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Google Accepting Video Sitemaps

Google will make use of an extension to the Sitemaps protocol to do a better job of indexing the videos people publish.

Google Analyzes New Webmaster Tools

Content analysis and Sitemap detail debuted as new features available on Google's Webmaster Central.

Google Explains Meta Tags

Search engines pay attention to some tags, and none to others. Remember when the 'keywords' meta tag mattered? Ah, the good old days.

Paid Links Still Evil To Google

Google continues to beat the drum about passing PageRank through paid links as Matt Cutts weighed in on the topic with another request that webmasters use the 'nofollow' attribute for them.

Google Ready To Bid For Wireless, Maybe

Lots of stories have swirled over the question of will they or won't they bid in the FCC's 700MHz wireless spectrum auction, but Google now looks like a lock to pony up some cash.

GoDaddy & Google Partner on Webmaster Tools

Go Daddy and Google collaborate to offer easy access to Webmaster Tools, informs the Google Webmaster Central Blog.

Let Google Know Your Site's Geographical Location

If your site is location-specific (www.abcdef.es) then it really isn't a problem but if your domain ended with a .com or a .net or a .org then it is hard for search engines to know your location. Now, ex-Googler Vanessa Fox has post which tells everyone how to Let Google Know The Geographic Location of Your Site.

Is Tech Blogging Broken?

Ah the A List under question again, and the importance of Techmeme in relationship to where people find news, and then blog about what is happening in the news. While techmeme is not the only source, it is quickly becoming the authoritative source of information for people who read and write techblogs. So there is no surprise that clever marketing people have figured out how to game the system.

Controlling Your (Expanding) Google Sitelinks

Google’s announcing some big changes with their Sitelinks feature.

Google Webmaster Central Takes History Lesson

What's old is new with the tools Google makes available to webmasters, with their latest update that brings more historical data to the service.