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  • Archive
    • 2026
      • September
        • Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026: Meet the community speakers
        • Search Central Live India 2026: Bengaluru, We're Coming (For Real This Time)
        • Search Central Live is coming to Bogota and Ciudad de México
      • August
        • Update to the Site Reputation Policy
      • July
        • Platform properties roll out globally, plus a new social and video performance guide
        • See how content from social and video platforms performs on Google Search
        • Search Central Deep Dive Europe 2026: Apparently we're going to Barcelona
      • June
        • Help Us Pick the Next Stop in Europe for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2026!
        • Introducing Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console
      • May
        • A new resource for optimizing for generative AI in Google Search
      • April
        • Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking"
        • Search Central Live is Coming to Shanghai in 2026!
      • March
        • Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the bytes we process
        • New Location for the Google Crawlers' IP Range Files
        • Search Central Live is coming to Canada
        • Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2026: Get Ready for Sydney and more!
      • February
        • Google's February 2026 Discover core update
      • January
        • Search Central Live is coming back to South America
    • 2025
      • December
        • Search Central Live APAC 2025 Recap: A Note of Gratitude
        • Introducing weekly and monthly views in Search Console
        • Introducing social channels in Search Console
        • Streamline your Search Console analysis with the new AI-powered configuration
      • November
        • Introducing the Branded queries filter in Search Console
        • Adding context to your Search Console data with custom annotations
        • More ways to share your shipping and returns policies with Google
        • Search Central Live Zurich is back!
        • Here's an update on our efforts to simplify the search results page
      • October
        • Introducing Query groups in Search Console Insights
      • September
        • Search Central Live Dubai 2025
        • Announcing the store widget: build shopper confidence and drive sales
        • Search Central Live Tokyo 2025
        • Search Central Live Hong Kong 2025
      • August
        • Search Central Live is back to Mexico City
      • July
        • Introducing the Google Trends API (alpha)
      • June
        • The new Search Console Insights report is here
        • SCL Deep Dive APAC 2025: Community Speakers and a New Format
        • Simplifying the search results page
        • Adding markup support for loyalty programs
      • May
        • Top ways to ensure your content performs well in Google's AI experiences on Search
        • App deep links: connecting your website and app
      • April
        • Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025
        • The Search Analytics API now supports hourly data
      • March
        • Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol
        • Get Ready for Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2025
        • Robots Refresher: page-level granularity
        • Robots Refresher: robots.txt - a flexible way to control how machines explore your website
        • Search Central Live is going to Madrid
        • First Search Central Live in South Africa
      • February
        • Robots Refresher: introducing a new series
        • Search Central Live is going to New York City
      • January
        • Simplifying the visible URL element on mobile search results
        • Search Central Live is returning to Brazil
    • 2024
      • December
        • Crawling out of December: the 2024 recap
        • Crawling December: CDNs and crawling
        • Crawling December: Faceted navigation
        • Search Central Live Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 2024: Recap
        • An improved way to view your recent performance data in Search Console
        • Crawling December: HTTP caching
        • Crawling December: The how and why of Googlebot crawling
      • November
        • Join us at Search Central Live in Zurich!
        • Updating our site reputation abuse policy
      • October
        • Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box
        • Search Central Live Jakarta and Bangkok 2024: it's a wrap
        • Bringing Store ratings on Search to more countries
      • September
        • New Search experiences in South Africa: Badges and refinement chips
        • Learn all about Google Trends with our new YouTube tutorials
      • August
        • Supporting AVIF in Google Search
        • Search Central Live 2024 is coming to Kuala Lumpur and Taipei
        • What to know about our August 2024 core update
        • Introducing recommendations in Google Search Console
      • July
        • Configure your shipping and returns directly in Search Console
      • June
        • Search Central Live Bangkok 2024
        • Adding markup support for organization-level return policies
        • We're on LinkedIn (finally)
        • Mobile-indexing-vLast-final-final.doc
      • May
        • Search Central Live 2024 is coming back to the APAC region
      • April
        • Improving Search Console ownership token management
      • March
        • Search Central Live 2024 in Warsaw, Poland
        • What web creators should know about our March 2024 core update and new spam policies
        • Search Central Live 2024 in Bucharest, Romania
      • February
        • Adding structured data support for Product Variants
        • New Search experiences in EEA: Rich results, aggregator units, and refinement chips
        • The SEO Starter Guide gets a makeover
        • Announcing Search Central Live Argentina
        • Search Central Live is returning to Brazil
    • 2023
      • December
        • This is over
        • Video mode now only shows pages where video is the main content
        • Adding markup support for vacation rentals
      • November
        • Expanding markup support for Organization details, including Logo structured data
        • New in structured data: discussion forum and profile page
        • Upcoming deprecation of Crawl Rate Limiter Tool in Search Console
        • Search Quality Raters Guidelines update
        • List your courses with new course info structured data
        • A Q&A on Google Search updates
        • Search Central Live Taipei 2023
      • October
        • Mobile-first indexing has landed
        • Search Central Live Singapore 2023
        • Vehicle listing structured data for car dealerships
        • October 2023 Spam Update
      • September
        • Search Central Live Zurich is back!
