I didn't see much posted on this, but Google has made some more updates to their Google Webmaster Tools product. Liza Ma form the Google Webmaster Team actually posted about the update on Friday on the Google Webmaster Tools Blog.
I especially like the subscriber stats feature which is now available. Webmaster Tools now show feed publishers the number of aggregated subscribers you have from Google services such as Google Reader, iGoogle, and Orkut. I also love the "Choose Search Type" feature from the Top Search Queries statistics. This feature allows you to see your top search queries from a variety of source including Web Search, Mobile Search, Directory Search and Blog Search. I guess this is Google's method for reporting on Universal search stats. Well not exactly but you get the point.
Google has also refined the navigation adding the new sidebar which replaces the previously used tabs. For those of you who are new to Google Webmaster Tools, here is a quick look at some of the features:
Diagnostics Feature
Web crawl
Allows you to see errors and problems encountered by Google's crawlers while accessing pages on your site.
Mobile crawl
Allows you to see errors and problems encountered by Google's crawlers while accessing pages on your site created specifically for viewing on mobile cell phones.
Statistics Feature
Top search queries
See which search queries most often returned pages from your site, and which of them were clicked.
What Googlebot sees
Allows you to see details about how the Googlebot sees your site.
Crawl stats
See your distribution info for your site, including the current PageRank for pages on your site.
Index stats
Learn how your site is indexed by Google, including which pages are indexed, and which other sites point to your site.
Subscriber Stats (new)
If your site publishes feeds of its content, this page will display the number of users who have subscribed to these feeds using Google products such as iGoogle, Google Reader, or Orkut. Because readers can use other sites and aggregators to subscribe to your content, your total number of subscribers from all sources may be higher. Also, these stats list only those feeds with actual subscribers. If your site publishes a feed that does not currently have any Google subscribers, it will not be listed.
Links Features
Pages that link to yours
See which pages on your site have links pointing to them from other sites.
Pages with internal links
See which pages on your site have links pointing to them internally from elsewhere on your site.
I think that Google Webmaster Tools is one of my favorite tools from Google. Maybe that's why the Google Webmaster Tools blog was #3 on out list of the top 50 Google Blogs from earlier this year.
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Do you have any idea what the difference is between "Pages that link to yours" and googling link:mydomain.com ? Apparently there is because my list is completely different.