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Google Merchant Center now automatically displays badge eligibility for products

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The Best 2021 Black Friday Deals? They’re in This Article

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Great flexibility, powerful website building tools, and excellent customer support. It exemplify the top-of-the line mul…  Read more

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App pricing, update details, and Editor’s choice now available on Google Workspace Marketplace.

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Making Google Ads API Client Libraries More Inclusive

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Improved Google Play Console user management: access requests, permission groups, and more

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Making permissions auto-reset available to billions more devices

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Last month, we shared about our new system for generating titles for web page results. Thanks to your feedback, which ha…  Read more

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September 2021 update to Display & Video 360 API v1

Today we’re releasing an update to the Display & Video 360 API that includes the following features: Support for proximi…  Read more

Search Terms Report Improvements

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Announcing The Google Ads API Migration Workshop

Today, we’re announcing The Google Ads API Migration Workshop, which will be presented live in three regions, to provide…  Read more

Reminder of upcoming Content API for Shopping v2.0 sunset date

In March of this year, we announced that beginning September 30, 2021, we will end support for the legacy v2.0 of the Co…  Read more

An update to how we generate web page titles

One of the primary ways people determine which search results might be relevant to their query is by reviewing the title…  Read more

Feed-based Extensions Migration Reminder and Opt Out Instructions

As previously announced, all ad extensions are migrating to the new Asset-based extension paradigm. You must update exte…  Read more

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Following the Search Console Insights announcement, we received great feedback from the community, and also questions ab…  Read more

Simplifying the Page Experience report

Today we’re launching a new version of the Search Console Page Experience report. The new report is simplified by removi…  Read more

Helping site owners manage consent in AdSense

Privacy regulations like the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act…  Read more

A reminder on qualifying links and our link spam update

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Analyzing Google Search traffic drops

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A new way to enable video key moments in Search

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Today, we’re answering some common questions we've heard from publishers to help them better understand how news appears…  Read more

Updating our job posting guidelines to improve quality of results for job seekers

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Highlight your customer support methods in Google Search

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Announcing the Google AdSense Site Approvals video series

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Search Console regex filters update and quick tips

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Prevent portions of your site from being abused by spam

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Sunsetting the generic rich results search appearance on Search Console

A few years ago we created a generic rich results search appearance group in Search Console that included multiple rich…  Read more

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Get the most out of your videos on your ecommerce site by making sure Google can find and index them, driving more traff…  Read more

How we fought Search spam on Google in 2020

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Upcoming changes to FeedBurner

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Expanding support for APAC Search Central Help Communities

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Improved data filtering and comparison on Performance reports

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Find the right Certified Publishing Partner for your monetization needs

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New for education sites: Practice problems and Math solver structured data

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SharedArrayBuffer messaging clarifications

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Join the Women of AdSense summit

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Hear how digital businesses grew in our new podcast, PubCast

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Providing better product information for shoppers

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Search Console Discover report now includes Chrome data

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Index Coverage Data Improvements

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An update on the Structured Data Testing Tool

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Updates to Search Console’s API

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New and improved crawl stats for your site

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We moved! Introducing the new home for the Google Webmasters blogs

Last week we changed our name to Google Search Central and published our new central site. As part of this site migratio…  Read more

Goodbye Google Webmasters, hello Google Search Central

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Timing for bringing page experience to Google Search

This past May, we announced that page experience signals would be included in Google Search ranking. These signals measu…  Read more

PES@Home 2020: Google’s first virtual summit for Product Experts

More than ever, users are relying on Google products to do their jobs, educate their kids, and stay in touch with loved…  Read more

Best practices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday pages

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New Schema.org support for retailer shipping data

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A guide to common AdSense policy questions

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New open source robots.txt projects

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Helping global publishers accelerate business growth

Since launching the Google News Initiative in 2018, we’ve worked with news organizations of all sizes as they’ve adapted…  Read more

Googlebot will soon speak HTTP/2

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The new AdSense reporting is live

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Online content and media consumption behaviors are continuously evolving. If you'd like to optimize your online business…  Read more

