Google Analytics: Content Analysis and Sitemap improvements
December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Google has released an update to their much loved Analytics tool that provides basic content analysis and another improved feature that details out important information about your sitemap. The new tools will give you information about meta tags, meta description tags and information about content on your site that Google has trouble indexing. Google says:
To help you improve the quality of your site, our new content analysis feature should be a helpful addition to the crawl error diagnostics already provided in Webmaster Tools.
The new sitemap tools reveal how your sitemap was processed by the Googlebot and it should be a useful addition so you don’t have to spend the time trying to figure out if Google actually indexed all of your important pages. Information includes:
- The number of the pages from your Sitemap that were indexed
- lists any errors or warnings for specific pages
Google continues:
Sitemaps are an excellent way to tell Google about your site’s most important pages, especially if you have new or updated content that we may not know about. If you haven’t yet submitted a Sitemap or have questions about the process, visit our Webmaster Help Center to learn more.
