Comments on: Webmaster console features? http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/ neat fun stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DJ Morrishttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-805034 DJ Morris Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:55:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-805034 An automated message or warning regarding a penalty you incurred so you can at the very least have the opportunity to fix the issue. An automated message or warning regarding a penalty you incurred so you can at the very least have the opportunity to fix the issue.

]]> By: Dan Boylehttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-792719 Dan Boyle Thu, 19 May 2011 19:19:20 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-792719 I sometimes write abstracts of articles I find in the web. It helps give a reference point for my input. Does using this content count as duplicate content even though I give credit and a link to the original? Anybody? I sometimes write abstracts of articles I find in the web. It helps give a reference point for my input. Does using this content count as duplicate content even though I give credit and a link to the original? Anybody?

]]> By: Luci diseño webhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-730567 Luci diseño web Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:59:48 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-730567 First time commenter so be easy on me! How about a reason why a certain page is in the supplementary index eg no links / lack of content/ spam First time commenter so be easy on me!
How about a reason why a certain page is in the supplementary index
eg no links / lack of content/ spam

]]> By: Robert Worthingtonhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-726249 Robert Worthington Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:40:42 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-726249 Google Webmasters has been a huge blessing for many. The competition is fierce. Adwords, analytics, and all the tools are a big help to produce a successful site. Google Webmasters has been a huge blessing for many. The competition is fierce. Adwords, analytics, and all the tools are a big help to produce a successful site.

]]> By: Tim Pletcherhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-668830 Tim Pletcher Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:37:13 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-668830 But of course I must say these are all great :) My idea (I know, its a bit of a stretch but humor me) is to create GOOGLE (insert clever name here) custom page similar to igoogle. A place where all amazing google tools are integrated into one space and organized according to the users own taste. For example I want (if I am going, I might as well go big here) a fully customizable control panel where with a "click" I can add a custom analytic's box on one side and and links list on the other. And so on... is it too much to ask? ;) But of course I must say these are all great :) My idea (I know, its a bit of a stretch but humor me) is to create GOOGLE (insert clever name here) custom page similar to igoogle. A place where all amazing google tools are integrated into one space and organized according to the users own taste.
For example I want (if I am going, I might as well go big here) a fully customizable control panel where with a “click” I can add a custom analytic’s box on one side and and links list on the other. And so on… is it too much to ask? ;)

]]> By: Mr.Bighttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-502384 Mr.Big Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:05:57 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-502384 Hello! I think more information about penalities would be the most good and reasonably. Hello! I think more information about penalities would be the most good and reasonably.

]]> By: peppyhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-131029 peppy Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-131029 Greetings Matt,I personally would like a few of those features:More information about penalties or other scoring issues: It would be great to know if something is wrong, especially for people who don't know much about SEO and lack experience, or for more experienced people like me to know if new sites have penalties or they are just crappy and new. It gets a little scary when a site goes from 50 visitors a day to 1 or 2.Show links on your site that are broken: This is a big one! All there is out there (that I know of) is that Zenu software to check for broken links. EXTREMELY helpful for large sites so I don't have to manually look at every single link. Problem is, Zenu always times out before it finishes a scan lol, it would be awesome to have this feature in webmaster tools to find what pages these bad links are. It could catch misspelled linking URLs as I make them.Show causes of 404 errors: This goes hand in hand with finding broken links, especially if I don't know what pages the broken links are located and it's a huge site.Option to "disavow" backlinks from or to a site: This would be an interesting tool because I would like to knock out some bad links that could be coming from hostile competitors or bad neighborhoods. At least I would have a little control over who links to me.Fetch a page as Googlebot to verify correct behavior: It would be great to see a page through the eyes of Googlebot. The reason is because I had a site a LONG time ago when I was an inexperienced webmaster. My background was that of a repeated background image ON TOP of a white background. I had white text over this image. The problem is Googlebot probably saw this as white text over white background and I got a major penalty that lasted all year and I had to close up that business. I didn't notice it for a few months because it came up as white text on a dark picture (which looked sweet by the way). I thought this traffic was "normal" getting 1 or 2 visitors per day but I didn't know about penalties that whole year and realized that competitors with crappy looking sites and less content than mine were getting 100s of visitors per day. Again, this goes hand in hand with the "More information about penalties or other scoring issues" feature that would help indicate problems!Those are the features that would help me out the most. Just thought I would throw it out there with my reasoning.Best Greetings Matt,

I personally would like a few of those features:

More information about penalties or other scoring issues: It would be great to know if something is wrong, especially for people who don’t know much about SEO and lack experience, or for more experienced people like me to know if new sites have penalties or they are just crappy and new. It gets a little scary when a site goes from 50 visitors a day to 1 or 2.

