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Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Today, we’re leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search results. Fighting link spam with SpamBrain SpamBrain is our AI-based…
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most current status of systems which impact Search—crawling, indexing,…
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Walk into a library and ask for a book, without specifying which one. After puzzled looks, you’ll probably get dozens of questions from the helpful librarian…
Monday, December 12, 2022 We also published this blog post in Czech. The European Copyright Directive, which is being implemented by countries in the European Union, gives new rights to…
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office hours! In this episode, you’ll hear answers from folks on the…
Monday, November 21, 2022 Over the years, through blog posts and other public communications, Google has regularly shared information about our automated ranking systems and how they operate. Now we’ve…
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Continuing our efforts to support merchants and help them grow their businesses across Google, Search Console is introducing a new section for Shopping tab listings to…
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Google Search performance data is the most widely used data in Search Console, both through the Performance report and the Search Analytics API. This post explains…
Friday, October 14, 2022 Today, Search is introducing site names on mobile search results to make it easier to identify the website that’s associated with each result, and we’re sharing…
Thursday, October 13, 2022 In 2002 we launched a page with a set of guidelines for site owners that gave an overview of best practices when it came to building…
Thursday, October 13, 2022 In 2019 we organized events for site owners and SEOs in over 15 countries, specifically in regions that otherwise don’t get much search conference love. Then…
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Last year, we released the Page Experience report in Search Console to help site owners understand and fix issues affecting how Google evaluates the page experience…
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Google is pleased to announce expanded eligibility for enhanced product experiences in Google Search through the use of Product structured data. These enhanced product experiences were…
Thursday, August 18, 2022 Google Search is always working to better connect people to helpful information. To this end, we’re launching what we’re calling the “helpful content update” that’s part…
Friday, August 5, 2022 Product reviews are a valuable resource for users researching which product to buy. Product reviews often contain a list of pros and cons, which our research…
Monday, July 11, 2022 Video creation and consumption on the web continues to grow, and Google Search indexes videos from millions of different sites, so people can easily discover and…
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Over the last few days we’ve received a great deal of questions about a recent update to our documentation about Googlebot. Namely, we’ve documented that Googlebot…
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 We are simplifying the way we classify pages, items, and issues in Search Console reports. We hope this will help you focus on critical issues that…
Friday, June 3, 2022 This week, we introduced an algorithmic improvement that identifies documents where the title element is written in a different language or script from its content, and…
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Several times per year, we make substantial improvements to our overall ranking processes, which we refer to as core updates. Core updates are designed to increase…
Monday, May 23, 2022 The Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 took place on April 27 this year. This is the third event of this kind. With over 450 registrants, it’s…
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 We organized the first Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan on April 5, 2022 to facilitate a discussion and networking platform for the SEO, Search and publisher…
Friday, May 06, 2022 Over the years, we introduced a number of tags and tag attributes for Google sitemap extensions, specifically the Image and Video extensions. Most of these tags…
Thursday, April 21, 2022 In 2021, the world searched for how to heal and how to come back stronger. To help people find helpful information on questions big and small,…
Wednesday, April 06, 2022 Analyzing Search performance data is always a challenge, but even more so when you have plenty of long-tail queries, which are harder to visualize and understand.…
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 This article shows how to create a monitoring dashboard for your Search traffic on Data Studio. While Search Console provides out-of-the-box charts and filtering capabilities, Data…
Monday, March 28, 2022 To help you identify structured data issues more effectively, starting tomorrow Search Console is adding more context to its error reporting. For example, if a website…
Monday, March 28, 2022 In short: We’re deprecating the URL Parameters tool in Search Console in 1 month. There’s no action required from the current users of the tool. The…
Send feedback Thursday, March 24, 2022 The Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022 is now open for registration. The sessions will be conducted in Japanese. If you are interested, be…
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 We’ve regularly heard through user feedback that people prefer detailed reviews with evidence of products actually being tested. Over the past year, we’ve updated how Search…