Optimizing for Bandwidth on Apache and Nginx

Webmaster level: advanced Everyone wants to use less bandwidth: hosts want lower bills, mobile users want to stay under their limits, and no...

#NoHacked: a global campaign to spread hacking awareness

Webmaster level: All This June, we introduced a weeklong social campaign called #NoHacked. The goals for #NoHacked are to bring awareness to...

HTTPS as a ranking signal

Webmaster level: all Security is a top priority for Google. We invest a lot in making sure that our services use industry-leading security, ...

Introducing the Google News Publisher Center

(Cross-posted on the Google News Blog ) Webmaster level: All If you're a news publisher, your website has probably evolved and changed o...

Testing robots.txt files made easier

Webmaster level: intermediate-advanced To crawl, or not to crawl, that is the robots.txt question. Making and maintaining correct robots.tx...

Promoting modern websites for modern devices in Google search results

Webmaster level: all A common annoyance for web users is when websites require browser technologies that are not supported by their device. ...

Troubleshooting hreflang annotations in Webmaster Tools

If you are targeting users in more than one country, chances are you already heard about rel-alternate-hreflang . If you haven't, in sho...

Android app indexing is now open for everyone!

Webmaster level: All Do you have an Android app in addition to your website? You can now connect the two so that users searching from their ...

Making site moves easier

Webmaster level: intermediate-advanced Few topics confuse and scare webmasters more than site moves. To help you avoid surprises, we've ...

Directing smartphone users to the page they actually wanted

Webmaster level: all Have you ever used Google Search on your smartphone and clicked on a promising-looking result, only to end up on the mo...

App Indexing in more languages

Webmaster level: all In April, we launched App Indexing in English globally so deep links to your mobile apps could appear in Google Search...

Rendering pages with Fetch as Google

Webmaster level: all The Fetch as Google feature in Webmaster Tools provides webmasters with the results of Googlebot attempting to fetch t...

Understanding web pages better

In 1998 when our servers were running in Susan Wojcicki ’s garage, we didn't really have to worry about JavaScript or CSS. They weren&#...

Making your site more mobile-friendly with PageSpeed Insights

Webmaster level: all To help developers and webmasters make their pages mobile-friendly, we recently updated PageSpeed Insights with additio...

Creating the Right Homepage for your International Users

If you are doing business in more than one country or targeting different languages, we recommend having separate sites or sections with spe...

Webmaster Guidelines for sneaky redirects updated

Webmaster Level: All Redirects are often used by webmasters to help forward visitors from one page to another. They are a normal part of how...

Introducing our global Google+ page for webmasters

Webmaster Level: All We’ve recently launched our global Google Webmasters Google+ page . Have you checked it out yet? Our page covers a plet...

Surfacing your business's contact and local info in Google

Webmaster level: All Every day, searchers use Google to find information about businesses. Common queries include finding the phone number...

App Indexing updates

Webmaster Level: Advanced In October, we announced guidelines for App Indexing for deep linking directly from Google Search results to your...

More Precise Index Status Data for Your Site Variations

Webmaster Level: Intermediate The Google Webmaster Tools Index Status feature reports how many pages on your site are indexed by Google. In...