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Why these Google Search Central videos?

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.

Should you be worried about re-crawled indexed pages?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
Is it true that Google restricts site names by subdirectory?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
Why are crawling and indexing considered separate processes in SEO?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
Why do Lighthouse scores change with every SEO test?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
What happens when you use the noindex tag in your SEO strategy?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
Why should you prioritize field data over lab data for Core Web Vitals?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
Why does SEO correction validation take so long?
👤 Google 📅 Feb 29, 2024
How does Googlebot decide which pages to crawl on your website?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
How does Google actually discover your new pages?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Should you really be automating your sitemap generation?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Do you really need an XML sitemap to get indexed by Google?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Is Google really missing pages from your site that should be indexed?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Does Googlebot intentionally slow down on your site to avoid overwhelming it?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Can Googlebot really crawl content hidden behind a login page?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Does Google really struggle to see your JavaScript content without rendering?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
How does Google actually crawl your website pages?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Why does Googlebot ignore some of the URLs it discovers?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Feb 22, 2024
Does Google Really Use Product Experts' Feedback to Improve Search Console and Documentation?
👤 Lizzi Sassman 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Why does Google discourage the use of LLMs for answering in its support forums?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Does Google really give large sites privileged SEO support while smaller sites are left behind?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Why do SEO priorities shift so dramatically depending on which market you're targeting?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Where does Google really get all those spam reports from?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Does Google really keep Search and Ads completely separate, or is this just PR?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024
Are PBNs really all classified as spam by Google, or is there room for interpretation?
👤 Aaseesh Marina 📅 Feb 21, 2024