Geographic Targeting
In the Webmaster tools, you can expect to benefit from a feature that is aimed at Geographic targeting. With the help of the geographic targeting feature, you will be able to target users of a particular country. If, in case, your domain has a number of top-level-domains, this type of feature is enabled. The domains for which this type of feature is enabled can be as highlighted below:- Com
- Net
- Org
Set Crawl Rate
Crawl rate of the site can also be fixed with the help of the Webmaster tools. This will offer you with the facility of setting up as to how fast will Google bot take to crawl, your website. It is also possible for you to be able to maintain a control on the number of pages that can be indexed on an everyday basis. It is important to note that the custom crawl rate must not be set to such an extent that the crawl rate becomes a lot faster. The reason behind the same is that it can consume a significant amount of bandwidth and hold an adverse effect on website load time. The Webmaster tool also offers you with many other types of features as highlighted below:- Crawler Access
- Parameter Handling
- Site links
- Change of Address
Crawler Access
It is on the Crawler Access tab that it will offer you with the opportunity of being able to perceive as to what are the parts of your website that are crawled by Google Search Engine. This tab also offers you with the facility of being able to generate robots.txt file that will help you to be able to generate a URL removal. While making use of the same it is important to ensure that you do not block any part of the website until and unless it is necessary to do the same. Prohibiting Google bot from crawling portions of your website can hold a disastrous impact on your overall SEO campaign.While migrating changing your domain name, it is important to leave it at the discretion of Google as to how to handle every single parameter. This needs to be followed until and unless you are confident as to what the parameters are all about. This type of console cannot be looked upon as the right alternative that will help you to deal with duplicate website content. While changing the domain name to a new hosting, you can always make it a point to remove site links that are not required. If you are a first time user, you must be aware about the advanced features of these tools.
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