Comments on: 5 things I hate about Google’s Webmaster Tools redesign http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/googles-webmaster-tools-redesign/ Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn't do. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Christian Schenk http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/googles-webmaster-tools-redesign/#comment-2560 Christian Schenk Fri, 15 May 2009 07:36:33 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=1372#comment-2560 Hi Sagar, I'll sure add a post in the forum - I'll just wait another week or two. Just this morning the new WMT said that one of my websites wasn't verified. I checked that the verification file - google.html - was available, clicked on "Verify" and it said "We weren't able to verify your site. Did you upload your HTML verification file to this location: []?" - yes I did and since it now displays a green "Verified" under "Status" that's okay for me. So the error message clearly doesn't match the output under "Status" ;) For now I'll just wait a little bit... Hi Sagar,
I'll sure add a post in the forum - I'll just wait another week or two.

Just this morning the new WMT said that one of my websites wasn't verified. I checked that the verification file - google.html - was available, clicked on "Verify" and it said "We weren't able to verify your site. Did you upload your HTML verification file to this location: []?" - yes I did and since it now displays a green "Verified" under "Status" that's okay for me. So the error message clearly doesn't match the output under "Status" ;)

For now I'll just wait a little bit...

]]> By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/googles-webmaster-tools-redesign/#comment-2556 Malcolm Coles Thu, 14 May 2009 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=1372#comment-2556 Hi, Sagar. Thanks for taking the time to post (and for your reasonable tone - so different to mine ...). I've emailed Christian in case he doesn't see your message. Incidentally, I have the opposite problem to him with data - I see more links in the new version than the old one. Hi, Sagar. Thanks for taking the time to post (and for your reasonable tone - so different to mine ...). I've emailed Christian in case he doesn't see your message.
Incidentally, I have the opposite problem to him with data - I see more links in the new version than the old one.

]]> By: Sagar http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/googles-webmaster-tools-redesign/#comment-2554 Sagar Thu, 14 May 2009 16:49:16 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=1372#comment-2554 I am the PM for the Webmaster Tools team. Thanks for the feedback Malcolm and Christian. Christian, can you post your issue with regards to sitemaps on our forums (including URL) so we can research it further: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters?hl=en I am the PM for the Webmaster Tools team. Thanks for the feedback Malcolm and Christian.

Christian, can you post your issue with regards to sitemaps on our forums (including URL) so we can research it further:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters?hl=en

]]> By: Christian Schenk http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/googles-webmaster-tools-redesign/#comment-2550 Christian Schenk Thu, 14 May 2009 05:57:24 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=1372#comment-2550 I'd like to add that switching between your various websites isn't that nice either. In the old version you'd go to, say, Content-Analysis and use the drop-down-box right under the heading to switch through your sites. Now this box seems to show just the recently used sites and I'll have to click on "Show All..." and start over again. Another thing that's annoying me is that the new site doesn't seem to display the most recent data. E.g. in the old WMT it says that a sitemap has been downloaded and x of the pages have been indexed - the new site tells me that it hasn't even downloaded the sitemap. What's happening there? Since WMT is a great tool I hope that they'll sort out these glitches soon. I'd like to add that switching between your various websites isn't that nice either. In the old version you'd go to, say, Content-Analysis and use the drop-down-box right under the heading to switch through your sites. Now this box seems to show just the recently used sites and I'll have to click on "Show All..." and start over again.

Another thing that's annoying me is that the new site doesn't seem to display the most recent data. E.g. in the old WMT it says that a sitemap has been downloaded and x of the pages have been indexed - the new site tells me that it hasn't even downloaded the sitemap. What's happening there?

Since WMT is a great tool I hope that they'll sort out these glitches soon.

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