Google the Webmasters Friend
Google with the improvements made in the webmaster control panel has rapidly become the webmasters best friend. So what are some of these improvements?
Well one of the first is to let you know if your website is spewing malware. In the spider section if you have a problem that Google has detected, they will now identify the page and the script embedded in your page that is causing the problem. Although this is not typically a problem for most websites, it can be a problem for blogs that have been hacked in some manner.
One of the next features that Google has added to the control panel is to allow you to identify and target the correct canonical address from within the control panel. With just one click you can let Google know if you prefer http:// or http://www in your links.
The HTML suggestions tab helps you to know and correct any duplicate meta title tags, short title tags, long title tags, and even non-informative title tags.
There is real value in verifying your website in the Google Webmaster Control panel, so if you are not set up, sign up for a free account today.
I also love that they point out any broken links that need to be 301′ed too.