This entry was written for SEO Herald Blog .
Google redesigned the Webmaster tools from the groumd up. It is now logically organized suite of features, cleaner and much user friendly faster interface. Google says that the new layout is the outcome of their interaction with webmasters, they case studies and analytics.
The navigation is more simple and intuitive. The featire are now grouped together in three categories namely Site configuration (This is where Google provides with the information about your website), Your site on the web (This let you review your website data), and website diagnostice ( problem report and diagnosis center)
Google this time aimed at making the stats and reports more discoverable, while removing redundant pages and the features that cluttered the user interface.
| If you’re looking for: | Try: |
| Site overview | From the Home page (www.google.com/webmasters/tools), you can access the Dashboard for each site in your account. The Dashboard provides an overview of important stats and data, as well as access to more detailed tools and information. |
| Message center | Home (http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools) |
| Settings | Under Site configuration, click Settings. |
| Web crawl errors | Under Diagnostics, click Crawl errors and then click the Web tab. |
| Content analysis | Under Site configuration, click HTML suggestions. |
| Top search queries | Under Your site on the web, click Top search queries. |
| What Googlebot sees (includes keywords, phrases, encoding, and content distribution) | To see frequently occurring words on your site, and get insight into how your content appears to Google, click Your site on the web, and then click Keywords.
To see how other sites link to you, click Links to your site (under Your site on the web), and then click Anchor text. We no longer list content information, such as distribution of file type or encoding information. |
| Crawl stats | Under Diagnostics, click Crawl stats. |
| Index stats | Advanced search |
| Subscriber stats | Under Your site on the web, click Subscriber stats. |
| Pages with external links | Under Your site on the web, click Links to your site. |
| Pages with internal links | Under Your site on the web, click Internal links. |
| Sitemaps overview page | Under Site configuration, click Sitemaps. |
| Analyze robots.txt | Under Site configuration, click Crawler access, and then click Test robots.txt. |
| Generate robots.txt | Under Site configuration, click Crawler access, and then click Generate robots.txt. |
| Manage site verification | On the Home page, find the site you want and then click Details in the Verification column. |
| Remove URLs | Under Site configuration, click Crawler access, and then click Remove URL. |
| Enhance 404 pages | This feature is no longer included in Webmaster Tools. Instead, you can generate 404 widget code from our Help Center. |
| Problem reporting (spam, paid links, etc.) | For information about reporting problem sites, click a link below.Report spam |
| Reconsideration requests | If you believe your site has been removed from our index for violations of our webmaster guidelines, and your site has been updated to remove these problems, you can request reconsideration of your site. |
