Bulk data export: a new and powerful way to access your Search Console data
In this post, we discuss bulk data export, a new Search Console feature that allows you to export
data to Google BigQuery on an ongoing basis. You can configure an export in Search Console to
get a daily data dump into your BigQuery …
Don’t use 403s or 404s for rate limiting
Over the last few months we noticed an uptick in website owners and some content delivery
networks (CDNs) attempting to use 404 and other 4xx client errors (but not 429) to attempt to
reduce Googlebot’s crawl rate.
Google Search’s guidance about AI-generated content
At Google, we’ve long believed in the power of AI to transform the ability to deliver helpful
information. In this post, we’ll share more about how AI-generated content fits into our
long-standing approach to show helpful content to …
Google Search’s guidance about AI-generated content
At Google, we’ve long believed in the power of AI to transform the ability to deliver helpful
information. In this post, we’ll share more about how AI-generated content fits into our
long-standing approach to show helpful content to …
Announcing the Search Central Live Brazil roadshow
We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to Brazil! Following our
successful events last year, we’re continuing our mission to help you enhance your site’s performance
in Google Search. We’re organizing three events in Brazil, starting with São Paulo on March 9, then
Brasília on March 14, and finishing with Belo Horizonte on March 16.
Announcing the Search Central Live Brazil roadshow
We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to Brazil! Following our
successful events last year, we’re continuing our mission to help you enhance your site’s performance
in Google Search. We’re organizing three events in Brazil, starting with São Paulo on March 9, then
Brasília on March 14, and finishing with Belo Horizonte on March 16.
New updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
Last July we launched a new report in Search Console to help you understand the performance of your videos on
Google and identify possible areas of improvement. Today, we are happy to share a few more updates to the report
on Searc…
New updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
Last July we launched a new report in Search Console to help you understand the performance of your videos on
Google and identify possible areas of improvement. Today, we are happy to share a few more updates to the report
on Search …
Register for the Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
¡Hola! The Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023 is now open for participant
registration. All sessions will be conducted in Spanish. If you speak Spanish and are
interested, be sure to register before February 1! Come meet the community, exchange ideas,
and have fun together.
Thanks, 2022
You know what time it is: year in a review. With only a few days left of 2022 and with all the
quiet in the office, we thought it would be nice to reflect on this year from Search Central’s
perspective.
Thanks, 2022
You know what time it is: year in a review. With only a few days left of 2022 and with all the
quiet in the office, we thought it would be nice to reflect on this year from Search Central’s
perspective.
Search Central Live 2022 Highlights
We spent the past few weeks busy hosting
events in Singapore and Tel Aviv. In this post we look back and discuss the highlights from the events
and some ideas for future events.
Search Central Live 2022 Highlights
We spent the past few weeks busy hosting
events in Singapore and Tel Aviv. In this post we look back and discuss the highlights from the events
and some ideas for future events.
Our latest update to the quality rater guidelines: E-A-T gets an extra E for Experience
Many creators are familiar with the concept of E-A-T, which is used in how we evaluate if our
search ranking systems are providing helpful, relevant information. Would ordinary people feel
the results they get demonstrate E-A-T, that…
Our latest update to the quality rater guidelines: E-A-T gets an extra E for Experience
Many creators are familiar with the concept of E-A-T, which is used in how we evaluate if our
search ranking systems are providing helpful, relevant information. Would ordinary people feel
the results they get demonstrate E-A-T, that…
December 2022 link spam update releasing for Google Search
Today, we’re leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on
search results.
December 2022 link spam update releasing for Google Search
Today, we’re leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on
search results.
Introducing the Google Search Status Dashboard
As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most
current status of systems which impact Search – crawling, indexing, and serving. While
system disruptions are extremely rare, we want to be…
Introducing the Google Search Status Dashboard
As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most
current status of systems which impact Search – crawling, indexing, and serving. While
system disruptions are extremely rare, we want to be…
Visual Elements of Google Search
It can be challenging to find a certain search feature or UI element that you want to learn about,
especially when you don’t know what it’s called. The brand new Visual Elements Gallery was
built to help you with this: it contains th…