Google Sitemaps Improved Again

Now with more query stats!

[garyr_h]

I just signed in and noticed an increase number of query stats. Before just 5 were shown but now 20 of both the Top Search Queries and Top Search Query Clicks are shown.

[le_gber]

that's great thanks for the heads up.

[skyhawk133]

This is awesome. Keep it coming google!

[vincevincevince]

Yes, it's great! And duplication seems to be gone. They are still mixing image and web search together though :(

You know what this means though, right? They are, to an increasing extent, relying upon actual search click performance to determine rankings, in a way similar to the CTR of adwords. You didn't seriously think they'd monitor the top search and click phrases for your website just to give you more stats?

From what I've seen, well performing sites have Search Results almost = Click Results. If they are widly different then the site seems to be suffering.

[NoLimits]

Well, mine were identical until my site disappeared from the G-SERPs. Now they're all out of whack...

[BillyS]

I don't mean to rain on this parade, because any information is better than no information. But let's step back and think about this one:

The objective of Google Sitemap is to:

"Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to submit all your URLs to the Google index and get detailed reports about the visibility of your pages on Google."

The expectation set is:

"Better crawl coverage and fresher search results to help people find more of your web pages."

Well then where is my summary of pages indexed and cache dates for those pages? We could have always used the site: command but the limit is 1,000 pages. Why not give us a hint as to the efficiency of Google spidering our pages? How about a projected next visit date?

What would your wish list be? Perhaps Google is watching...

[NoLimits]

I just want to know what filters are being applied to my site, and what measures to take to make it through unscathed.