        • Announcing the Search Central Live Mexico roadshow
        • Associate Search Console to Merchant Center to discover growth opportunities
        • How Google Search handles multilingual searches
        • Site names on Google Search now available for all languages
      • August
        • The comedy of errors
        • Search Central Live is coming to India
        • Changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results
      • July
        • An update on site names
        • Search Central Live Tokyo and Jakarta: it's a wrap
      • June
        • Sitemaps ping endpoint is going away
        • Reporting search quality issues with a new user feedback form
        • Improving prominence reporting in the Search Console video indexing report
        • Indonesian Blog: Search Central Live Jakarta 2023
        • BigQuery efficiency tips for Search Console bulk data exports
      • May
        • Understanding news topic authority
        • Search Central Live: Tokyo and future plans for APAC
        • Introducing INP to Core Web Vitals
        • How x-default can help you
      • April
        • Japanese Blog: Introducing #GoogleSearchOfficeHours
        • The role of page experience in creating helpful content
        • Shipping and Returns information on Google Search web results
        • Simplifying video presentation on Google Search Results
        • How we fought spam on Google Search in 2022
        • Event recap: Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
      • March
        • Blending Search Console and internal data inside Looker Studio
        • Search Central Community in 2022
      • February
        • Updating Search Console users and permissions management
        • Bulk data export: a new and powerful way to access your Search Console data
        • Don't use 403s or 404s for rate limiting
        • Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content
        • Announcing the Search Central Live Brazil roadshow
        • New updates to the Search Console Video indexing report
      • January
        • Spanish blog: Register for the Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
    • 2022
      • December
        • Thanks, 2022
        • Search Central Live 2022 Highlights
        • Our latest update to the quality rater guidelines: E-A-T gets an extra E for Experience
        • December 2022 link spam update releasing for Google Search
        • Introducing the Google Search Status Dashboard
        • Visual Elements of Google Search
        • Updates to Google's Services in Czechia in Light of the Czech Transposition of the European Copyright Directive
      • November
        • November Google SEO Office Hours
        • Introducing our new guide to Google Search ranking systems
        • Start showing your products on the Shopping tab with Search Console
      • October
        • A deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limits
        • Introducing site names on Google Search
        • Refreshed guidelines for site owners
        • Back in business: Search Central Live events
      • September
        • The new HTTPS report in Search Console
        • New Search Console Merchant Listings report: expanding eligibility with Product structured data
      • August
        • What creators should know about Google's helpful content update
        • New in structured data: Pros and cons
      • July
        • Announcing the new Search Console Video index report
      • June
        • Googlebot and the 15 MB thing
        • Simplifying Search Console reports with an updated item classification
        • How Google generates titles for documents with language or script misalignment
      • May
        • May 2022 core update releasing for Google Search
        • The Global Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 is a wrap!
        • Event recap: Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022
        • Spring cleaning: some sitemap extension tags are going away
      • April
        • How we fought Search spam on Google in 2021
        • Optimizing website performance with a Search Console bubble chart
      • March
        • Monitoring Search traffic (and more!) with Data Studio
        • Adding context to structured data issues in Search Console
        • Spring cleaning: the URL Parameters tool
        • Japanese Blog: Register for the first Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022!
        • Improving Product Review ranking, one year on
        • Search for Beginners YouTube Series now available in Japanese!
        • Connecting Search Console to Data Studio
      • January
        • Welcoming the new Search Console URL Inspection API
        • New robots tag: indexifembedded
    • 2021