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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.

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Is your JavaScript slowing down how fast Google discovers your pages?
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Can loading spinners really prevent Google from indexing your JavaScript pages?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Feb 1, 2023
Was Google really prioritizing HTML over JavaScript for crawling and indexing?
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Are image EXIF data really useless for SEO?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
How should you properly set up canonical and alternate tags for an m-dot architecture?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Are 'Made by X' footer links really safe for your SEO?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
What happens when your hreflang links fail to validate completely?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Why does Google refuse to index dynamic multilingual content on a single URL?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Does verifying your site in Search Console really improve your SEO rankings?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Do you really need to request removal of redirected URLs from Google's index?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Does Google really require identical content on mobile and desktop for mobile-first indexing to work?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Can a 404 code targeting Googlebot block the indexing of your pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Why do 301 redirects remain absolutely critical when migrating to a new domain?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Does disavowing toxic backlinks really help you recover your lost rankings after a penalty?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Should you still optimize keyword density for SEO in 2025?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Should you really waste time cleaning up spammy backlinks from your link profile?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Is Google really ignoring your carefully crafted meta description in favor of something else?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Should you really separate news sitemaps and general sitemaps to avoid duplicate URLs?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Should you update your sitemap's lastmod date every time you make a minor change?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Should you really remove meta keyword tags from your website?
👤 Lizzi Sassman 📅 Jan 31, 2023
Why settle for Google-only Schema.org when Bing, Yandex and other search engines are already exploiting it?
👤 Alan Kent 📅 Jan 17, 2023