New learning paths: curated YouTube playlists for Search fundamentals and Technical SEO
Over the years, the Search Central YouTube channel has published hundreds of videos across various series, from Search for Beginners and Ask Googlebot to Search Console Training and Search Off the Record. While our series structure works well for deep dives and episodic updates, we know that finding a clear, sequential learning path from scratch can sometimes be challenging.
Read full articleAnnouncing web multimodal Search performance reporting in Search Console
Understanding how users find your content is crucial for any publisher or site owner. As Search evolves to include more visual and multimodal experiences, we want to ensure you have the data you need to analyze your performance.
Read full articleSearch Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026: Meet the community speakers
It's happening! We are absolutely pumped that we're just about two weeks away from Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026! From September 30 to October 2, 2026, the Google Search Central team is heading to the gorgeous city of Barcelona, Spain for three days of deep technical exploration, networking, and collaboration.
Read full articleSearch Central Live India 2026: Bengaluru, We're Coming (For Real This Time)
Remember back in March when we told our Indian community to "sit tight" while we figured out the APAC event calendar? Hopefully, you didn't take that too literally, because sitting tight for six months is probably not great for your back. In any case, you can finally stand up and stretch: Search Central Live is officially returning to India in…
Read full articleUpdate to the Site Reputation Policy
In 2024, we introduced our site reputation policy to stop a practice where third-party content is published on a trusted website just to exploit that site's good reputation to rank higher in Search. This practice hurts search quality, and creates a bad experience for users.
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