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PODCAST TRAILER: Welcome to Search Off the Record

What is Search Off the Record? Listen to our podcast trailer!

Do you geek out about SEO? Are you interested in exploring on-going projects with the people that work on Google Search? Well, look no further! Listen to the Search Off the Record podcast to go behind the scenes of SEO and Google Search, all while having fun and mischief with our hosts from the Search Relations team from Google: Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman, John Mueller, and Martin Splitt.

Watch the Search Off the Record podcast trailer on YouTube → https://goo.gle/3RmjuNe 

Listen to Search Off the Record on YouTube → https://goo.gle/3PShrA2 

Listen to Search Off the Record on Libsyn → https://goo.gle/3am6jMx 

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

Should I worry about crawl budget?

There is a lot of confusion around crawl budget so Martin, Lizzi, and Gary from Search Relations are here to bring clarity for everyone unsure about it. Are you worried about your website not being crawled quickly? Not sure what consumes and wastes your crawl budget? Learn when you should and shouldn’t be worried about your crawl budget. This episode covers misconceptions and frequently asked questions concerning crawl budget.  

Resources: 

What Crawl Budget Means for Googlebot → https://goo.gle/3pIwXTM

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr045-transcript 

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

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Transcript for Should I worry about crawl budget?

Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on. They will share fun stories

What creators should know about Google’s helpful content update

We’re launching what we’re calling the “helpful content update” that’s part of a broader

Let’s talk accessibility

Transcript for Let’s talk accessibility

Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on. They will share fun stories

New in structured data: Pros and cons

Product reviews are a valuable resource for users researching which product to buy. Product reviews often contain a list of pros and cons, which our research has shown to be popular with shoppers when making their purchasing decisions. Because of their importance to users, Google Search may highlight

Transcript for How do removals work in Google Search, really?

Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on. They will share fun stories

How do removals work in Google Search, really?

In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman, John Mueller, and Gary Illyes have an insightful conversation around how removals work in Google Search. Specifically, they chat about how Google Search operates when removals are in the mix. How does crawling, indexing, and blocking work in the backend? What really happens at each of these stages when it comes to removals? Listen to this podcast to get a behind-the-scenes look at Google Search  

Resources: 

Check out our episode about blocking → https://goo.gle/3P1UWYq 

Control what you share with Google → https://goo.gle/3oUyoym 

In-depth guide to how Google Search works → https://goo.gle/3bx2CV2 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr043-Transcript 

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

How Barry Schwartz Created RustyBrick

In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman and Gary Illyes sit down with Barry Schwartz – a search engine connoisseur. Specifically, they explore how Barry runs his online career, balancing RustyBrick and Search Engine Roundtable. We even talk about website development, and the origin story behind RustyBrick  – a web construction firm specializing in website development, web page design, SEO optimization, and more!

Check out and subscribe to Barry Schwartz’s YouTube channel → https://goo.gle/3z3FCWw 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr042-Transcript 

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.