How to find Noto in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Sites
The Noto fonts in Google Workspace now support almost all living written languages Read more
13 tips to help you read more books this year
Use different features from Google Books, Google Play, Android and more to read more books this year. Read more
How AI is improving agriculture sustainability in India
A look at how AI can help agriculture and sustainable farming in India. Read more
Get to know our privacy and data tools
Learn how Ad Manager can help you deepen relationships with your audiences, create insights, and activate your data to d… Read more
How the Google Books team moved 90,000 books across a continent
Google Books solved a challenging logistical journey shipping books from the National Library of Israel to Munich by sea… Read more
Meet our Health Equity Research Initiative awardees
Researchers will receive Cloud credits, funding, Fitbit devices and Fitabase to support research to addresses critical h… Read more
5 tips to stay safer online with Chrome
It’s important that you take steps to protect your online data. Use helpful Chrome tools like Privacy Guide, Safety Chec… Read more
5 tips to power your 2023 marketing strategy
In this post we recap the top recommendations from Google Marketing Platform for marketers going into 2023. Read more
Over 50,000 instances of DRAGONBRIDGE activity disrupted in 2022
An update on TAG's work to disrupt the information operation network DRAGONBRIDGE. Read more
TAG Bulletin: Q4 2022
Threat Analysis Group shares their Q4 bulletin. Read more
Google Registry is collaborating with UN organizations
Google Registry celebrates the first anniversary of .day and announces collaboration with United Nation organizations us… Read more
5 ways to bring in the Year of the Rabbit with Google
Happy Lunar New Year! Here’s how you can use Google products to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit or Year of the Cat. Read more
DOJ’s lawsuit ignores the enormous competition in the online advertising industry
Picking winners and losers in the advertising technology industry will drive up prices, reduce choice and hurt America’s… Read more
Got a new Chromebook? Try these 8 apps
Discover some of the Chromebook team’s favorite apps for your new Chromebook. Read more
A difficult decision to set us up for the future
As an almost 25-year-old company, we’re bound to go through difficult economic cycles. Read more
9 ways we use AI in our products
Here are nine ways we use AI today to make our products even more helpful. Read more
4 strategies to drive durable app growth in 2023
4 strategies to help app developers and publishers to drive durable business growth in 2023. Read more
6 Google tools I used to plan my wedding
Try out these Google products to make wedding planning a little easier. Read more
Publisher tips and resources for 2023
To start the year, we’re recapping some of our latest solutions and resources to help all publishers get the most from t… Read more
Register for the Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023
¡Hola! The Search Central Virtual Unconference en español 2023 is now open for participant registration. All sessions wi… Read more
Thanks, 2022
You know what time it is: year in a review. With only a few days left of 2022 and with all the quiet in the office, we t… Read more
Search Central Live 2022 Highlights
We spent the past few weeks busy hosting events in Singapore and Tel Aviv. In this post we look back and discuss the hig… Read more
Our latest update to the quality rater guidelines: E-A-T gets an extra E for Experience
Many creators are familiar with the concept of E-A-T, which is used in how we evaluate if our search ranking systems are… Read more
December 2022 link spam update releasing for Google Search
Today, we're leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search results. Read more
Introducing the Google Search Status Dashboard
As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most current status of systems… Read more
Visual Elements of Google Search
It can be challenging to find a certain search feature or UI element that you want to learn about, especially when you d… Read more
Updates to Google's Services in Czechia in Light of the Czech Transposition of the European Copyright Directive
The European Copyright Directive, which is being implemented by countries in the European Union, gives new rights to new… Read more
November Google SEO Office Hours
Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the November edition of the Google SEO office hours! In this episode, you… Read more
Introducing our new guide to Google Search ranking systems
Over the years, through blog posts and other public communications, Google has regularly shared information about our au… Read more
Start showing your products on the Shopping tab with Search Console
