Thursday, August 06, 2009
Our greatest resource is the webmaster community, and here at Webmaster Central we're constantly impressed by the knowledge and expertise we see among webmasters: real-life SEOs, bloggers, online retailers, and all those other people creating great online content.
How do real-life webmasters actually use Webmaster Tools? We'd love to know, and we'd like to showcase some real-life examples for the rest of the community. Create a video telling your story, and upload it via the gadget in our Help Center. We'll highlight the best on our Webmaster Central YouTube channel , and even embed some in relevant Help Center articles (with full credit to you, of course).
To share your stories: Make a video, upload it to YouTube, then go to our Help Center , and submit your vid via our Help Center gadget. Our full guidelines give more information, but here is a summary of the key points:
- Keep the video short; 3-5 minutes is ideal. Think small: a short video is a good way to showcase your use of—for example—Top Search Queries, but not long enough to highlight your whole SEO strategy.
- Focus on a real-life example of how you used a particular feature. For example, you could show how you used link data to research your brand, or crawl errors to diagnose problems with your site structure. Do you have a great tip or recommendation?
- Upload your video before September 30.
- White hats are recommended. They show up better on screen.
