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Fresh Paint For Google Webmaster Tools

Posted by on Jun 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

There should be an image here!These days, using Webmaster Tools provided by Google has become second nature for many webmasters out there. Despite the popularity though, some folks out there have been pretty vocal about wanting to see “more” in the way of control and features.

Well it seems that Google has heard you and is making good with a big of a revamping of sorts. Today Google Webmaster Tools has seen a new GUI, some new options and best of all, the ability to do a domain change of address.

Overall, the changes made seem to be positive in nature. And perhaps most importantly, some criticism early on was addressed with the changes made to the Webmaster Tools as well. The only downside that I have seen is there are still reports of problems with the sitemaps. Nothing I have experiences personally, but the comments made in the above link seem to indicate that this is still presenting problems.

  • http://pricecutsavings.com bradleybradwell

    These changes are fantastic. However, it’s still going to take a little while to get used to this new user interface.

  • Phil

    In my haste I said that Aurora was beta Firefox, in fact it’s more like an alpha version, my apologies. Firefox beta, is also a good browser, but I’d have to agree there are area in which Chrome beats it, like speed, especially start up. I’ve recently installed an SSD in my 08 mbpro and the difference in start up speed is still noticeable (just). There do still seem to be reasons to firefox, like it’s huge amount of plug-ins compared to chrome.

  • Mikeypod

    I may have missed this earlier, but is there a way to get chrome to respond to trackpad/magic mouse gestures? Namely the one that allows a two finger swipe through web history? That is the last thing that is keeping me in safari.

  • Anonymous

    I use an Apple Mac with the Lion OS  and use both Chrome and Firefox and feel they’re both excellent with each having their own personalities. The only dislike I have with Chrome is it hesitates when, for example, using Bookmarks. The spinning wheel goes off making you wait to proceed while Firefox is right on when you click on something. Other than that little aggravation, I feel they’re both excellent.

  • David Berkovich

    I have Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari installed on Lion.  I mostly alternate between Opera and Chrome.  I rarely use Firefox and Safari.  I will use Firefox, but I don’t find it as great as the other browsers, in terms of speed and UI.

  • http://www.MagicTrax.net Magic Trax

    I’m mainly using Chrome and Safari. I also have Firefox, but do feel like it’s been lacking recently and is quite sluggish compared to Chrome. Safari has improved slightly, yet it still has difficulty loading certain pages without having a fit and randomly reloading all the few tabs that happen to be open. Having said that, Chrome could still use some work, but it’s definitely better than it was in past versions for mac.