Google Webmaster Help Group

Please Show URL

2007-12-10T16:52:18.266Z

Per the Group Charter:

Please include all relevant details in your post, including your site URL, any error messages you see, etc.
Also, make sure to use descriptive subject lines for your posts. All of this will enable other group members to help you more quickly and it will also enable us to troubleshoot issues internally.

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/webmaster-help-charter-and-tips-please-read-before-posting

Google and meta tags

2008-01-24T03:53:50.423Z

Also see:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/msg/2da344431bbc773d

How can I use meta tags to give Google additional information about my site?

2008-06-03T22:33:49.365Z

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/msg/2da344431bbc773d

Search The Forum

2007-12-10T18:05:15.013Z

Per the charter:

Search before you ask.

You'll find a bevy of smart and helpful regulars here, but -- as you can imagine -- their patience can wear thin when answering the exact same question 42 times a week. So for their sanity and yours, please see if your question has already been addressed.

Do a search of this group using the search box at the top of the page.
Browse and/or search our Help Center.

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/webmaster-help-charter-and-tips-please-read-before-posting

Q: I submitted a Sitemap, but my URLs haven't been [crawled/indexed] yet Fro...

2008-01-16T16:29:08.854Z

Q: I submitted a Sitemap, but my URLs haven't been [crawled/indexed] yet

From Sitemaps FAQ post
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/01/sitemaps-faqs.html

A: Submitting a Sitemap helps you make sure Google knows about the URLs on your site. It can be especially helpful if your content is not easily discoverable by our crawler (such as pages accessible only through a form). It is not, however, a guarantee that those URLs will be crawled or indexed. We use information from Sitemaps to augment our usual crawl and discovery processes

and:

"Please note that submitting a Sitemap doesn't guarantee that all pages of your site will be crawled or included in our search results"

Source: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34397

The Monkey House

2008-03-06T17:27:52.991Z

As Tim Gunn says, “I have this refrain about the monkey house at the zoo. When you first enter into the monkey house at the zoo, you think, ‘Oh my god this place stinks!’ And then after you’re there for 20 minutes you think, ‘it’s not so bad’ and after you’re there for an hour it doesn’t smell at all. And anyone entering the monkey house freshly thinks, ‘this stinks!’ You’ve been living in the monkey house.”

changing .com to .org - Google webmaster tools ...

2008-01-22T22:29:00.047Z

Per the FAQs:

If I own two domains (example.com and example.net) and I only have content on one, how should I redirect traffic from the other site?

Use a 301 redirect. This tells Google that your pages have been permanently moved, and is the best way to ensure that Google can crawl and index your site correctly.

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/faqs-for-crawling-indexing-and-ranking-2#redirect

Remove URLS

2007-12-10T18:06:32.506Z

Per the FAQs:

Uh oh, Google indexed and is showing some pages that I wanted to keep private!

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/faqs-for-crawling-indexing-and-ranking-2#remove-urls

Use the URL Removal Request Tool to remove pages from Google's index.

Multiple Domains - Same Content

2007-12-10T17:51:33.720Z

Why create a sitemap

2007-12-10T18:08:20.486Z

Per the FAQs:

Why should I create a Sitemap?

http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help/web/faqs-for-other-issues#why-sitemap

Sitemaps are a way for webmasters to give Google additional information about pages on their site - for example, how often each page is updated, when each page was last modified, and the relative importance of pages on the site. This information won't increase your ranking in Google's search results, but it can help speed up the discovery of new and updated pages on your site. In addition, Sitemaps are a great way to tell Google about pages on your site that may not be easily crawled by Googlebot - perhaps because they consist of dynamic or non-text-based content (such as AJAX or Flash).