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Thursday, September 06, 2007
We launched Webmaster Central back in August 2006, with a goal of creating
a place for you to learn more about Google's
crawling
and
indexing
of websites, and to offer
tools
for submitting sitemaps and other content. Given all of your requests and recommendations, we've
also been busy working behind the scenes to roll out exciting new features for Webmaster Tools, like
internal/external links data and the
Message Center, over the past year.
And so today, we're unveiling a new look on the Webmaster Central landing
page at https://www.google.com/webmasters. You'll still find all of the
tools and resources you've come to love like our Webmaster Blog and
discussion group
— but now, in addition to these, we've added a few more you might enjoy and find useful. We
hope that the new layout will make it easier to discover some additional resources that will help
you learn even more about how to improve traffic to your site, submit content to Google, and
enhance your site's functionality.
Here's a brief look at some of the new additions:
Analyze your visitors.
Google Analytics is a tool for webmasters to better understand their visitor traffic in order to
improve site content. With metrics including the amount of time spent on each page and the
percentage of new vs. returning visits to a page, webmasters can tailor their site's content
around pages that resonate most with visitors.
Add custom search to your pages.
Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) is a great way for webmasters to incorporate search into their
site and help their site visitors find what they're looking for. CSE gives webmasters access to
a XML API, allowing greater control over the search results look and feel, so you can keep
visitors on your site focused only on your content.
Leverage Google's Developer Tools.
Google Code has tons of Google APIs and developer tools to help webmasters put technologies like
Google Maps and AJAX Search on their websites.
Add gadgets to your webpage.
Google Gadgets for your Webpage are a quick and easy way for webmasters to enhance their sites
with content-rich gadgets, from the Google Gadget directory. Adding gadgets to your webpage can
make your site more interactive and useful to visitors, making sure they keep coming back.
We'd love to get your feedback on the new site. You can join our
discussion group.
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New features include internal/external links data and a Message Center. A redesigned landing page now offers access to tools like the Webmaster Blog and discussion group, plus new additions: Google Analytics for visitor analysis, Google Custom Search Engine, Google Developer Tools, and Google Gadgets for webpages. Feedback on the updated site is welcomed via the discussion group.\n"],null,["# Webmaster Central gets a new look\n\n| It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore).\n\nThursday, September 06, 2007\n\n\nWe launched [Webmaster Central](/search) back in August 2006, with a goal of creating\na place for you to learn more about Google's\n[crawling](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35253&query=crawl&topic=&type=)\nand\n[indexing](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35256&query=index+stats&topic=&type=)\nof websites, and to offer\n[tools](https://search.google.com/search-console)\nfor submitting sitemaps and other content. Given all of your requests and recommendations, we've\nalso been busy working behind the scenes to roll out exciting new features for Webmaster Tools, like\n[internal/external links data](/search/blog/2007/02/discover-your-links) and the\n[Message Center](/search/blog/2007/07/message-center-let-us-communicate-with), over the past year.\n\n\nAnd so today, we're unveiling a new look on the [Webmaster Central](/search) landing\npage at [https://www.google.com/webmasters](/search). You'll still find all of the\ntools and resources you've come to love like our [Webmaster Blog](/search/blog) and\n[discussion group](https://support.google.com/webmasters/community)\n--- but now, in addition to these, we've added a few more you might enjoy and find useful. We\nhope that the new layout will make it easier to discover some additional resources that will help\nyou learn even more about how to improve traffic to your site, submit content to Google, and\nenhance your site's functionality.\n\nHere's a brief look at some of the new additions:\n\n- [Analyze your visitors](https://www.google.com/analytics/). Google Analytics is a tool for webmasters to better understand their visitor traffic in order to improve site content. With metrics including the amount of time spent on each page and the percentage of new vs. returning visits to a page, webmasters can tailor their site's content around pages that resonate most with visitors.\n- [Add custom search to your pages](https://www.google.com/coop/cse/). Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) is a great way for webmasters to incorporate search into their site and help their site visitors find what they're looking for. CSE gives webmasters access to a XML API, allowing greater control over the search results look and feel, so you can keep visitors on your site focused only on your content.\n- [Leverage Google's Developer Tools](https://code.google.com/). Google Code has tons of Google APIs and developer tools to help webmasters put technologies like Google Maps and AJAX Search on their websites.\n- [Add gadgets to your webpage](https://www.google.com/webmasters/gadgets/foryourpage/). Google Gadgets for your Webpage are a quick and easy way for webmasters to enhance their sites with content-rich gadgets, from the Google Gadget directory. Adding gadgets to your webpage can make your site more interactive and useful to visitors, making sure they keep coming back.\n\n\nWe'd love to get your feedback on the new site. You can join our\n[discussion group](https://support.google.com/webmasters/community).\n\nWritten by David Sha, Webmaster Tools Team"]]
