Showcasing the value of SEO
Wednesday, April 08, 2020 Each year we attend dozens of events and reach thousands of people with our keynotes, talks,…
BlogLooking back at last year’s Webmaster Conference Product Summit
Tuesday, April 07, 2020 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogIntroducing a new way for sites to highlight Covid-19 announcements on Google…
Friday, April 03, 2020 Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many organizations and groups are publishing important coronavirus-related announcements that affect…
Helping health organizations make Covid-19 information more accessible
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Health organizations are busier than ever providing information to help with the COVID-19 pandemic. To better…
BlogHow to pause your business online in Google Search
Thursday, March 26, 2020 As the effects of the coronavirus grow, we’ve seen businesses around the world looking for ways…
BlogNew properties for virtual, postponed, and canceled events
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 In the current environment and status of COVID-19 around the world, many events are being canceled,…
BlogCoronavirus (Covid-19) and Webmaster Conference
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogAnnouncing mobile first indexing for the whole web
Thursday, March 05, 2020 Newer content available: This post is outdated. Check out our newer Mobile-first indexing best practices. It’s…
Best Practices for News coverage with Search
Friday, February 28, 2020 Having up-to-date information during large, public events is critical, as the landscape changes by the minute.…
BlogMore and better data export in Search Console
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 We have heard users ask for better download capabilities in Search Console loud and clear –…
BlogHow to showcase your events on Google Search
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 It’s officially 2020 and people are starting to make plans for the year ahead. If you…
BlogNew reports for review snippets in Search Console
Monday, February 10, 2020 A review snippet is a short excerpt of a review or a rating from a website,…
BlogGoogle Search News for January 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020 We hope the year 2020 has started off well for you, and wanted to bring a…
BlogNew Removals report in Search Console
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 We’re happy to announce that we’re launching a new version of the Removals report in Search…
BlogSunsetting support for data-vocabulary
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Structured data schemas such as schema.org and data-vocabulary.org are used to define shared meaningful structures for…
BlogGet Ready for New SameSite=None; Secure Cookie Settings
Thursday, January 16, 2020 This is a cross-post from the Chromium developer blog and is specific to how changes to…
BlogThe Search Console Training video series is rolling out
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 A new video series about Google Search Console is rolling out on Youtube now! The series…
BlogAn update on 2019
Friday, December 27, 2019 With 2020 hanging above our heads much the same way that bricks don’t, people start reflecting…
BlogLaunching a new Publisher Center
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Today we are announcing the launch of Publisher Center to help publishers more easily manage their…
BlogPackage Tracking Early Access Program
Thursday, December 05, 2019 People frequently come to Google Search looking to find information on the status of their packages.…
BlogIntroducing the new Search Console messages
Wednesday, December 04, 2019 Search Console sends millions of messages every month. They’re our main way to let you know…
Google Search News for November 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019 The ecosystem around and in Google Search has continued to evolve since the first episode of…
BlogNew reporting for Products Results in Search Console
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 We recently announced that in addition to schema.org markup, product data feeds submitted through Google Merchant…
BlogGet faster with the new Speed report in Search Console
Monday, November 04, 2019 A fast web experience has long been an important user experience factor that we have promoted…
BlogSite Kit is now available for all WordPress sites
Thursday, October 31, 2019 Today, we’re announcing that Site Kit is available for everyone to install from the WordPress plugin…
BlogGoogle Webmaster Conference goes to Tel Aviv
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogVideo Series for New Webmasters: Search for Beginners!
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 We are excited to introduce our newest video series: “Search For Beginners“! The series was created…
BlogGoodbye, Flash
Monday, October 28, 2019 “The end of an era”… that’s the title Microsoft used to announce it will stop supporting…
BlogNew reports for video results in Search Console
Monday, October 07, 2019 Video is an important and growing medium used to consume information online, and we want to…
BlogUpdating the user agent of Googlebot
It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some…
BlogJoin us at a Webmaster Conference in Mountain View, California
Monday, September 30, 2019 It’s been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be…
BlogGoogle Search News: coming soon to a screen near you
Friday, September 27, 2019 The world of search is constantly evolving. New tools, opportunities, and features are regularly arriving, sometimes…
More options to help websites preview their content on Google Search
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Google uses content previews, including text snippets and other media, to help people decide whether a…
BlogFresher data in your site’s Search Performance report
Monday, September 23, 2019 We analyzed our user feedback, and today would like to announce a new improvement to the…
Making Review Rich Results more helpful
Monday, September 16, 2019 Search results that are enhanced by review rich results can be extremely helpful when searching for…
BlogEvolving “nofollow” – new ways to identify the nature of links
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Nearly 15 years ago, the nofollow attribute was introduced as a means to help fight comment…
BlogSaying goodbye to the old Search Console
Monday, September 09, 2019 Today we are reaching another important milestone in our graduation journey, we are saying goodbye to…
BlogIntroducing Auto-DNS verification in the new Search Console
Tuesday, September 03, 2019 Back in February, we announced domain-wide data in Search Console, to give site owners a comprehensive…
BlogMinor cleaning up in the Search Console API
Monday, August 26, 2019 With the move to the new Search Console, we’ve decided to clean up some parts of…
BlogYou #AskGoogleWebmasters, we answer
Thursday, August 15, 2019 We love to help folks make awesome websites. For a while now, we’ve been answering questions…
BlogWhen indexing goes wrong: how Google Search recovered from indexing issues and…
Monday, August 12, 2019 Most of the time, our search engine runs properly. Our teams work hard to prevent technical…
BlogGooglebot evergreen rendering in our testing tools
Wednesday, August 07, 2019 Today we updated most of our testing tools so they are using the evergreen Chromium renderer.…
BlogWhat site owners should know about Google’s August 2019 core update
Thursday, August 01, 2019 We now post about core updates on our List of Google Search ranking updates page. To…
BlogHelping publishers and users get more out of visual searches on Google…
Thursday, July 25, 2019 Google Images has made a series of changes to help people explore, learn and do more…
BlogA note on unsupported rules in robots.txt
Tuesday, July 02, 2019 Yesterday we announced that we’re open-sourcing Google’s production robots.txt parser. It was an exciting moment that…
BlogFormalizing the Robots Exclusion Protocol Specification
Monday, July 01, 2019 For 25 years, the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) has been one of the most basic and…
Google’s robots.txt parser is now open source
Monday, July 01, 2019 For 25 years, the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) was only a de-facto standard. This had frustrating…
Bye Bye Preferred Domain setting
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 As we progress with the migration to the new Search Console experience, we will be saying…
BlogWebmaster Conference: ein Event wie für Sie gemacht
Die Veröffentlichung dieses Blogbeitrags liegt schon eine Weile zurück. Einige Informationen könnten veraltet sein (zum Beispiel fehlen möglicherweise Bilder oder…
BlogA video series on SEO myths for web developers
Thursday, June 06, 2019 We invited members of the SEO and web developer community to join us for a new…