Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Over the years we attended hundreds of conferences, we spoke to thousands of webmasters, and
recorded
hundreds of hours of videos
to help web creators find information about how to perform better in Google Search results. Now
we’d like to go further: help those who aren’t able to travel internationally and access the same
information.
Today we’re officially announcing the
Webmaster Conference, a series
of local events around the world. These events are primarily located where it’s difficult to
access search conferences or information about Google Search, or where there’s a specific need for
a Search event. For example, if we identify that a region has problems with hacked sites, we may
organize an event focusing on that specific topic.
We want web creators to have equal opportunity in Google Search regardless of their language,
financial status, gender, location, or any other attribute. The conferences are always available
without payment and easily accessible in the region where they’re organized, and, based on
feedback from the local communities and analyses, they’re tailored for the audience that signed up
for the events. That means it doesn’t matter how much you already know about Google Search; the
event you attend will have takeaways tailored to you. The talks will be in the local language, in
case of international speakers through interpreters, and we’ll do our best to also offer sign
language interpretation if requested.
The structure of the event varies from region to region. For example, in
Okinawa, Japan, we had a wonderful half-day
event with novice and advanced web creators where we focused on how to perform better in Google
Images. At
Webmaster Conference India
and
Indonesia,
that might change and we may focus more on how to create faster websites. We will also host web
communities in Europe and North America later this year, so keep an eye out for the announcements!
We will continue attending external events as usual; we are doing these events to complement the
existing ones. If you want to learn more about our upcoming events, visit the
Webmaster Conference site which
we’ll update monthly, and follow our blogs and
@googlesearchc on Twitter!
How we apply this
We archive Search Central announcements because client questions often trace back to a change that was announced years ago. Reading the original is faster than reconstructing it from second-hand summaries.
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