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Monday, May 07, 2012
After announcing
Webmaster Tools spring cleaning
earlier this quarter, it's time to do the job. There are a few changes coming along: an updated
navigation, revamped dashboard, and a compact view for the home page site-list.
We've regrouped the features in Webmaster Tools to create an improved navigation structure (shown
on the left-hand side of the above image). We distinguished the following groups: Configuration,
Health, Traffic and Optimization. Each group represents a related set of functionality:
Configuration: Things you configure and generally don't change very often.
Health: Where you look to make sure things are OK.
Traffic: Where you go to understand how your site is doing in Google search, who's linking to
you; where you can explore the data about your site.
Optimization: Where you can find ideas to enhance your site, which enables us to better
understand and represent your site in Search and other services.
If you have a moment, please take time to familiarize yourself with the new Webmaster Tools
navigation. Some features were slightly renamed, such as HTML Suggestions became HTML
Improvements, however the functionality remains the same.
Hoping you'll find the new navigation useful, we also think you'll like the new Dashboard. At the
top of the Dashboard you can see recent, important, prioritized messages regarding your site. Just
below that, you'll find another section which provides a brief summary of the current status of
your site. There are three widgets displayed: Crawl Errors, Search Queries and Sitemaps, each
representing a different navigation group: Health, Traffic and Optimization (respectively). We
know your time is valuable. With the new Dashboard, we've surfaced more messages and charts to let
you see how your site is doing at a glance. Take a quick look before diving into the details.
Finally, those of you who manage a large number of sites can choose to view your site-list in a
'Compact' layout, without the large site-preview thumbnails. Don't worry, if you want the more
expanded layout you can always switch back.
If you have questions or comments about these changes please post them in our
Help Forum.
Written by
Kamila Primke,
Software Engineer, Webmaster Tools
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