Google Webmaster Tool
Google search console, previously known as Google webmaster tool is a free web service by Google for
webmasters. It allows webmasters to check
indexing status and optimizevisibility for their websites. It was on May 20, 2005 when Google webmaster tool was renamed to Google
search console with few modifications to new version. Later in January 2018 Google introduced a new
version of the search console with a
refreshed user interface and
improvements.
FEATURES
Search
console has tools with will help the webmasters
to:
· Submit and
check the sitemap and also helps
the webmasters to check if there is any errors in their sitemap.
·
Check and set the crawl rate, and view statistics about when Googlebot
accesses a particular site.
· List internal and external pages that link to
the site.
· Highlight to Google search elements of structured
data which are used to enrich search hit entries.
· Add or remove the property owners and associates
of the web property.
· Receive notifications from Google for manual penalties.
·
Get a list of links
which Googlebot had difficulty crawling, including the error that Googlebot
received when accessing the URLs in question.
· Provides
access to API to add, change and delete
listings and lists the crawl errors.
Google webmaster tool is
a Google service that allows you to analyze
several features of your web sites. This tool is mostly useful for figuring what people are interested in.
this tool also helps in improving our
content if needed, it also helps in
improving visibility of their pages.
How to Use Webmaster Tool
Installing
webmaster onto a computer or laptop is an easy process all you have to do is:
2. Add your site and then verify
it.
3. Add a MetaTag to all pages or add HTML file to the root directory.
Now you have completed the installation successfully and can start
analyzing your data.
Verification to Webmaster tools
Before accessing any data on one site,
you will have to prove that you are an authorized representative of the site. This is done through the verification process.
There are five main methods of verification
currently in place for Google Webmaster Tools.
·
The HTML file upload
·
HTML tag
·
Domain Name Provider
·
Google Analytics
·
Google Tag
Manager
Dashboard
The first screen you’ll see
is the dashboard. This gives you a quickview into some of the more pertinent information for your site, along with any new messages from Google.
Site Messages
When Google wants to communicate
with a webmaster, this is the place they’ll do so. There may be messages
that inform you that you have pages infected
with malware, that they’ve detected a
large number of pages on your site,
which may be an indication of other problems.
Associates
This section allows you to associate different Google accounts with your GoogleWebmasterTool account,
so that they can be designated as officially connected to the account/site. They can’t see any data in GoogleWebmasterTool,
but they can perform actions on behalf
of your site.
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