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Google for Webmasters
Your site and Google
Ranking and Serving
Indexing
CrawlingDiscovering
Your content and GoogleGetting pages in (and out) of Google’s indexMaking your site accessible…And smartly labeled
How Google discovers your site
Organic links Add URL tool: http://www.google.com/addurl/ Sitemaps
Discoverability – Sitemaps
XML Sitemaps
Useful for: Dynamic contento Websites with few incoming linkso Large archive of content pages
Provides Google with information on: When the site was last updated o How often it changeso The relative importance of pages on your site
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318 And http://www.sitemaps.org
You may wish to block from search engines…o Private informationo Sections or pages “under construction”
Blocking options include…o Robots.txt
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35302
o Meta tags http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=93710
NOTE: Not to be used simultaneously to block the same set of pages.
Telling Google what not to index
Accessibility is a critical component of web sites, enabling…• Effective crawling by Googlebot• Browsing and interacting on a mobile device• Understanding of content by the sight-impaired
Understanding accessibility
Accessibility and Googlebot
Googlebot is good at crawling text:• HTML• PDFs, docs, txts, etc
More challenging for Googlebot:• Images and movies• Dynamic and rich content: Flash, JavaScript, frames, or dynamically generated
URLsAdvice: View your site in a text-only browser:
Making your images more accessible
<img src=“googlebot.jpg” alt=“googlebot with flowers”> “Googlebot -- what a dreamboat. It's like he knows us <head>, <body>, and
soul.”
• Describe the important content of each image in text• Use alt-text• Descriptive file names
Dynamic & media rich content suggestions
Design for accessibilityo Focus on userso Multiple browsers
Mobile phone Screen readers
Design with progressive enhancement
o Navigation in HTML, then add your rich content
o Example: YouTube
For best uses of Flash:http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/07/best-uses-of-flash.html
For best uses of Ajax:http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/11/spiders-view-of-web-20.html
Importance of titles and descriptions
HTML Code:<title>Google Webmaster Central</title>
Duplicate content
What is duplicate content?
Example: article and printer version of the site
Best practices:o 301so Preferred domain featureo Robots.txt file
For more helpful tips:http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/demystifying-duplicate-content-penalty.html
Ranking – Relevance and importance
Sites listings are prioritized algorithmically according to pages’…• Relevance
o Matching the search to the pageo Taking into account geographyo In some cases, considering a user’s web history
• Importance http://www.google.com/technology http://www.google.com/history
Pigeons (http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
)
Understanding PageRank
Now just one of more than two hundred ranking components Based more upon quality (rather than quantity) of incoming and natural links
o Buying or selling links to pass PageRank is against Google’s Webmaster Guidelines http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66356
Best methods to increase PageRank:o Create great contento Participate thoughtfully in relevant communities online and offline
Fluctuations in PageRank and ranking
Rankings fluctuate! (Hundreds of ranking signals, with over 450 updated last year alone)
o Algorithmic updateso Changes in your site’s contentso Changes in other sites’ contentso Violation of Google Webmaster Guidelines
Keeping your site strong: Webmaster Guidelines
• Put yourself in your users’ shoes• Treat Googlebot the same way as your human users (don’t cloak!)• Make sure outgoing links point to relevant resources that reflect well on you• Read our Webmaster Guidelines:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
Google’s resources for webmastersGoogle’s official blog, help center, discussion group, and beyond
Webmaster Central aims to provide relevant resources and tools to help webmasters get the best experience with Google.
http://www.google.com/webmasters
Webmaster Central
• Tools• Submit your content to Google• Blog • Help Center Documentation• Discussion Group
Webmaster Tools – An insider’s view of your site
Google Webmaster Tools provides you a free and easy way to make your site more Google-friendly. Using this tool, you and other site owners can:
• Get Google’s view of your website and diagnose potential problems
• See how your site is performing
• Add a Sitemap
Webmaster Tools – Helping Google help you
• Communicate with Google• Adjust crawl rates• Delete outdated sitelinks• Report spam and paid links• File a reconsideration request
Webmaster Tools – Discover more
Learn how to use Webmaster Tools more in depth:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/edu/quickstartguide/index.html
Google Webmaster Central Blog
• The Google Webmaster Central Blog• Official Google communications directed at
Webmasters o Announcementso New Featureso Information on indexing, ranking, guidelines
English: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ German: http://googlewebmastercentral-de.blogspot.com/ Chinese: http://www.googlechinawebmaster.com/
Google Webmaster Help Center
• Hundreds of articles in more than two dozen languages• Getting started guides, tips, guidelines, and more
• The Webmaster Help Group can be reached via the link in Webmaster Central
• Experienced webmasters and Googlers answer your questions.
16 languages supported as of July 2008:English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Russian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Turkish, and Chinese
Google Webmaster Help Group
Google Webmaster Central
www.google.com/webmasters
Other useful tools and resources
Google offers many tools and products that can help you better understand your site and enhance your users’ experiences.
o Create and share compelling contento Gain a deeper understanding of your site’s visitorso Get insight into your competitors and competitive space
Creating and sharing compelling content
Deeper understanding of your site’s visitors
Google Analyticshttp://www.google.com/analytics/ Discover where your visitors come fromo Learn how they interact with your site
Website Optimizerhttp://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer/ o Test different combinations of site contento Increase visitor conversion rates and
satisfaction
Research and keep track of your market
Trends – http://www.google.com/trendsReader – http://www.google.com/readerAlerts – http://www.google.com/alerts
http://www.google.com/options
Thank You