Here is a great video from Matt Cutts that outlines the steps to remove your URL from the Google Search Engine by using Google Webmaster tools and some other methods.



Matt Cutts Discusses Webmaster Tools

I've started a new blog dedicated to SEO Tools, specially those that Google provides. In the past when you search for SEO Tools you generally get a lot of spam and some mediocre tools. I hope to provide a one-stop-shop for the Search Engine Optimization tools that all webmasters need.

Please visit me @ www.GoogleSEOTools.net and voice your opinion....

From the October Google Webmaster Chat Q &A:

Adrienne, San Francisco: For SEO, I'd like to improve my rankings by removing technical obstacles (starting with dynamic URL parameters), what are the most important site fixes to make and how can I document before and after success metrics using the Google Webmaster Tool?

JohnMu: To check the crawlability of your site, I would recommend crawling your site with a crawler like Xenu's Link Sleuth (freeware, for Windows). Doing that gives you a rough look at how search engines view your site and can point you towards areas where crawlers get stuck in a loop or start crawling duplicates based on the URL parameters.

From the October Google Webmaster Chat Q &A:

Jane, Ireland: Does the geotargeting feature in Webmaster tools hold as much weight as having a country-specific TLD?

Kaspar aka Guglarz: Hi Jane!

Google uses a bunch of signals like location of the server or the TLD in order to determine which users might be interested in the sites content. Geotargeting is a way for webmasters who use non country specific TLD's like .net/ to tell Google which your target group was, if the site is specifically targeted to users from a particular area. Think of the site of a small, local hardware store or a vet for example. Potentially, their main target users would be people living in the nearby area. Geotargeting is not to be used for language targeting though.