Last month, Google unveiled some new features to its Webmaster Tools. Two of the most significant changes are a new degree of control over Site Crawl, and the other is a completely redesigned Webmaster’s Help community for English and Polish speaking users.

The new Site Crawl tool will allow users to exercise more control over the rate at which Google’s Site Crawlers index the content on their sites. This is a boon for those who add fresh new content on a regular basis, but may be otherwise too far ‘under the radar’ to be crawled with a degree of regularity. Conversely, if the content of the user’s site is relatively static, they can indicate this via the control panel and economize on bandwidth.

Also new are user forums that replace the older style of Google Webmaster’s Help– this is a great way to assist those individuals who are delving into the wealth of tools and reporting Webmasters can provide. At the moment, only English and Polish help groups have been transitioned to this new format, but other major languages are sure to follow.

Thankfully, Google is always working to improve the end-user experience for those that are involved with their products. These new features are another step forward in being able to understand and control the variables that comprise the universe of searching!