how to use google webmaster tools & get keyword data back

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Learn how to use Webmaster Tools - from set up. See how to get your keyword data back and diagnose issues with your website.

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Presenta(on  on    Webmaster  Tools  

by  Carol  Poole  

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Poll  

•  Have  you  used  webmaster  tools  before?  

–  89%  Yes  /  11%  No  

•  How  long  have  you  been  using  webmaster  tools?  

–  50%  under  1  year  /  50%  1-­‐3  years  

•  How  would  you  rate  level  of  experience?  

–  63%  beginner,  25%  intermediate  /  12%  advanced  

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What  is  Webmaster  Tools  

•  Free  Tool  from  Google  

•  Designed  for  webmasters  

•  Used  by:    

– Webmasters  

–  SEO  Professionals  

–  AnalyUcs  &  AdWords  Professionals    

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Why  Use  Webmaster  Tools  

•  To  help  improve  visibility  in  search  engines  

•  Ensure  the  website  is  healthy  

•  Understand  &  improve  how  the  website  is  found  

–  Search  queries  

–  Who  links  to  your  website  

•  Improve  the  user  experience  (UX)  

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Tools  for  Different  Purposes  

•  Tools  for  site  visibility  –  Site  map,  structured  data,  robots.txt  

•  Tools  for  Website  health  –  Broken  links,  crawl  errors,  site  errors  

•  Tools  to  improve  how  the  website  is  found  –  Search  queries  &  CTRs  –  Links  to  your  site  

•  Tools  to  improve  UX  –  Broken  links  &  site  errors  

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Key  Features  

•  Sitemap  submission  

•  Fix  crawl  errors  &  set  crawl  rate  

•  Site  health  &  messages  

•  See  which  websites  link  to  the  site  

•  See  what  searches  people  type  into  Google  when  people  find  the  site  

–  Can  the  CTR  be  improved?  

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Valuable  Data  in  Webmaster  Tools  

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Add  Your  Site  

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Verify  Site  Ownership  

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Verify  Site  Ownership  

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Submit  Site  Map  

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Submit  Site  Map  

•     You  can  usually  find  what  sitemaps  you  have  by  typing  in  sitemap.xml  

•     Some  sites  have  more  than  1  sitemap.  Submit  all  of  them.    

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Wordpress  Sitemap  Plugins  

•  WordPress  SEO  by  Yoast  

•  Google  XML  Sitemaps  Plugin  

•  XML  Sitemaps  

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Linking  To  Google  Analy(cs  

•  Go  to  Google  AnalyUcs    

•  To  Queries  

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Linking  to  Google  Analy(cs  

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Linking  To  Google  Analy(cs    

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Linking  To  Google  Analy(cs  

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Linking  To  Google  Analy(cs  

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Linking  To  Google  Analy(cs  

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Search  Queries  Data  in  Webmaster  Tools  

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Search  Queries  Data  in  Google  Analy(cs    

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Analyzing  Search  Query  Data  

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Sneaky  Trick  To  Get  Keyword  Data  Back    

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Sneaky  Trick  To  Get  Keyword  Data  Back    

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Sneaky  Trick  To  Get  Keyword  Data  Back    

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Sneaky  Trick  To  Get  Keyword  Data  Back    

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•  Free  (with  ads)  

•  Without  ads  

Sneaky  Trick  To  Get  Keyword  Data  Back    

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SeMng  Up  Page  Owners  &  Users  

•  Three  levels  of  access  –  Owner  –  User  –  Full  Access  –  User  –  Restricted  Access  

•  Users  with  full  access  can  not  add  new  users  or  link  to  Google  AnalyUcs  

•  Users  with  restricted  access  can  generally  only  view  data  

 h"ps://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2451999  

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Fix  Important  Crawl  Errors  

•  Really  common  in  ecommerce  sites  

•  PrioriUse  the  important  URLS  (the  404’s)  

•  If  it’s  a  big  list,  download    

–  Work  out  where  old  URLs  should  point  to    

–  Do  a  301  redirect  (server  side)    

•  Mark  as  fixed  in  WMT  

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Errors  To  Pay  ASen(on  To  

•  404  Not  found  errors  

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Errors  To  Remove  Or  Ignore  

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Errors  To  Remove  Or  Ignore  

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Fetch  As  Googlebot  

•  What  is  it?    

–  Lets  you  see  a  page  as  Google  sees  it    

–  NoUfies  Google  when  there  are  new  pages  or  changes  to  a  page  

•  Why  Use?  

–  Troubleshoot  page’s  poor  performance  in  search  results    

–  Helps  get  new  pages  or  changes  to  pages  indexed  quickly  

–  Check  crawl  errors  and  redirects  are  fixed  

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HTML  Improvements  

•  What  is  it?    

–  Shows  potenUal  issues  when  Google  is  crawling  &  indexing  site  

•  Why  Use?  

–  Improve  user  experience  

–  Drive  traffic  to  your  site    

–  Helps  idenUfy  problems  with  Utle  tags  or  non-­‐indexable  content  

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Sitelinks  

•  What  are  sitelinks?    

–  AddiUonal  links  to  your  website  that  appear  underneath  the  main  URL  in  the  organic  lisUng  

–  Auto  Generated  

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Demote  Sitelinks  

•  Give  you  extra  real  estate  under  your  brand  name  

•  Site  links  can  be  demoted  in  Webmaster  Tools  

•  Why  demote:  

–  InformaUon  is  incorrect    

–  Don’t  want  a  parUcular  page  appearing  as  a  sitelink  

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Other  Features  

•  Rich  snippets  /  data  highlighter  

–  A  way  of  summarizing  content  on  a  page  to  make  it  easier  for  users  to  understand  what  the  page  is  about    

•  Page  speed  insights  

–  Enables  you  to  test  speed  of  website  which  is  now  considered  a  factor  that  impacts  search  engine  rankings  

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Structured  Data  

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Structured  Data  

•  Yoast  WordPress  SEO    –  Facebook,  Twiier  &  G+  

•  Schema  Creator    

•  Webmaster  tools  –  Data  Highlighter    

•  Genesis  Themes  

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Who  Should  Have  Access  

•  Webmasters    

•  Website  Owners  

•  Google  AdWords  Professionals  

•  AnalyUcs  Professionals  

•  SEO  Professionals  

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Useful  Wordpress  Resources  

•  Wordpress  SEO  By  Yoast  

•  RedirecUon  plugin    

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Ques(ons?