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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.

Do you really need a meta robots tag on every single page?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 20, 2022
Is Google's URL removal tool really necessary, or just another overrated feature you don't actually need?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 14, 2022
Why does it take several weeks after deleting a page to see your Google index actually update?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 14, 2022
Should you really eliminate all internal links pointing to your deleted pages?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 14, 2022
Should you really ensure that deleted pages return the correct HTTP status code?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 14, 2022
Do deleted pages really disappear automatically from Google's index?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 14, 2022
Can you really get JSON and plain text files indexed in Google search results without metadata?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really index all your XML files?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does your file extension (.html, .php, .txt) really impact Google SEO rankings?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really filter out personal data before indexing your pages?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really index images and videos separately from text content?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google Really Never Index a Single Image Without a Hosting Page?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Should you really stop storing all your PDFs in a single /pdfs/ folder?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Why do raw source code files fail to rank properly in Google search results?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really index source code files the same way as regular text content?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really depend on Adobe to properly index your PDFs?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does content weight really vary based on its location in HTML versus PDF?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Does Google really index your PDFs, or does it transform them first?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 8, 2022
Are structured video data really just about getting your content indexed?
👤 Lizzi Sassman 📅 Sep 7, 2022
Is it really a mistake to combine noindex and canonical on the same page?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 7, 2022
Do structured data really improve your Google rankings?
👤 Lizzi Sassman 📅 Sep 7, 2022
Why does Google only communicate about a fraction of its algorithm updates?
👤 John Mueller 📅 Sep 7, 2022
Are Google's algorithm updates really that different from penalties?
👤 Gary Illyes 📅 Sep 7, 2022
Should you really avoid modifying meta tags with JavaScript?
👤 Martin Splitt 📅 Sep 7, 2022