Google has released a Quickstart Guide for Webmaster Tools. The Guide is intended for new users of Google Webmaster Tools and covers the main features of Webmaster Tools, and will help new users to get started right away. The Quickstart Guide currently features 10 pages on the fundamentals of Google Webmaster Tools including:
- An overview of the dashboard outlining how to add your sitemap
- A detailed look at the "Overview" section of Webmaster Tools
- A look at the Diagnostics tab which lists problems Googlebot encountered during its latest crawl of your site.
- A review of top search queries from the statistics of Google Webmaster Tools
- A look at Crawl Stats
- A look into what sites are using in the anchor text of their links to your site through the "What Googlebot Sees" section of Webmaster Tools.
- An overview of the links section which lets you examine your internal and external link inventories.
- Overview of Sitemaps
- A review of the Tools that are within Google Webmaster Tools
It's a great place to start if you have never used Google Webmaster Tools. Webmaster Tools is a fantastic tool to use to determine if Google is having issues indexing the content of your site. Google Webmaster Tools can be accessed via http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools
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