BlogUpcoming changes to FeedBurner
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 FeedBurner has been a part of Google for almost 14 years, and we’re making several upcoming…
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BlogAnnouncing the Sustainable Monetized Websites video series
Monday, April 12, 2021 The new series Sustainable Monetized Websites is now available on the Search Central and the Google…
BlogExpanding support for APAC Search Central Help Communities
Friday, April 9, 2021 Earlier in 2020, we opened Google Search Central Help Communities in multiple markets like the Polish,…
What creators should know about Google’s April 2021 product reviews update
Thursday, April 8, 2021 We now post about product reviews updates on our List of Google Search ranking updates page.…
BlogImproved data filtering and comparison on Performance reports
Wednesday, April 07, 2021 The Search Console Performance reports allow users to understand how people find their site on Google.…
BlogNew for education sites: Practice problems and Math solvers structured data
Thursday, March 25, 2021 According to Unesco, nearly 1.5 billion learners had their education disrupted due to COVID-19. Almost overnight,…
BlogKorean Blog: How Wix improved website performance by evolving their infrastructure
Thursday, March 25, 2021 We published a case study in Korean about how Wix improved website performance by evolving their…
BlogKorean Blog: How CLS optimizations increased Yahoo! JAPAN News’s page views per…
Thursday, March 25, 2021 We published a case study in Korean about how CLS optimizations increased Yahoo! JAPAN News’s page…
BlogClarifications about the SharedArrayBuffer object message
Friday, March 19, 2021 Update on May 6, 2021: Due to unexpected circumstances, the Chrome team decided to postpone the…
BlogNew resources for video SEO
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 As global online video consumption continues to grow, Google aims to surface video content from diverse…
BlogProviding better product information for shoppers
Friday, February 26, 2021 Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, and organizing product information for shoppers and retailers…
BlogNew Association functionality added to Search Console
Monday, February 22, 2021 We’re happy to announce that Search Console has an enhanced Association page within the settings menu.…
BlogJoin us at Search Central Live 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogSearch Console Discover report now includes Chrome data
Tuesday, February 02, 2021 Discover is a popular way for users to stay up-to-date on all their favorite topics, even…
BlogIntroducing Google News performance report
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Today we are launching Google News performance reporting to help news publishers better understand user behavior…
BlogIndex Coverage Data Improvements
Monday, January 11, 2021 Helping people understand how Google crawls and indexes their sites has been one of the main…
A weird year in review
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 2020, what a year this was! We found new ways to work and collaborate, to learn…
BlogAn update on the Structured Data Testing Tool
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Test your structured data with the Rich Results Test and Schema Markup Validator. In July, we…
BlogUpdates to Search Console’s API
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 A few months ago we announced an API infrastructure upgrade to improve the performance of the…
BlogNew and improved crawl stats for your site
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 To help website owners better understand how Googlebot crawls their sites, we’re launching a brand new…
BlogWe moved! Introducing the new home for the Google Webmaster Blogs
Thursday, November 19, 2020 Last week we changed our name to Google Search Central and published our new central site.…
BlogGoodbye Google Webmasters, hello Google Search Central
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The history behind Google Webmasters Merriam-Webster claims the first known use of the word “webmaster” was…
BlogTiming for bringing page experience to Google Search
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogPES@Home 2020: Google’s first virtual summit for Product Experts
Thursday, November 05, 2020 More than ever, users are relying on Google products to do their jobs, educate their kids,…
BlogBest practices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday pages
Tuesday, October 26, 2020 The end of the year holiday season is a peak time for many merchants with special…
BlogHow can my pages appear on the search result page?
Friday, October 13, 2020 We published episode 3 of our webtoon series in Korean. Here’s a summary of the episode…
BlogThe Search Console Training lives on
Friday, October 02, 2020 In November 2019 we announced the Search Console Training YouTube series and started publishing videos regularly.…
BlogNew Schema.org support for retailer shipping data
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Starting today, we support shippingDetails schema.org markup as an alternative way for retailers to be eligible…
BlogNew open source robots.txt projects
Monday, September 21, 2020 Last year we released the robots.txt parser and matcher that we use in our production systems…
Googlebot will soon speak HTTP/2
Thursday, September 17, 2020 Starting November 2020, Googlebot will start crawling some sites over HTTP/2. Ever since mainstream browsers started…
BlogSharing what we learned on the first Virtual Webmaster Unconference
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogMake the licensing information for your images visible on Google Images
Monday, August 31, 2020 For the last few years, we’ve collaborated with the image licensing industry to raise awareness of…
BlogOptions for retailers to control how their crawled product information appears on…
Friday, August 21, 2020 Earlier this year Google launched a new way for shoppers to find clothes, shoes and other…
BlogIdentify and fix AMP Signed Exchange errors in Search Console
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogJoin our first Virtual Webmaster Unconference
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogRich Results and Search Console Webmaster Conference Lightning Talk
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 A few weeks ago we held another Webmaster Conference Lightning Talk, this time about Rich Results…
BlogSearch Console API announcements
Thursday, August 06, 2020 Over the past year, we have been working to upgrade the infrastructure of the Search Console…
BlogSearch Off The Record podcast – behind the scenes with Search Relations
Monday, August 03, 2020 As the Search Relations team at Google, we’re here to help site owners be successful with…
BlogPrepare for mobile-first indexing (with a little extra time)
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Newer content available: This post is outdated. Check out our newer Mobile-first indexing best practices. Mobile-first…
The Rich Results Test is out of beta
Tuesday, July 07, 2020 Today we are announcing that the Rich Results Test fully supports all Google Search rich result…
How spam reports are used at Google
Friday, July 03, 2020 Thanks to our users, we receive hundreds of spam reports every day. While many of the…
BlogWhy are my pages not shown on the search result page?
Friday, June 26, 2020 We published episode 2 of our webtoon series in Korean. Here’s a summary of the episode…
BlogHow we fought Search spam on Google – Webspam Report 2019
Tuesday, June 09, 2020 Every search matters. That is why whenever you come to Google Search to find relevant and…
Evaluating page experience for a better web
Thursday, May 28, 2020 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
Hello Search Console. Nice to meet you!
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 We published episode 1 of our webtoon series in Korean. Here’s a summary of the episode…
BlogFrequently asked questions about JavaScript and links
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 We get lots of questions every day – in our Webmaster office hours, at conferences, in…
BlogGoogle Translate’s Website Translator – available for non-commercial use
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Update on September 1, 2026: Starting October 1, 2026, Google Translate’s Website Translator Widget will no…
BlogNew reports for Guided Recipes on Assistant in Search Console
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Over the past two years, Google Assistant has helped users around the world cook yummy recipes…
BlogReintroducing a community for Polish and Turkish Site Owners
Friday, May 15, 2020 Google Webmaster Help forums are a great place for website owners to help each other, engage…
BlogNew reports for Special Announcements in Search Console
Tuesday, May 05, 2020 Last month we introduced a new way for sites to highlight COVID-19 announcements on Google Search.…