Google Webmaster Tool For SEO Experts
Author: Editor Sg-Web

I just finished watching a video that shared some updates on
what's happening at the major search engines lately. Since
webmasters are always interested in learning more about search
engine optimization (SEO) techniques, I thought it would be
good to share a neat trick using Google's webmaster tools.

The first time I heard about Google webmaster tools, it was
known as Google sitemaps. That was very little that we can do
with it, except upload a sitemap so that a new site can be
included in Google's index quicker. After toying with it for a
couple of days, I find it a hassle to generate those sitemaps.
If a website is destined to grow, that would mean taking up
more time submitting those sitemaps. Strapped for time as it
is, I figured it would be better to just concentrate on
building more content for my websites.

It's still hard for me to refer to Google's new toys with a new
name but I guess it's a much more suitable name, now that so
many new tools have been added. To begin using the tool, login
to the control panel using a valid Google username. If you do
not possess one, just sign up at the site
google.com/webmasters. After logging in, enter the URL that you
would like to obtain more information about. You'll be required
to verify that you own the site. To do so, you can either add a
META tag or upload a HTML file. Verification is instant and
you'll see your verification status as Verified if it's
successful.

Upon verification, all kinds of interesting tidbits about your
site will be available. The one that interests me most is the
page analysis (Statistics > Page Analysis). This allows any
webmaster to view information about external links. In other
words, Google learns about a website's general theme from
external text links. You'll be able to see all the keywords
that other people have used in the text links that link to your
site.

Many webmasters have already discovered the "secret" that
anchor texts should be used in text links. Anchor texts look
something like Anchor texts. There are many ways to obtain
keyword targetted external links. One popular way is to submit
to web directories.

In many instances, web directories allow webmasters to submit
their sites for free. Some web directories become more
established and may charge a small fee for a site submission.
However, fees are usually one-time payment and are better deals
compared to text links that require monthly subscription.

So, take a look around the webmaster community and spot SEO
friendly web directories and start submitting some links. Your
competitor may be doing exactly the same thing and I don't know
about you but I hate to lose. See you at the number 1 spot!


About The Author: Darren Chow owns a network of quality sites.
He also owns a couple of unique web directories.
http://www.awardtrophy.net and http://www.suggestlinks.org