Google Webmaster Tools API Released

[ariese]

The Google Webmaster Central blog has announced the first release of the Webmaster Tools API:

From our discussions with webmasters, we've consistently heard requests to open Webmaster Tools for third-party integration. The Webmaster Tools team has taken this request to heart and I'm happy to announce that we're now releasing an API for Webmaster Tools.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...tools-api.html

A developer's guide is also available for anyone that wants to have a play around.

There's fairly limited data/functionality available at this stage, but it's one to watch IMO.

[mwasiqansari]

While the offering of an API is interesting, the article itself is really strange. It reads as if they intentionally wrote it to test the relevance algorithm - to see if the url will inappropriately rank for "cooking" searches!

Inapproprite ranking of metaphorical language is a challenging "edge case" for search, and I have a suspicion that this is a test case!