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Live Search Upgrades Webmaster Tools, Too

Earlier this week, Microsoft upgraded the Live Search homepage and tweaked the user interface, and the software giant has also made changes to its suite of Webmaster Tools. It's the first major upgrade since the company released the suite last fall.

The additions include a "Crawl Issues" tab on the main page, which informs users of any problems that the Live Search bot encountered in trying to spider their site. Issues include 404 errors and unsupported content types, among others.

There is also more extensive backlink data, as well as new data-refining tools so that users can streamline their reports. "Webmasters are analytical and rarely work alone," says Jeremiah Andrick. "They often need to be able to grab as much data as they can, and take it offline into Excel or some type of database for analysis and collaboration with a client, marketing or engineering partner."

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