\n webmaster forums<\/a>
\n (although at the time, it was a Google Group for questions about sitemaps –
\n original announcement<\/a>).
\n From a small mailing list, these forums have evolved to cover 15 languages and over 50,000 threads
\n per year. These days, we learn a lot from some of the cases surfaced on this platform, and
\n constantly use it to gather feedback to pass on to our teams.\n<\/p>\n
\n Google’s Top Contributors \n Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re rebranding and relaunching the Top Contributor program \n Over the following days, we’ll be updating our badges in the forums so you can recognize who our \n \n \n \n \n More information<\/a> \n Those Product Experts are users who are passionate about Google products and enjoy helping other \n Visit the new Friday, October 12, 2018 Over 12 years ago, we started answering webmaster questions and listening to feedback on our webmaster forums (although at the time, it was a Google Group for questions about sitemaps – original announcement). From a small mailing list, these forums have evolved to cover 15 languages and over 50,000 threads per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":82184,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ar_kb_kategori":[665],"ar_kb_etiket":[],"class_list":["post-25042","ar_kb","type-ar_kb","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ar_kb_kategori-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/25042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ar_kb"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb\/25042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_kategori","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_kategori?post=25042"},{"taxonomy":"ar_kb_etiket","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ar_kb_etiket?post=25042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n (![\"icon](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-e55b0985196f.png\")
)
\n and Rising Stars
\n (![\"icon](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-1e941fd9bb9b.png\")
)
\n are some of our most active and helpful members on these forums. With over 100 members globally
\n just for the Webmaster Forums (1000 members if you count
\n all product forums<\/a>),
\n this community of experts helps thousands of people every year by sharing their knowledge and
\n helping others get the most out of Google products.\n<\/p>\n![\"Some](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-6302500e740e.png\")
\n as
\n Google’s Product Experts program<\/b><\/a>!
\n Same community of experts, shiny new brand.\n<\/p>\n
\n most passionate and dedicated Product Experts are:\n<\/p>\n![\"silver](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-5232da16bf50.png\")
\n Silver Product Expert: Newer members who are developing their product knowledge\n<\/p>\n![\"gold](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-272a92e77276.png\")
\n Gold Product Expert: Trusted members who are knowledgeable and active contributors\n<\/p>\n![\"platinum](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-42d1fb9fab5d.png\")
\n Platinum Product Expert: Seasoned members who contribute beyond providing help through mentoring, creating content, and more\n<\/p>\n![\"alumni](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-6a2e35756ef8.png\")
\n Product Expert Alumni: Past members who are no longer active, but were previously recognized for their helpfulness\n<\/p>\n
\n about the new badges and names.\n<\/p>\n
\n users. They also help us by giving feedback on the tools we all use, like the Search Console, by
\n surfacing questions they think Google should answer better, etc\u2026 Obtaining feedback from our users
\n is one of Google’s core values, and Product Experts often have a great understanding of what
\n affects a lot of our users. For example, here is a blog post detailing
\n how Product Expert feedback about the Search Console<\/a>
\n was used to build the
\n new version of the tool<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
\n Product Experts program website<\/a>
\n to get information on how to become a Product Expert yourself, and come and join us on our
\n Webmaster forums<\/a>,
\n we’d love to hear from you!\n<\/p>\n