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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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When to check? To verify the official stance on a contentious topic, or catch up on the latest Search News without watching 30 minutes of video.

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👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 29, 2025
Has Google really been respecting robots.txt since day one?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 29, 2025
Should you still worry about choosing between 301 and 302 redirects?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 15, 2025
Is Your Crawl Budget Being Compromised by HTTP 429 Status Codes?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 15, 2025
Are HTTP 1xx status codes harming your site's crawlability by Googlebot?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 15, 2025
Are your TCP/UDP network errors really blocking Google's crawl?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 15, 2025
Why does Google really care so much about HTTP status codes for your search rankings?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 15, 2025
Is Google really using your feedback to shape its SEO events—or just making you think it does?
👤 Cherry 📅 May 1, 2025
Should you trust local SEO experts over Google's official statements?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 1, 2025
Is Google really serious about hands-on learning with its new Deep Dive workshops?
👤 Cherry 📅 May 1, 2025
Is Search Central Live finally coming to Africa—and what does this mean for local SEO professionals worldwide?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 1, 2025
Will Google's Deep Dive SEO sessions finally replace superficial conference presentations?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 May 1, 2025
Is Google finally offering the advanced SEO training that practitioners have been demanding?
👤 Cherry 📅 May 1, 2025
Is robots.txt still essential for modern websites, or just a relic of the past?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Are RSS and Atom feeds really being used by Google to discover your content?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Are XML sitemaps really essential without official standardization?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
How is the IETF standardization of robots.txt reshaping the game for crawlers and SEO professionals?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Why does Google really enforce a 500 KB size limit on robots.txt files?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Are robots.txt and XML sitemaps now officially linked together?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Why did Google open-source its robots.txt parser, and what does it mean for your SEO strategy?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Apr 17, 2025
Why does Search Console show completely different data than Google Analytics?
👤 Google 📅 Mar 27, 2025
Does running an HTTPS-only website actually hurt your SEO rankings?
👤 Google 📅 Mar 27, 2025
Does special character encoding in source code really harm your SEO rankings?
👤 Google 📅 Mar 27, 2025
Why is Google republishing guides on robots.txt and meta robots right now?
👤 Google 📅 Mar 27, 2025