Show links on your site that are broken: This is a big one! All there is out there (that I know of) is that Zenu software to check for broken links. EXTREMELY helpful for large sites so I don’t have to manually look at every single link. Problem is, Zenu always times out before it finishes a scan lol, it would be awesome to have this feature in webmaster tools to find what pages these bad links are. It could catch misspelled linking URLs as I make them.

Show causes of 404 errors: This goes hand in hand with finding broken links, especially if I don’t know what pages the broken links are located and it’s a huge site.

Option to “disavow” backlinks from or to a site: This would be an interesting tool because I would like to knock out some bad links that could be coming from hostile competitors or bad neighborhoods. At least I would have a little control over who links to me.

Fetch a page as Googlebot to verify correct behavior: It would be great to see a page through the eyes of Googlebot. The reason is because I had a site a LONG time ago when I was an inexperienced webmaster. My background was that of a repeated background image ON TOP of a white background. I had white text over this image. The problem is Googlebot probably saw this as white text over white background and I got a major penalty that lasted all year and I had to close up that business. I didn’t notice it for a few months because it came up as white text on a dark picture (which looked sweet by the way). I thought this traffic was “normal” getting 1 or 2 visitors per day but I didn’t know about penalties that whole year and realized that competitors with crappy looking sites and less content than mine were getting 100s of visitors per day. Again, this goes hand in hand with the “More information about penalties or other scoring issues” feature that would help indicate problems!

Those are the features that would help me out the most. Just thought I would throw it out there with my reasoning.

Best

]]> By: Karlhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-121991 Karl Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:26:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-121991 Hi!<i> Option to "disavow" backlinks from or to a site </i>,because I want let you know that this must be stopped at ounce:66.249.65.205 - - [31/Jan/2008:22:28:07 +0100] "GET /graph/Black-Smoker/?ref=SaglikAlani.Com HTTP/1.1" 200 - www.light2art.de "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)" "-"or how else can I stop this <i>rumor</i>?Greetings Karl Hi!

Option to “disavow” backlinks from or to a site ,

because I want let you know that this must be stopped at ounce:

66.249.65.205 – - [31/Jan/2008:22:28:07 +0100] “GET /graph/Black-Smoker/?ref=SaglikAlani.Com HTTP/1.1″ 200 – http://www.light2art.de “-” “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)” “-”

or how else can I stop this rumor?

Greetings Karl

]]> By: Ray Burnhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-115630 Ray Burn Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:08:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-115630 Yay,I see that a geo target location tool has been added now - thanks to Matt and the Webmaster Tools team.http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/10/better-geographic-choices-for.htmlGroovy :) Yay,

I see that a geo target location tool has been added now – thanks to Matt and the Webmaster Tools team.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/10/better-geographic-choices-for.html

Groovy :)

]]> By: azukahttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-114597 azuka Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:33:45 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-features/#comment-114597 "More information about penalties" is a great option, because it's not fair to be penalized and not to know the reason. Also it's a good idea that G says how much time is the penalty , this way you know if there are hopes or already you are dead. You know, when you don't have traffic from Google you're practically Dead."Tell Google the correct country or language for a site" is another good point, in some countries web hosting is really expensive and people get web hosting abroad. “More information about penalties” is a great option, because it’s not fair to be penalized and not to know the reason. Also it’s a good idea that G says how much time is the penalty , this way you know if there are hopes or already you are dead. You know, when you don’t have traffic from Google you’re practically Dead.

“Tell Google the correct country or language for a site” is another good point, in some countries web hosting is really expensive and people get web hosting abroad.

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