Ok Google made this change on the SAME DAY I was doing a seminar with a company to explain how to best use Google Webmaster Tools… and I was thrown for a loop briefly before figuring out how they combined a bit of Google Analytics into it… this is cool. Be sure to read the article!

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Top Search Queries is now Search Queries with Average Position and Stars.

Ok, so on the 15th of this week, I was doing an SEO teleconference screenshare with a client to conclude a two part SEO Clinic.  This day was all about link building (the previous day was a week earlier)… so imagine my surprise when I opened up Google Webmaster Tools to analyze their links in… a WHOLE NEW GUI for keywords!  I was taken aback briefly as I had to make heads or tails of what I was looking at LIVE in the conference! They took it in stride as I was scrambling a bit and explaining to them that when Google pushes out changes that there are NO notices or warnings… you just have to roll with it… I was a little surprised that there was no “Show the old interface” link any where to be found…  I eventually figured out what they were doing and I must say I really LIKE IT.  It is a merging of Google Webmaster Tools and a bit of Google Analytics.  The graphs and charts are nice, and finally showing the clients that their keywords will jump around a bit depending on blogging or different datacenters will influence this. Overall, hats off to Google for this big Google Webmaster Tools improvement!

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: More data and charts in Top Search Queries.

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Working with multilingual websites.

NEW AT GOOGLE WEBMASTER TOOLS!!! This is pretty neat and will help you detect errors OR like me, determine if I have done some redirects correctly for my clients’ websites or my own.  This is all generally about working in the .htaccess file in the root of your website. This is a really handy tool.  THANKS GOOGLE!

Fetch as Googlebot

With Fetch as Googlebot you can see exactly how a page appears to Google.

Type the URL to fetch or leave blank to fetch the homepage.

via Webmaster Tools – Fetch as Googlebot.