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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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Should you really link your new pages from high-authority pages to accelerate indexing?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Why is linking your new pages from your existing website absolutely critical for Google indexing?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Should you really use a 404 or 410 status code for deleted pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Why can a simple 301 redirect make all the difference during a website redesign?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Does Google automatically reindex major changes on your website?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Is there really no way to force Google to re-index your entire website at once?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 23, 2024
Can you migrate a website without redirects without risking a Google penalty?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
Should you really delete an old website when redirects aren't an option?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
What should you do when redirects are technically impossible during a domain change?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
How long should you really keep 301 redirects active after a site migration?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
Do redirects really transfer all SEO signals to your new site?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
Should you really delete your old site after an SEO migration?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 16, 2024
Is Google really updating its search standards, or is it all just noise?
👤 Cherry Prommawin 📅 Dec 29, 2023
Will Google's generative AI in Search Labs completely reshape your SEO strategy?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Dec 29, 2023
How can you get your content discovered across Google's new search surfaces beyond traditional search results?
👤 Daniel Waisberg 📅 Dec 29, 2023
Should you really start with Search Console before investing in complex SEO tools?
👤 Google 📅 Dec 29, 2023
How can you effectively debug Core Web Vitals using your browser's DevTools?
👤 Google 📅 Dec 29, 2023
Does the Search Console Verification API Really Transform Property Management at Scale?
👤 Google 📅 Dec 29, 2023
How does Google really want to regulate AI usage in content creation?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Dec 21, 2023
Can you really trust AI-generated content for SEO?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Dec 21, 2023
Are Google's AI principles really shaping how search results rank?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Dec 21, 2023
Does Google really check 4 billion robots.txt files every single day?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Dec 21, 2023
Is Google really preparing a universal opt-out for AI training?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Dec 21, 2023
Is Google-Extended really just a token and not an active crawler?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Dec 21, 2023