{"id":7912,"date":"2015-02-06T16:56:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2015-02-06T16:56:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T22:56:14","slug":"understanding-google-webmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/understanding-google-webmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Google Webmaster Tools #1: Search Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first started in the website industry I didn\u2019t have full understanding of search engine optimization (SEO) and honestly, I still do not fully understand SEO. I know that you have\u00a0 to keep up with the ever changing rules of the game or you loose control of your search rankings, and you could still loose it.<\/p>\n

\"Understanding<\/a><\/p>\n

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Google Webmaster Tools<\/h3>\n

But just knowing the latest trends in SEO isn\u2019t enough. You have to monitor your website for search errors and other trends. Image Source: <\/em>Flickr<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

To keep track of the traffic trends on your site there are variety of premium and free tools that you can use. Many use Google Analytics<\/a> as their go to tool for traffic trends. It\u2019s a great tool, but it doesn\u2019t do everything.<\/p>\n

You need to know more than just trends, you need know what\u2019s going on at the code level of your site. You need to know if there an issue in the code, if your site is performing as it should, you need know how visible your site is to the search engines. Google Analytics doesn\u2019t do everything so you need to use other tools. Some of these tools can be pricey.<\/p>\n

But on the free side of the SEO tool world, there is a very powerful tool that will help get your site in the best shape for the Google Search Engine. And that tool is Google Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n

From the words of Thijs de Valk, MSc \u2026<\/h4>\n

\u201cGoogle Webmaster Tools looks at a lot more than \u2018just\u2019 your pages\u2019 visibility on Google. It looks at everything that\u2019s causing that visibility, such as backlinks, crawling (errors), robots.txt, sitemaps, etc. And on top of that, Google Webmaster Tools actually still shows you quite some search query data.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Source – Google Webmaster Tools: Search Appearance<\/a><\/p>\n

To get us started with Google Webmaster Tools, one of my favorite SEO guru Joost de Valk and is team at Yoast.com is working on multipart series on the Google Webmaster Tools. The article series should be able to kick start your knowledge with Google Webmaster Tools.<\/p>\n

After reading the first article by Thijs de Valk, I thought it would be a great idea to share this article for the readers of Evolutionary Designs<\/a>. This is a great article and I plan to share the rest of the series as the guys over Yoast.com publishes them.<\/p>\n

Google Webmaster Tools: Search Appearance<\/h3>\n

To learn more about the Search Appearance tool in Google Webmasters Tools, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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