New Features in Google Sitemaps
- Posted by B Jones on March 2nd, 2006 - Comment on this Post »
Google sitemap now shows your “Average top position” in the serps along with the “Top search queries” and the “Top search query clicks”.
They have also added a feature that allows you to download each of these lists as a cvs file.
Somthing cool that I just noticed though, is that if you go to “Stats” - > “Page status”, they show words that they have found in links to your site. I don’t think this is a new feature (I wouldn’t know since I really haven’t looked at it in a while), but I though it was interesting. There is also an option to export as cvs for this list as well.
Remember. You don’t have to submit a sitemap to get these stats. Google already has them. All you need to do is create a sitemaps account, and verify your site. For verification, you have to upload a file to your site containing a specific code from Google.
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March 2nd, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Just a little clarity. To verify your account all you do is upload a blank html file that has a specific name. You aren’t sending any special information or anything. The whole thing takes about 2 minutes and is definately worth the extra little insites to your site.
March 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Thanks for clarifying that Rand. It’s been a while since I verified a site in my sitemaps account.