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Creating content your audience loves takes time, but making it profitable shouldn’t. That’s where Google AdSense comes i…  Read more

Join the Women of Publishing webinar series

The 2020 Women of Publishing Leadership Series is now open for registration. This annual program is designed to facilita…  Read more

Refining your website’s user experience in 3 steps

There are plenty of sites out there. Beyond producing great content, it’s vital to make yours stand out. How? One way is…  Read more

Creating outstanding website content in 3 steps

Great content marketing not only drives new visitors to your site, but also entices previous visitors to come back. A co…  Read more

Keep your audience engaged post holidays

Congrats on completing the marathon. What happens now? You might notice a drop in your RPMs and impressions. Don’t panic…  Read more

Build your content during the holiday season

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Anticipation is key, start preparing now! The holiday shopping season starts in September with queries starting to incre…  Read more

Your Google AdSense seasonal guide

This guide is here to help you learn about the importance of seasonality as well as provide you with tips on how to get…  Read more

Introducing the new and improved Auto ads

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Over ten years ago, we wrote our first post on our Geo Developers blog, and today we’re sharing our new location for the…  Read more

Falling Fruit helps urbanites forage for food using Google Maps Platform

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How Google Maps helps amateur and professional archaeologists ponder the mysteries of Stonehenge’s burial mounds

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How WhyHunger uses Google Maps to connect people to grassroots community food sources

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Expanded support for Google public programs

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Reminder—set-up a Google Cloud Platform Console account

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Introducing Google Maps Platform

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The real world as your playground: Build real-world games with Google Maps APIs

Posted by Clementine Jacoby, Product Manager, Google Maps APIsThe mobile gaming landscape is changing as more and more s…  Read more

Updated basemap style for Google Maps APIs

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With Google Maps APIs, Toyota Europe keeps teen drivers safe and sound

Posted by Christophe Hardy, Manager of Social Business at Toyota Motor EuropeEditor’s note: Today’s post is from Christo…  Read more

Removing Place Add, Delete & Radar Search features

Back in 2012, we launched the Place Add / Delete feature in the Google Places API to enable applications to instantly up…  Read more

Get your users where they need to go on any platform with Google Maps URLs

Last week at Google I/O we announced Google Maps URLs, a new way for developers to link directly to Google Maps from any…  Read more

Google Maps and Particle partner to bring location-aware capabilities to IoT devices

Posted by Ken Nevarez, Solutions Architect for Google Maps APIsParticle and Google Maps make it easy for IoT devices to…  Read more

Introducing structured menus in the Google My Business API

Every day, millions of people search on Google for places to eat and drink and many click to see the menu before making…  Read more

A new issue tracker for Google Maps APIs

Posted by Kasia Derc-Fenske, Technical Solutions Engineer Manager, Google Cloud and Jesse Scherer, Technical Program Man…  Read more

Google Maps APIs sessions at Google Next ‘17

Next 2017 is just a few days away and we’re looking forward to three days of insightful conversations, amazing technolog…  Read more

Do you like the new look of the Maps APIs tutorials?

Until recently, our docs have focused on describing features rather than telling a story. We chatted to some developers…  Read more

Styling and custom data for polylines and polygons in the Google Maps Android API

Polygons, polylines and ground overlays are useful tools to make your maps work for your users. Today we are rolling out…  Read more

Open-Sourcing Google Earth Enterprise

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Introducing insights in the Google My Business API

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Geolocation and Firebase for the Internet of Things

Posted by Ken Nevarez, Industry Solutions Lead at GoogleGPS is the workhorse of location based services, but there are u…  Read more

Address Geocoding in the Google Maps APIs

Forward Geocoding is the process of converting addresses (like a street address) into geographic coordinates (latitude a…  Read more

Smart scrolling comes to mobile web maps

If you’re building a website today, your users are more likely to view it on a mobile device than on a desktop or laptop…  Read more

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A sizzling open source release for the Australian Election site

One of the best parts of my job at Google is 20 percent time. While I was hired to help developers use Google’s APIs, I…  Read more