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New resources for video SEO

As global online video consumption continues to grow, Google aims to surface video content from diverse sources across the web. We want to make it easy for site owners to get their videos indexed and surfaced on Google. Today, we’re excited to share two new resources to help you optimize your videos for Google Search and Discover.

Providing better product information for shoppers

To best help users find your content and products in Search, we recommend that you clearly identify products mentioned.

Site Kit, Web Components, shards and more!

In this episode, John, Gary, Martin, and special guest Mariya, Product Manager on the Search team, discuss Google’s free WordPress plugin Site Kit, the Swiss army knife of Google products that puts the most relevant of Google’s tools directly in your WordPress admin dashboard. They also dive into web components, indexing shards (or sharks?!), and posting lists. Have a listen!

Google Search developer site → https://goo.gle/35HtREZ
Episode transcript → http://goo.gle/sotr014-transcript

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

Transcription for Site Kit, Web Components, shards and more!

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 Association functionality added to Search Console

We’re happy to announce that Search Console has a new and enhanced Association page. Any associations that were previously set are carried over to the new Associations page automatically.

Join us at Search Central Live

On February 24, we will host our first installment of our new event series called Search Central Live.

Launching Google Search Central (step by step)

In this episode, John, Gary, and special guests from the Search Relations team Cherry and Lizzi, discuss all the steps and decisions involved in launching the new Google Search Central site and brand. Have a listen to learn how the idea came about, how the website was migrated, how the team approached SEO for the new site, and much more!

Google Search developer site → https://goo.gle/35HtREZ 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr013-transcript 

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

Transcription for Launching Google Search Central (step by step)

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

Search Console Discover report now includes Chrome data

Starting today, all your Discover traffic (including from Chrome) will be shown in the Performance report for Discover.

Language complexities in Search index selection and more!

In this episode, John, Martin, Gary, and special guest Cherry Prommawin, Search Advocate based in Singapore, discuss Google Search in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the complexities of index selection for language types and locations. Have a listen!

Google Search developer site → https://goo.gle/35HtREZ 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr012-transcript 

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