The new Search Console Insights report is here
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Search Console Insights report. The new report offers
even more insights and a deeper integration with Search Console’s Performance report.
With this change, we aim to stre…
SCL Deep Dive APAC 2025: Community Speakers and a New Format
We hope you’re as excited about
Search Central Live Deep Dive APAC
as we are! With just a few weeks to go, we wanted to share an exciting experiment that we’re
planning to run at the event, and introduce our comm…
Simplifying the search results page
As part of our ongoing efforts to
simplify the Google Search results page, we will be phasing out support for a few
structured data features in
Search. We regularly evaluate the usefulness of Search features, bot…
Adding markup support for loyalty programs
Member benefits, such as lower prices and earning loyalty points are a major factor considered by
shoppers when buying products online. Today we’re adding support for defining loyalty programs under
Organization structur…
Top ways to ensure your content performs well in Google’s AI experiences on Search
As a site owner, publisher or creator, you may be wondering how to best succeed in our AI search
experiences, such as AI Overviews and our new AI Mode.
The underpinnings of what Google has long advised carries across to …
App deep links: connecting your website and app
Since 2013, Search has recognized the importance of app deep links in a mobile-centric world.
In this post, we’ll review the current state of app deep links — take a look at what they
are, the benefits of using the…
Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025
We’re ready to open registrations for the first ever Search Central Live Deep Dive, a 3-day event
that will be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year on July 23-25!
The Search Analytics API now supports hourly data
A few months ago, we announced an improved way to view
recent performance data in Search Console.
The “24 hours” view includes data from the last available 24 hours and appears with a delay of
only a few hours. T…
Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol
In the previous posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) we explored what’s already
possible to do with its various components — namely robots.txt and the URI level controls.
In this post we will explore how…
Get Ready for Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2025
Hello 2025! (Yeah, we know, time flies!) We’ve had some exciting plans in the works for
Search Central Live (SCL) Asia Pacific this year, and we’re super excited to let you in on what
we’ve been up to. We’ve been listen…
Robots Refresher: page-level granularity
With the robots.txt file, site owners
have a simple way to control which parts of a website are accessible by crawlers.
To help site owners further express how search engines and web
crawlers can use their pages, the web standards…
Robots Refresher: robots.txt — a flexible way to control how machines explore your website
A long-standing tool for website owners, robots.txt has been in active use for over 30 years and
is broadly supported by crawler operators (such as tools for site owners, services, and search
engines). In this edition of the r…
Robots Refresher: robots.txt – a flexible way to control how machines explore your website
A long-standing tool for website owners, robots.txt has been in active use for over 30 years and
is broadly supported by crawler operators (such as tools for site owners, services, and search
engines). In this edition of the r…
Search Central Live is going to Madrid
We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is going to Madrid for the first time on April 9!
The event will have a mix of presenters from the Google Search, News, and Partnerships teams and the content
will be del…
First Search Central Live in South Africa
On April 2, 2025 we’ll be in Johannesburg, South Africa for the very first Search Central Live event in Africa!
We’re excited to welcome you at Search Central Live South Africa and talk about all things Google Search!
Robots Refresher: introducing a new series
Every now and then we get questions about robots.txt, robots meta tags, and the control
functionality that they offer. Following our December series on crawling,
we thought this would be the perfect time to put together …
Search Central Live is going to New York City
We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to New York City for the first time on March 20, 2025.
The Google Search team has organized events in the city several times, but this time we’re bringing our main Search event t…
Search Central Live is going to New York City
We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to New York City for the first time on March 20, 2025.
The Google Search team has organized events in the city several times, but this time we’re bringing our main Search event t…
Simplifying the visible URL element on mobile search results
Mobile searchers will soon see a cleaner, more streamlined look for how URLs appear in search
results. Initially introduced as part of the “site hierarchy” feature,
we’ve found that the breadcrumb element isn’t as useful…
Search Central Live is returning to Brazil
We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is returning to São Paulo in 2025. Following our
successful events in 2023 and 2024, we’re continuing our mission to help Brazilian businesses enhance
their site’s performance …