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Google regularly publishes videos on the Google Search Central YouTube channel (SEO Office Hours, Search News, engineer interviews). Captions are transcribed then AI-analyzed to extract important official statements, with a precise timestamp so you can jump straight to the source clip.

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Why does Google ignore the 'lastmod' tag in your sitemaps?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 5, 2022
Should you really remove the 'changefreq' tag from your sitemaps?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 5, 2022
Should you really keep the 'priority' tag in your sitemaps?
👤 John Mueller 📅 May 5, 2022
Should you really choose your structured data based on the rich results you're targeting in the SERPs?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does the meta description really impact your Google rankings?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does Google really give its own platforms an unfair advantage in search results?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Can Googlebot actually access your .htaccess file?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Should you really use Google's Indexing API for all your content?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Can poor machine translations really sabotage your international SEO strategy?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does Google penalize you for translating content between languages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Can technical problems really trigger a ranking drop during a Core Update?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Can a technical bug during a Core Update really cause your site to crash in rankings?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Are JavaScript interstitials really safe for your SEO?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Is your content trapped behind buttons that Googlebot refuses to click?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does Google really use domain authority to rank websites?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does Google really ignore your page titles when the language doesn't match your content?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does Google really use only main content to identify language on multilingual pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Should you really reduce the number of pages to optimize your international SEO?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Does hreflang really boost your ranking in a targeted country?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Apr 29, 2022
Why is Google probably ignoring your feedback on SEO documentation?
👤 Lizzi Sassman 📅 Apr 26, 2022
Does Google really read every single piece of user feedback submitted on their documentation?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 26, 2022
Does active community engagement really make you a better SEO professional?
👤 Kenichi Suzuki 📅 Apr 26, 2022
Is Japan really getting priority treatment for Google Search features?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 26, 2022
Does Google really roll out algorithm updates at different times in different countries?
👤 Kenichi Suzuki 📅 Apr 26, 2022