Monday, March 08, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Webmaster Level: AllLast October, we launched Webmaster Tools Labs and it has been a huge success. Malware Details have helped thousands of users identify pages on their site that may be infected with malicious code, and Fetch as Googlebot has given users more insight into our crawler.
Today, we're happy to announce two additional Labs features:
- Fetch as Googlebot-Mobile
- Create your Sidewiki page owner entry
Fetch as Gooblebot Mobile (developed by Ryoichi Imaizumi)
After we launched Fetch as Googlebot, many users with mobile-specific sites asked if we could provide the ability to fetch their pages as Googlebot-Mobile. We thought it was a great idea, and added it as an option to our Fetch as Googlebot feature. We have two mobile options: cHTML (primarily used for Japanese sites), and XHTML/WML.
Create your Sidewiki page owner entry (developed by Derek Prothro)
Sidewiki allows users to contribute helpful information to any webpage using a sidebar in Google Toolbar or a Chrome extension. Webmasters can create a special entry, called a page owner entry, that appears above all entries written by users.
After Sidewiki launched webmasters kept asking, "How can I put a Sidewiki page owner entry on all pages of my site quickly?" With the feature that we're introducing today, you can now create these page owner entries directly within Webmaster Tools for any site you own.
We're really happy about these new features, and hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Let us know what you think!
21 comments:
My instant reaction is MAGIC!
David Saunders
Plymouth UK
But didn`t just Google tell us that SideWiki will be replaced by Stars? http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/stars-make-search-more-personal.html
What`s the use of this new SearchWiki function then? If it`s soon removed anyway?
@Agnete SearchWiki is users manipulating the search results, which has recently been marked for removal - SideWiki is a Google toolbar feature where people can comment on other's websites.
Is there a way of knowing when a SideWiki has been attached to a page?
I agree with Bill. As the site owner, I would like to see all site wiki entries of my site. An option to get a notification via email would be great!
@Bill & iGEL -- you can get a feed for all SideWiki comments on your site through the SideWiki API described at http://code.google.com/apis/sidewiki/docs/2.0/reference_guide.html .
For example, in order to be notified of the SideWiki entries for this blog, I have subscribed to the following feed in my Google Reader: http://www.google.com/sidewiki/feeds/entries/domainpath/googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com%2F/default?sortorder=updated&includeLessUseful=true
There are some services that will let you subscribe to a feed via Email as well ( feedmyinbox.com is one that I've used in the past). That way, you could get an email notification as soon as someone leaves a SideWiki comment on your site.
seems great for newcomers like me
gonna help me?
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It has? some Translator of voice, that he can lower?
The SideWiki tool is handy. What might help is to clarify whether this entry will be shown on just the homepage or on all pages within the domain.
SideWiki on the Google toolbar already clearly gives this option.
You still haven't provided what webmasters really wants - the ability to completely block Sidewiki from defacing their websites.
@John_Mueller
I've tried various permutations of http://www.google.com/sidewiki/feeds/entries/domainpath/billbennett.co.nz
with and without the %2F, trailing slashes and other codes.
In each case I get an HTTP 400 error.
Is that because there isn't a sidewiki?
@Bill Try this one:
http://www.google.com/sidewiki/feeds/entries/domainpath/example.co.nz%2F/default?sortorder=updated&includeLessUseful=true
... just replace "example.co.nz" with your own domain name. It needs the parameters at the end of the URL, otherwise it returns an error.
... and sorry for the confusion, but it looks like the comment view in Blogger may be making the URL look different, so make sure to use the mouse the select, copy and paste it instead of typing it.
Hi its really very nice i enjoyed a lot to visit..Handset prices
Hi its really very nice i enjoyed a lot to visit..Handset prices
Thanks John
I figured it out eventually. Now have it working in a rough form, next I want to work out what to do with it.
Hi its really very nice i enjoyed a lot to visit..Handset prices
Hi, "Fetch as Googlebot Mobile and Claim your Sidewiki comment - added to Webmaster Tools Labs!"
its really helpful for the new comers like me...
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