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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 really be using Google Search Console's 'Request indexing' button?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 22, 2023
Why doesn't Google's cache always show your complete JavaScript pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Should you block Google from caching your pages with the noarchive directive?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Why doesn't Google cache certain pages on your website?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Is Google's cache really essential to get indexed and rank in search results?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Should you worry if Google isn't caching your pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Should you really trust Google's cache to diagnose indexation issues?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 20, 2023
Are host groups really a sign of cannibalization you need to fix?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does Google really ignore structured data that contains parsing errors?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does Google really penalize multiple domains targeting the same market, or is this just another SEO myth?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Do numbers in your URLs really hurt your search rankings?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Should you remove the NOODP meta tag from your Blogger sites?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Can you really disavow toxic backlinks by targeting their IP address in Google's tool?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does Google really issue official SEO certifications?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Is it really worth your time submitting an XML sitemap to Google?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does Google really reprocess your sitemap on every crawl?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does Google really care about the difference between HTML and XML sitemaps? Here's what John Mueller revealed
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Are your JavaScript library vulnerabilities causing your Google rankings to plummet?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Can you really prevent Google from crawling certain parts of a webpage?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Do HSTS headers really impact your SEO performance?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does canonical alone really prevent syndicated content from appearing in Discover, or do you actually need to add noindex?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
How can you permanently block Googlebot from crawling your website?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023
Does index bloat really exist at Google?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jun 7, 2023
How do you get a video thumbnail in Google search results: what does Google really mean by 'main content'?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Jun 7, 2023