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Google Webmaster Central Adds Message Center 
By: Jordan McCollum 2007-07-19 Google Webmaster Central announces the addition of a message center to the Webmaster Console (Webmaster Tools>Dashboard). What are they going to communicate with site owners about? In the example on the blog post, they sent a message to a site owner about a violation of the quality guidelines (specifically, hidden text on a site). The Message Center is available in all the languages and countries that Webmaster Tools is available in (the blog post mentions "French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Korean, Japanese, etc."). Don't get too excited: Right now the number of sites we're contacting is small, but we hope to expand this program over time. We're also really happy that the Message Center lets us communicate with webmasters in an authenticated way.I'm kind of tempted to go put some hidden text or something on my site to see if they notice. Not worth it, I know, but still At SMX during the You & A with Matt Cutts, Matt asked what features we'd like to see in the Webmaster Console. Several requests included various reporting capabilities (Vanessa Fox would field similar requests at the Duplicate Content session). Among the communication requested: * Penalty reportThink they'll be sending messages about any of these? Comments About the Author: Jordan McCollum is a staff writer for the popular marketing blog Marketing Pilgrim. She has worked in search engine optimization with clients including 3M, Little Giant Ladders and ADP. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Jordan joined the SEO copywriting team at the Internet marketing firm 10x Marketing. After 10x closed its doors in December 2006, Jordan became a freelance writer and Internet marketing consultant specializing in SEO. She also has extensive experience with web analytics, conversion rate enhancement and e-mail marketing. |
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