Search Console is making it easier for merchants to display their products across Google, including a new feature for th… Read more
Your AdSense 2022 holiday checklist
The 2022 AdSense holiday season checklist is here to help you get your site and content ready for the busiest time of ye… Read more
A deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limits
Google Search performance data is the most widely used data in Search Console. This post explains in detail the data ava… Read more
Introducing site names on Google Search
Today, Search is introducing site names on mobile search results to make it easier to identify the website that's associ… Read more
Refreshed guidelines for site owners
In 2002 we launched a page with a set of guidelines for site owners that gave an overview of best practices when it came… Read more
Back in business: Search Central Live events
The first of the Search Central Live events is going to happen in-person in Singapore on November 24, 2022. Registration… Read more
Simplifying privacy-safe ads personalization
Google Ad Manager and AdSense partners can now set and use first-party cookies for ads personalization with minimal tech… Read more
What publishers should focus on now to prepare for privacy changes
Episode 4 in our privacy explainer video series takes a close look at what publishers should be doing today to prepare f… Read more
The new HTTPS report in Search Console
Google Search Console has a new report called HTTPS, which provides more information regarding the HTTPS status of the s… Read more
New Search Console Merchant Listings report: expanding eligibility with Product structured data
Google is pleased to announce expanded eligibility for enhanced product experiences in Google Search through the use of… Read more
What creators should know about Google's helpful content update
We're launching what we're calling the “helpful content update” that's part of a broader to ensure people see more origi… Read more
New in structured data: Pros and cons
Product reviews are a valuable resource for users researching which product to buy. Product reviews often contain a list… Read more
Announcing the new Search Console Video index report
To help you understand the performance of your videos on Google, and identify possible areas of improvement, Search Cons… Read more
Kickstart your monetization with the AdSense onboarding video series
A new five-part video series on YouTube to onboard publishers to AdSense. The series covers ad units, sites, performance… Read more
Googlebot and the 15 MB thing
We're addressing some questions we've received the past few days in response to our documentation update about Googlebot… Read more
Celebrate publisher stories on our new website
The new Google for Publishers site celebrates publishers on the ad-supported internet. Read more
Simplifying Search Console reports with an updated item classification
Search Console is simplifying the way it classifies pages, items, and issues in reports. The goal is to help you focus o… Read more
How Google generates titles for documents with language or script misalignment
Recently we introduced an algorithmic improvement that identifies documents where the title element is written in a diff… Read more
May 2022 core update releasing for Google Search
Several times per year, we make substantial improvements to our overall ranking processes, which we refer to as core upd… Read more
The Global Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 is a wrap!
The Global Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 was held on April 27 with over 100 participants and 25 discussion se… Read more
Event recap: Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022
We organized the first Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan on April 5, 2022 to facilitate a discussion and network… Read more
Spring cleaning: some sitemap extension tags are going away
We're deprecating a handful of sitemap extension tags and attributes. Read more
How we fought Search spam on Google in 2021
It's definitely not magic that helps keep more than 99% of visits from Search spam-free! This post explains what happens… Read more
Optimizing website performance with a Search Console bubble chart
In this post, we’ll discuss a bubble chart that can help you understand which queries are performing well for your site,… Read more
Monitoring Search traffic (and more!) with Data Studio
This article shows how to create a monitoring dashboard for your Search traffic on Data Studio. It also announces the ad… Read more
Adding context to structured data issues in Search Console
To help you identify structured data issues more effectively, Search Console is adding more context to its error reporti… Read more
Spring cleaning: the URL Parameters tool
We're deprecating the URL Parameters tool in Search Console in 1 month. There's no action required from the current user… Read more
Register for the first Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022!
