We’re finally nearing the end of our series about Google’s Webmaster Tools. We’ve covered almost every aspect of the service, everything from diagnostics to statistics, links to sitemaps. All that’s left to examine are a few handy functions buried within the Tools Section. We’ll discuss a few of theses items today, and the rest in a post later this...
In Part 3 of our series about Google’s Webmaster Tools, we took a close look at the Statistics Section. This time, we’ll discuss Links and Sitemaps Sections. The Links Section Pages with External Links. The pages listed here are those that have been linked to by others. Once again, this is important information that affects each page’s PageRank. There’s...
Last week, we discussed the Diagnostics section of Google’s webmaster toolset. This week, it’s Statistics, where you’ll find lots of information about how your site is indexed and how it appears in Google’s search results. The various categories and sub-categories of data are discussed below. Top Search Queries You can get some of this information no matter what package...
So, after reading Part 1 of this series, you signed up for Google’s webmaster tools and added and verified some of your sites. Now what are you going to do? Well, why not start using the tools to understand and improve your Google page rank, and squash some bugs in the process? Here’s what’s available via Google’s webmaster tools:...
So, you’ve created a site for a client (or yourself), and the site is live on the internet. What do you do now? Well, if you want people to find your site, you submit it to Google. Then, you wait. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to find out if your site was in Google and...
In Part 1 of this post, I extolled the virtues of Google Analytics and walked you through the set-up process. Today, I’ll show you how to view some simple statistics. Viewing Your Data Since you’ve already copied Google’s code to your pages, you’re ready to start tracking your sites. Go to the Google Analytics home page, and make sure...
Google is a well-known and well-respected search engine. So much so in fact, that its name is synonymous with web search. But that’s not all that Google does. The company also offers a host of free services that every webmaster and web designer should know about. One of the best of these offerings is Google Analytics, a free service...
AJAX, Web 2.0, Ruby on Rails, and a host of other amusing acronyms and phrases are the current buzzwords in web design. Today’s cutting edge sites use these server platforms and programming languages to make web sites jump through hoops for users. What does that mean for Jane Web Designer, who’s serving Jane Business Owner, down in the trenches?...
Search engine optimization is big business these days. Type SEO into Google and you’ll find hundreds of individuals and organizations promising to place your page near the top of the major indexes, for a fee of course. Unfortunately, it’s rarely that simple, for each search engine has its own secret formula for generating results. Meta tags, links and who...
I am an engineer by training, a programmer by inclination and a web designer by chance. So, I love organizing information, I can spend hours working on a css or php problem, and I founder when it comes to the colors and the pictures. I’ve read several books about using CSS to make beautiful sites (Zen Garden, transcending css)....
