Webmaster level: Intermediate We’ve noticed a rise in the number of questions from webmasters about how best to structure a website for mobile phones and how websites can best interact with Googlebot-Mobile. In this post we’ll explain the current situation and give you specific recommendations you can implement now. Some Background Let’s start with a...Read More

If you want to post some JPEG pictures but you’re worried that they might have metadata like location embedded in them, here’s how to strip that data out. First, install exiftool using this command: sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl Then, go into the directory with the JPEG files. If you want to remove metadata from every...Read More

Webmaster level: Beginner Cross-posted on the Google Grants Blog In our previous post, we did some source code housekeeping — just in time for the holidays. But once users have landed on your site, how can you make sure they’ll know how to get around? As it turns out, easily accessible content on your site...Read More

Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced What are the benefits of submitting feeds like Video Sitemaps and mRSS vs. the benefits of Facebook Share and RDFa? Is one better than the other? Let’s start the discussion. Functionality of feeds vs. on-page markup Google accepts information from both video feeds, such as Video Sitemaps and mRSS, as...Read More

Webmaster level: All If you use Google Analytics to track site data, you can now link your Webmaster Tools verified site to an Analytics profile when they use the same Google Account. Not only will your Analytics profiles be accessible within Webmaster Tools, but you’ll also be able to more easily access a few Google...Read More