One of the things I covered in my CNet: Searchlight blog, was the tools for how website owners, webmasters/mistresses, and other professionals can get a little closer to the search engine spiders.

Along with providing more detailed information and answering more and more questions publicly, the greatest advancement they (the Search Engines) have made has been in creating tools to actually give site owners (who have validated their sites) more information about their sites than they’ve ever experienced before.

Whether you use Google Webmaster Central or Yahoo!’s Site Explorer, this article goes into the pros and cons of each tool and how it relates to SEO.