Thursday, November 4, 2021 Update on February 22, 2022: The page experience update is now slowly rolling out for desktop. It will be completed by the end of March 2022. Update on January 17, 2022: Search Console now has a dedicated ‘Desktop’ section in the Page Experience report. At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans … Read more
Monday, May 8, 2023 A few recent issues made us realize that the hreflang x-default value is potentially underused by sites that already use hreflang to help search users find the right version of their pages. We want to remind you that it can be a powerful tool and can do more than you (probably) … Read more
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Searching for a job can be a time-consuming process and the outcome of the application may be life changing. That’s why providing job seekers with authentic, fresh, and trustworthy content when they come to Google Search is our top priority. To better understand our user’s perspective, we asked tens of thousands … Read more
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Every day, we’re discovering, indexing, and serving billions of web pages, and a significant portion of pages we discover are spam. In 2022 we launched multiple updates to our systems to thwart these attacks and ensure a spam-free experience for all Search users. Improvements to SpamBrain SpamBrain is central to our … Read more
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 We organized the first Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan on April 5, 2022 to facilitate a discussion and networking platform for the SEO, Search and publisher community, in Japanese. This is part of the global Search Central Virtual Unconference event series. Start reading in Japanese The event was lively, with more … Read more
Thursday, May 27, 2021 Google I/O is our annual developer festival, and this year it was all virtual. But as with any events, virtual, or in-person, a lot of information was covered over the three-day event. In case you missed it, here is a list of some Search-related news and announcements that might be of … Read more