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I was just mid-session on Google Webmaster tools, when I clicked on a link and saw the message – “that page no longer exists”. Β Huh?

I went back to my home page for WMT, and that too was a bad link. Weird. So, i went to my IGoogle home Page, went back into Google Webmaster Tools, and “wham” everything was different!

Apparently, I had now been forced into their “new look and feel” that until this moment, had only been an option.

As I was exploring the menu on the left, trying to get back to where I was, I saw a new option that made my heart skip a beat – Could it be?

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Β Yep, sure enough, I clicked the link called “change of address” under the site configuration menu,Β  and was taken to a new screen for –Β  you guessed it – MOVING DOMAIN NAMES.

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This feature was LONG overdue, and I think I first started wishing for it back in 2006, after doing eeverything “right” and still getting a site dinged after changing domain names.

At some point, IΒ asked for it at aΒ  Webmaster Tools conference session (eitherΒ SMX Advanced or maybe Pubcon) and my request actually got a round of applause!

Anyway, I still don’t really like the new WMT interface, but with this improvement, it’s a lotΒ easier to take… Thank you again, Google!

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