#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...

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...

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...

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...

Introducing the new Webmaster Academy

Webmaster level: Beginner Our Webmaster Academy is now available with new and targeted content! Two years ago , Webmaster Academy launched ...

Musical artists: your official tour dates in the Knowledge Graph

Webmaster level: all When music lovers search for their favorite band on Google, we often show them a Knowledge Graph panel with lots of...

3 tips to find hacking on your site, and ways to prevent and fix it

Google shows this message in search results for sites that we believe may have been compromised .You might not think your site is a target f...

Affiliate programs and added value

Webmaster level: All Our quality guidelines warn against running a site with thin or scraped content without adding substantial added valu...

Improved Search Queries stats for separate mobile sites

Webmaster Level: All Search Queries in Webmaster Tools just became more cohesive for those who manage a mobile site on a separate URL from ...

So long, 2013, and thanks for all the fish

Now that 2013 is almost over, we'd love to take a quick look back, and venture a glimpse into the future. Some of the important topics o...

Improving URL removals on third-party sites

Webmaster level: all Content on the Internet changes or disappears, and occasionally it's helpful to have search results for it updated ...

View manual webspam actions in Webmaster Tools

Webmaster level: All We strive to keep spam out of our users’ search results. This includes both improving our webspam algorithms as well a...

In-depth articles in search results

Webmaster level: all Users often turn to Google to answer a quick question, but research suggests that up to 10% of users’ daily informatio...

A reminder about manipulative or deceptive behavior

Webmaster level: All Our quality guidelines prohibit manipulative or deceptive behavior, and this stance has remained unchanged since the g...

Easier navigation without GPS

Webmaster level: All Today we’re unveiling a shiny new navigation in Webmaster Tools. The update will make the features you already use easi...

Introducing website satisfaction by Google Consumer Surveys

Webmaster level: all We're now offering webmasters an easy and free way to collect feedback from your website visitors with website sati...

Verify your site in Webmaster Tools using Google Tag Manager

Webmaster level: Intermediate If you use Google Tag Manager to add and update your site tags, now you can quickly and easily verify ownersh...