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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.

Does page quality really determine how deeply Google crawls your website?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 19, 2023
Why does Googlebot ignore your buttons and how can you work around this limitation?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Does Google really expect you to block indexation of menus and common site sections?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Should you really clean up every hacked page or let Google handle the sorting?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Can infinite scroll really work for SEO when each section has its own unique URL?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Is your low-quality content actually hurting your SEO rankings?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Should you really optimize INP if it's not (yet) a ranking factor?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Why is Google indexing your URLs even when robots.txt blocks them?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Does your CMS really impact how Google ranks your website?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Can a noindex on your homepage really cause other pages to rank first instead?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Do you really need text on category pages to rank well in Google?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Are guest posts really banned by Google for building backlinks?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Do you really need to choose between www and non-www for SEO?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Does mobile-first indexing really force you to prioritize the mobile version above all else?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Can PDFs hosted on Google Drive actually be indexed by Google search?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Should you really worry about 404 errors generated by JSON and JavaScript in Google Search Console?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Does semantic HTML really impact your Google rankings?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Should you stop forcing indexing when Google deindexes your pages?
👤 Google 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Does Google really prioritize meta descriptions when page content is thin?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 6, 2023
Should you really worry about the SEO impact of redirects?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Aug 31, 2023
Should you really be using 307 and 308 redirects for SEO?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Aug 31, 2023
Do 301 and 302 redirects really transmit the same amount of PageRank?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Aug 31, 2023
Should you really choose redirects based on SEO impact or technical logic?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Aug 31, 2023
Do 302 redirects really hurt your search rankings?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Aug 31, 2023