Google Gives you More Information and Control
Google Webmaster Tools, specifically Sitemaps, has added a new feature to your account: Googlebot Crawl Rate
What’s included?
+ Googlebot activity reports
Check out these cool charts! We show you the number of pages Googlebot’s crawled from your site per day, the number of kilobytes of data Googlebot’s downloaded per day, and the average time it took Googlebot to download pages. Webmaster tools show each of these for the last 90 days. Stay tuned for more information about this data and how you can use it to pinpoint issues with your site.
Other items:
+ Crawl rate control
+ Enhanced image search
+ Number of URLs submitted
Log into your Sitemaps account and select the site to manage. On the menu bar on the left side you will find a link to “crawl rate” and check it out. For more information check out the Google Webmaster Blog.
Google values what you think, as the last new addition Number of URLs submitted came directly from feedback of webmasters from SES San Jose, let them know what you think by visiting Google Webmaster Help Group.
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