the AdSense integration.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Google Sites, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Getting indexed

The leading search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo!, use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results. Pages that are linked from other search engine indexed pages do not need to be submitted because they are found automatically. Some search engines, notably Yahoo!, operate a paid submission service that guarantee crawling for either a set fee or cost per click. Such programs usually guarantee inclusion in the database, but do not guarantee specific ranking within the search results. Two major directories, the Yahoo Directory and the Open Directory Project both require manual submission and human editorial review. Google offers Google Webmaster Tools, for which an XML Sitemap feed can be created and submitted for free to ensure that all pages are found, especially pages that aren’t discoverable by automatically following links.

Search engine crawlers may look at a number of different factors when crawling a site. Not every page is indexed by the search engines. Distance of pages from the root directory of a site may also be a factor in whether or not pages get crawled.

Preventing crawling

To avoid undesirable content in the search indexes, webmasters can instruct spiders not to crawl certain files or directories through the standard robots.txt file in the root directory of the domain. Additionally, a page can be explicitly excluded from a search engine’s database by using a meta tag specific to robots. When a search engine visits a site, the robots.txt located in the root directory is the first file crawled. The robots.txt file is then parsed, and will instruct the robot as to which pages are not to be crawled. As a search engine crawler may keep a cached copy of this file, it may on occasion crawl pages a webmaster does not wish crawled. Pages typically prevented from being crawled include login specific pages such as shopping carts and user-specific content such as search results from internal searches. In March 2007, Google warned webmasters that they should prevent indexing of internal search results because those pages are considered search spam.

Increasing prominence

A variety of methods can increase the prominence of a webpage within the search results. Cross linking between pages of the same website to provide more links to most important pages may improve its visibility.

Writing content that includes frequently searched keyword phrase, so as to be relevant to a wide variety of search queries will tend to increase traffic. Adding relevant keywords to a web page’s meta data, including the title tag and meta description, will tend to improve the relevancy of a site’s search listings, thus increasing traffic. URL normalization of web pages accessible via multiple urls, using the “canonical” meta tag or via 301 redirects can help make sure links to different versions of the url all count towards the page’s link popularity score.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Search engine optimization, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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]]> http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/search-engine-optimization-methods/feed 0 Search engine optimization methods – Getting indexedhttp://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/search-engine-optimization-methods-getting-indexed http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/search-engine-optimization-methods-getting-indexed#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:36:40 +0000 http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/search-engine-optimization-methods-getting-indexed WebmasterThe leading search engines, such as Google and Yahoo!, use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results. Pages that are linked from other search engine indexed pages do not need to be submitted because they are found automatically. Some search engines, notably Yahoo!, operate a paid submission service that guarantee crawling for either [...]No related posts.]]>

The leading search engines, such as Google and Yahoo!, use crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results. Pages that are linked from other search engine indexed pages do not need to be submitted because they are found automatically. Some search engines, notably Yahoo!, operate a paid submission service that guarantee crawling for either a set fee or cost per click. Such programs usually guarantee inclusion in the database, but do not guarantee specific ranking within the search results. Two major directories, the Yahoo Directory and the Open Directory Project both require manual submission and human editorial review. Google offers Google Webmaster Tools, for which an XML Sitemap feed can be created and submitted for free to ensure that all pages are found, especially pages that aren’t discoverable by automatically following links.

Search engine crawlers may look at a number of different factors when crawling a site. Not every page is indexed by the search engines. Distance of pages from the root directory of a site may also be a factor in whether or not pages get crawled.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Search engine optimization methods, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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]]> http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/search-engine-optimization-methods-getting-indexed/feed 0 Google Webmaster Tools – Criticism and controversyhttp://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/google-webmaster-tools-criticism-and-controversy http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/google-webmaster-tools-criticism-and-controversy#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:34:24 +0000 http://www.webmasterwidget.com/article/google-webmaster-tools-criticism-and-controversy WebmasterThe list of inbound links on Google Webmaster Tools is generally much larger than the list of inbound links that can be discovered using the ”link:somewebsite.com” search query on Google itself. Google is tight lipped about the discrepancy. The list on Google Webmaster Tools includes nofollow links that do not convey search engine optimization authority [...]No related posts.]]>

The list of inbound links on Google Webmaster Tools is generally much larger than the list of inbound links that can be discovered using the ”link:somewebsite.com” search query on Google itself. Google is tight lipped about the discrepancy. The list on Google Webmaster Tools includes nofollow links that do not convey search engine optimization authority to the linked site. On the other hand, the list of links generated with a ”link:somewebsite.com” type query are deemed by Google to be “important” links in a controversial way.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Google Webmaster Tools, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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By: Chirag Gadara

Dear bloggers and webmasters, in this article I am going to show you the secrets of fetching instant traffic for your newly published blog or website and to get it indexed in Google the fastest way. You do not need to invest money for your blog to start appearing in Google Search Results Pages if you care fully follow below tips.

There is no matter if you want to index your blog that you build for making money online or your website that you built for your product information or for your company portfolio. The tips discussed here works for everyone. So here we go.

1. as soon as you register your new domain, and make it live, go to Google webmasters tools and create your account. Register your domain with Google webmaster tools and validate the ownership of domain. This can be done by uploading html file available in webmaster tools account to your www root folder or by putting Meta tag with Google verification value in html header of your site. Once register and verified, create valid xml sitemap on your website and submit to your Google webmaster account.

If you are a Blogger and using blogging platform like WordPress, it is very easy to dynamically produce Google xml sitemap with available plugins. If you are applying these tips with your company website, you can use any online xml sitemap generator tool to build and upload sitemap to your server.

2. It is also recommended to open up Google analytics account and integrated analytic script in your blog to track the results of our effort on indexing and SEO. Now you are ready with your blog submitted to Google webmaster tools and ready to track with analytics also. Do not forget to verify the Googlebot accessibility to your blog by looking at robots.txt file, not to worry if it does not exists.

3. If you have another high performing or high Google PR page, immediately post link to your new domain on that page. If not, then create a high quality article about your product, website or on hot topic in the same niche of your blog. Post that article to top article directory like EzineArticles, GoArticles and Article Dashboard with BackLink to your new domain in author box.

4. Create social media account like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace and social bookmark account with Delicious and Stumble Upon. Immediately bookmark your new domain and any newly published page or blog posts to your social accounts.

Now seat back, relax and wait for the Google to visit your site from any of the links we posted on Internet. If you have immediately implemented above tips on your new domain, I am sure your will be indexed in Google search result pages within 24 Hrs. Waiting eagerly for your valuable comments here.

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