The Search Central Virtual Unconference Japan 2022 is now open for registration. The sessions will be conducted in Japan… Read more
Improving Product Review ranking, one year on
Our March 2022 product reviews update is now rolling out for English-language pages. This update may impact the rankings… Read more
Introducing Related search for content pages
Related search for content is a new navigation unit that shows your site visitors search terms related to the page they… Read more
Monitoring Search traffic (and more!) with Data Studio
This article shows how to create a monitoring dashboard for your Search traffic on Data Studio. In addition, it announce… Read more
Connecting Search Console to Data Studio
This post is the first in a series of posts that will focus on exporting, enhancing, and visualizing Search Console data… Read more
Welcoming the new Search Console URL Inspection API
Today we’re launching the new Google Search Console URL Inspection API, which gives programmatic access to URL-level dat… Read more
New robots tag: indexifembedded
Today, we're introducing a new robots tag, indexifembedded, that brings you more control over when your content is index… Read more
Our authors' take on 2021
The authors of the Search Central blog reflect on 2021 and share their aspirations for 2022. Read more
7 takeaways from our Black and Latinx Publishers Summit
Google hosted the 2021 Black and Latinx Publishers Summit, where industry leaders and publishers shared top tips for gro… Read more
Your guide to user-generated content
User-generated content infographic and troubleshooter to help publishers stay policy compliant. Read more
Product reviews update and your site
We are now rolling out a new product reviews update, the first major update since April 2021, that may change how your p… Read more
A 2021 update on mobile indexing
We first started working on mobile-first indexing a number of years ago. Since then, we switched to indexing the majorit… Read more
PubCast Season 2: turning passions into profits
PubCast is a miniseries that explores how website creators and app developers turned their passions into profit. Read more
Behind ads privacy: our latest Publisher Privacy Q&A
In the second episode of our Publisher Privacy Q&A video series, we simplify how the technology behind the Privacy Sandb… Read more
One year of Google Search Central
A year ago, we launched our new site and announced that we were leaving our beloved name, Google Webmasters, behind for… Read more
Timeline for bringing page experience ranking to desktop
We’ll begin using page experience as part of our desktop ranking systems beginning in February 2022. The rollout will be… Read more
Prioritize and fix issues in the new Policy center
It’s now easier to understand, prioritize and fix policy issues in the new Policy center. Read more
Help job seekers understand your job postings by including a complete description
We've uncovered an opportunity to improve your job posting pages, and it only takes a few changes to the description fie… Read more
Search Analytics API now supports Discover, Google News, and Regex
The Google Search Analytics API, which already provides data about Search performance, is being updated to also include… Read more
Aligning Search Console testing tools and the URL Inspection tool
We’re making changes in the AMP, Mobile Friendly, and Rich Results testing tools to be fully aligned with the Search Con… Read more
Moving AdSense to a first-price auction
AdSense for Content is announcing the intention to move its auction to first price to simplify the ad selling and buying… Read more
More information on how Google generates titles for web page results
Last month, we shared about our new system for generating titles for web page results. Thanks to your feedback, which ha… Read more
Watch our new privacy video series for publishers
To help publishers stay current on ads privacy topics, we’ve created a new video series that addresses the questions we… 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
Google Search Console Insights behind the curtains
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
AdSense is helping website owners manage consent for privacy regulations. Read more
A reminder on qualifying links and our link spam update
If you monetize your websites and blogs with affiliate links or sponsored and guest posts, it's very important to qualif… Read more
Engage shoppers with deal pages in Google Search
Get the most out of the Google Search deals carousel by creating deals pages for more sales events and following these b… Read more
Analyzing Google Search traffic drops
Learn about some of the reasons your Google Search traffic may have decreased and how to use the Search Console Performa… Read more
A new way to enable video key moments in Search
Since video key moments first launched in 2019, we’ve continued to expand and improve the feature. Today, we’re launchin… Read more
Answers to some common questions about appearing in Google News
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
Searching for a job can be a time consuming process and the outcome of the application may be life changing. That's why… Read more
Highlight your customer support methods in Google Search
Customers are often looking for ways to contact businesses, and Google works to show the best available information to h… Read more
Announcing the Google AdSense Site Approvals video series
Watch our video series to learn about the best policy practices to get your content ready for approval with Google AdSen… Read more
Learn how to improve your content with Search Console Insights
To help you better understand which content of yours resonates with your audiences, we are introducing a new experience… Read more
The Search Central Unconference is back
You asked, we listened: On June 21st we will host another virtual unconference. Applications are open now until June 14t… Read more
Search Console regex filters update and quick tips
Following feedback on the announcement of the new Search Console Performance report regular expression (regex) filters,… Read more
Understanding the sources behind Google News
