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Friday, December 05, 2008
One of the many useful features of Webmaster Tools is the ability to adjust settings for your
site, such as crawl rate or geographic target. We've been steadily adding settings over time and
have now gotten to the point where they merit their own page. That's right, Webmaster Tools now
provides a single, dedicated page where you can see and adjust all the settings for your site.
The settings that have been moved to the new Settings page are:
Whenever you change a setting, you will be given an option to save or cancel the change.
Please note: The Save/Cancel option is provided on a per setting basis and hence if you change
multiple settings, you'll have to click the Save button associated with each setting.
Expiration of a setting
Some of the settings are time-bounded. That is, your setting will expire after a certain time
period. For example, the crawl rate setting has an expiration period of 90 days. After this
period, it's automatically reset to the default setting. Whenever you visit the Settings page,
you can view the date that your setting will expire underneath the setting name.
That's all there is to it!
We always like adding features and making our interface clearer based on your suggestions, so keep
them coming! Please share your feedback (or ask questions) in the
Webmaster Help Forum.
Written by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Trends Analyst and Nanda Kishore, Webmaster Tools Intern
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