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If you want to increase your website traffic or increase the ranking in Google, you may find the following Google tools useful.

#1 Google Webmaster Section

http://www.google.com/webmasters/

The Google Webmaster Section should be your first stop when you want to know more about what things can be done to improve your website in related with Google. Particularly for new site owners or operators, checking this page first has saved many from needless anxiety.

#2 Google Sitemaps - Help Your Pages Get Discovered

https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login

Google Sitemaps gives you the opportunity to present your website's pages to Google in XML format. Google will then come by and spider the pages, getting you indexed faster.

This does not mean your pages will be listed for your favorite keywords, the index process by Google will take place faster than with manual submission. Google Sitemaps will also give you some basic site stats after your site is verified, such as the top keywords, errors it found when crawling, and the types of documents at your site.

#3 Google Web Page Information

If you type info:yoursite.com into Google, it will show you a page that has your link at the top of the page, with a short description, and other information from Google about your website.

#4 Google Analytics - The Hot Stuff.

http://www.google.com/analytics/

After a recent purchase of Urchin Stats, a free online version has been made available, and re-branded as Google Analytics. This cookie-based invisible visitor tracker can give you information that go a bit beyond standard stats such as bounce rates, visitor loyalty, keyword discovery results for a single day, click paths through your site, and page views per visit.

With the ability to analyze your traffic, you can help learn where the holes in your site are, and how to keep them on your site for longer periods of time, as well as better ways to steer a visit towards a specific action, such as a subscription. Results come in flavors for the executive and the search marketer alike.

However, this services is too hot and temporarily closed for new registration. But you can still check the above link to see if it is reopen or not.

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