This post provides more information about Google's transparency policy to help news sources understand the principles be… Read more
Search at Google I/O 2021
Google I/O is our annual developers festival, and this year it was all virtual. But as with any events, virtual, or in-p… Read more
Prevent portions of your site from being abused by spam
As a website owner, you might provide a few channels where your users can interact. Unfortunately, spammers often take a… Read more
How we worked with you towards a safe and spam-free Search experience in 2020
Making sure your Search experience is safe and free of spam is important to us and we can’t achieve this mission without… Read more
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
Video SEO best practices for ecommerce
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
Every day, we discover 40 billion spammy pages! This post explains how we used innovation, AI, and more in 2020 to keep… Read more
More time, tools, and details on the page experience update
Last November we announced that the page experience ranking change will go live on Google Search this year, in what we’r… Read more
Upcoming changes to FeedBurner
Feedburner is making several upcoming changes to support the product's next chapter. This post describes what you can ex… Read more
Announcing the Sustainable Monetized Websites video series
The new series Sustainable Monetized Websites is now available on the Search Central and the Google AdSense YouTube chan… Read more
Expanding support for APAC Search Central Help Communities
As we’ve been continuously working to improve support for website owners in more language markets, we’re very excited to… Read more
What creators should know about Google’s product reviews update
Google Search is always working to show the most useful and helpful information possible, through testing, experimenting… Read more
Improved data filtering and comparison on Performance reports
This post describes a new way to filter data on the Search Console Performance reports: regular expressions, or regex. T… Read more
Find the right Certified Publishing Partner for your monetization needs
Google Certified Publishing Partners help thousands of publishers earn more revenue by optimizing their setup and suppor… Read more
New for education sites: Practice problems and Math solver structured data
In this post, we provide details to help you implement structured data on your practice problems and math solver pages t… Read more
Sustainable Monetized Websites: A new video series
Watch our video series to learn about the latest policies and best practices in areas like navigation, user-generated co… Read more
SharedArrayBuffer messaging clarifications
Some of you might have received an email from Google Search Console with the subject New requirements for SharedArrayBuf… Read more
Join the Women of AdSense summit
Join us at the Women of AdSense summit to celebrate the women in publishing and learn how you can grow your business wit… Read more
New resources for video SEO
As global online video consumption continues to grow, Google aims to surface video content from diverse sources across t… Read more
Hear how digital businesses grew in our new podcast, PubCast
PubCast is a miniseries that explores how website creators and app developers turned their passions into profit. Read more
Providing better product information for shoppers
To best help users find your content and products in Search, we recommend that you clearly identify products mentioned. Read more
New Association functionality added to Search Console
We're happy to announce that Search Console has a new and enhanced Association page. Any associations that were previous… Read more
Join us at Search Central Live
On February 24, we will host our first installment of our new event series called Search Central Live. Read more
Join the Women of Publishing webinar series
This masterclass is an opportunity for women leaders to enhance their business’ digital strategy through an exclusive se… Read more
Search Console Discover report now includes Chrome data
Starting today, all your Discover traffic (including from Chrome) will be shown in the Performance report for Discover. Read more
Introducing Google News performance report
Today we are launching Google News performance reporting to help news publishers better understand user behavior on Goog… Read more
Index Coverage Data Improvements
Based on the feedback we got from the community, today we are rolling out significant improvements to the Index Coverage… Read more
A weird year in review
2020, what a year this was! We found new ways to work and collaborate, to learn and have fun, and also to stay safe. Read more
An update on the Structured Data Testing Tool
In July, we announced that the Rich Results Test is out of beta. In that blog post, we said that the Structured Data Tes… Read more
Updates to Search Console’s API
A few months ago we announced an API infrastructure upgrade to improve the performance of the Search Console API as dema… Read more
New and improved crawl stats for your site
To help website owners better understand how crawls their sites, we’re launching a brand new version of the in Search Co… Read more
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
Merriam-Webster claims the first known use of the word webmaster was in 1993, years before Google even existed. However,… Read more
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
The end of the year holiday season is a peak time for many merchants with special sales events such as Black Friday and… Read more
The Search Console Training lives on
In November 2019 we announced the Search Console Training YouTube series and started publishing videos regularly. The go… Read more
New Schema.org support for retailer shipping data
Quick summary: Starting today, we support shippingDetails schema.org markup as an alternative way for retailers to be el… Read more
New open source robots.txt projects
Last year we released the robots.txt parser and matcher that we use in our production systems to the open source world.… Read more
Googlebot will soon speak HTTP/2
Quick summary: Starting November 2020, Googlebot will start crawling some sites over HTTP/2. Read more