BlogSite names on Google Search now available for all languages
Thursday, September 7, 2023 Last October, site names were introduced on mobile results for select languages, which expanded to desktop…
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BlogThe comedy of errors
Thursday, August 24, 2023 Every now and then we get questions about errors that we may have shown for sites…
BlogSearch Central Live is coming to India
Thursday, August 17, 2023 With three Search Central Live events behind us this year, it’s time to announce the one…
BlogChanges to HowTo and FAQ rich results
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 Update on September 14, 2023: Continuing our efforts to simplify Google’s search results, we’re extending the…
BlogAn update on site names
Friday, July 28, 2023 In May, we introduced support for site names for subdomains on mobile devices only, for English,…
BlogSearch Central Live Tokyo and Jakarta: it’s a wrap
Thursday, July 27, 2023 It’s been about a month since Search Central Live Tokyo concluded and about 2 weeks since…
Sitemaps ping endpoint is going away
The sitemaps ping endpoint deprecation is complete. Monday, June 26, 2023 The Sitemaps Protocol was introduced in 2005 to help…
BlogReporting search quality issues with a new user feedback form
Today, we launched a new user feedback form for reporting quality issues for sites. In this post we will take…
BlogImproving prominence reporting in the Search Console video indexing report
In order to help you better understand issues with video indexing, Search Console will start reporting more specific issues with…
BlogIndonesian Blog: Search Central Live Jakarta 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 A few weeks back, we announced that Search Central Live is coming to a few locations…
BlogBigQuery efficiency tips for Search Console bulk data exports
In this post, we discuss tips to help you take advantage of the Search Console bulk data exports without incurring…
Understanding news topic authority
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Major news events are often covered by a wide array of news sites. This can present…
BlogSearch Central Live: Tokyo and future plans for APAC
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Search Central Live is back in Asia Pacific throughout 2023 and we can’t wait to meet…
BlogIntroducing INP to Core Web Vitals
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogHow x-default can help you
Monday, May 8, 2023 A few recent issues made us realize that the hreflang x-default value is potentially underused by…
BlogThe role of page experience in creating helpful content
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Shipping and Returns information on Google Search web results
Monday, April 17, 2023 Google Search now shows an expanded display of shipping and return information on Google Search text…
BlogSimplifying video presentation on Google Search Results
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Today, we’re making a change so that video thumbnails only appear next to Google search results…
How we fought spam on Google Search in 2022
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Every day, we’re discovering, indexing, and serving billions of web pages, and a significant portion of…
BlogEvent recap: Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
Monday, April 3, 2023 When we launched the Search Central Virtual Unconference series, we got a lot of feedback to…
BlogBlending Search Console and internal data inside Looker Studio
One advantage of analyzing your performance data outside Search Console is that it allows you to add more context to…
BlogSearch Central Community in 2022
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 The Search Central Community is an online forum where site owners can help each other troubleshoot…
BlogUpdating Search Console users and permissions management
This post discusses an update to Search Console's user and permissions to incorporate functionality related to ownership and user management.
Bulk data export: a new and powerful way to access your Search…
In this post, we discuss bulk data export, a new Search Console feature that allows you to export data to…
BlogDon’t use 403s or 404s for rate limiting
Friday, February 17, 2023 Over the last few months we noticed an uptick in website owners and some content delivery…
BlogGoogle Search’s guidance about AI-generated content
In this post, we'll share more about how AI-generated content fits into our long-standing approach to show helpful content to…
BlogAnnouncing the Search Central Live Brazil roadshow
Monday, February 6, 2023 Leia em Português We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to Brazil!…
BlogNew updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
Wednesday, February 01, 2023 Last July we launched a new report in Search Console to help you understand the performance…
Spanish blog: Register for the Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
Thursday, January 12, 2023 ¡Hola! The Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023 is now open for participant registration. All…
Thanks, 2022
Friday, December 30, 2022 You know what time it is: year in a review. With only a few days left…
Search Central Live 2022 Highlights
Friday, December 16, 2022 We spent the past few weeks busy (and excited!) hosting Search Central Live events in Singapore…
BlogOur latest update to the quality rater guidelines: E-A-T gets an extra…
Thursday, December 15, 2022 Many creators are familiar with the concept of E-A-T, which is used in how we evaluate…
BlogDecember 2022 link spam update releasing for Google Search
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Today, we’re leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search…
BlogIntroducing the Google Search Status Dashboard
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand…
Visual Elements of Google Search
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 Walk into a library and ask for a book, without specifying which one. After puzzled looks,…
BlogUpdates to Google’s Services in Czechia in Light of the Czech Transposition…
Monday, December 12, 2022 We also published this blog post in Czech. The European Copyright Directive, which is being implemented…
BlogNovember Google SEO Office Hours
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office hours!…
BlogIntroducing our new guide to Google Search ranking systems
Monday, November 21, 2022 Over the years, through blog posts and other public communications, Google has regularly shared information about…
Start showing your products on the Shopping tab with Search Console
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Continuing our efforts to support merchants and help them grow their businesses across Google, Search Console…
BlogA deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limits
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Google Search performance data is the most widely used data in Search Console, both through the…
Introducing site names on Google Search
Search is introducing site names on mobile search results to make it easier to identify the website that's associated with…
BlogBack in business: Search Central Live events
Thursday, October 13, 2022 In 2019 we organized events called Webmaster Conference for site owners and SEOs in over 15…
BlogRefreshed guidelines for site owners
Thursday, October 13, 2022 In 2002 we launched a page with a set of guidelines for site owners that gave…
BlogThe new HTTPS report in Search Console
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Last year, we released the Page Experience report in Search Console to help site owners understand…
New Search Console Merchant Listings report: expanding eligibility with Product structured data
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Google is pleased to announce expanded eligibility for enhanced product experiences in Google Search through the…
What creators should know about Google’s August 2022 helpful content update
Thursday, August 18, 2022 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogNew in structured data: Pros and cons
Friday, August 5, 2022 Product reviews are a valuable resource for users researching which product to buy. Product reviews often…
BlogAnnouncing the new Search Console Video index report
Monday, July 11, 2022 Video creation and consumption on the web continues to grow, and Google Search indexes videos from…
BlogGooglebot and the 15 MB thing
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Over the last few days we’ve received a great deal of questions about a recent update…
BlogSimplifying Search Console reports with an updated item classification
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 We are simplifying the way we classify pages, items, and issues in Search Console reports. We…