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May 2022 core update releasing for Google Search

Several times per year, we make substantial improvements to our overall ranking processes, which we refer to as core updates. Core updates are designed to increase the overall relevancy of our search results and make them more helpful and useful for everyone. Today, we’re releasing our May 2022 core update. It will take about 1-2 weeks to fully roll out.

The Global Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 is a wrap!

The Global Search Central Virtual Unconference 2022 was held on April 27 with over 100 participants and 25 discussion sessions. This post summarizes what the takeaways were and how the event went.

Transcript for Let’s talk about Web 3.0

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

Let’s talk about Web 3.0

With Web 3.0 on the horizon, it’s hard to not talk about the next evolution of the internet. In this episode of Search Off The Record, Martin Splitt, Gary Illyes, and Alan Kent offer up their thoughts about the World Wide Web’s next iteration, and fondly recollect their experiences with older versions of the web. They ponder what people think Web 3.0 is and what it might become. Is it decentralized? Is it crypto? Both or none of that?

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr038-Transcript 

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

Spring cleaning: some sitemap extension tags are going away

We’re deprecating a handful of sitemap extension tags and attributes.

Transcript for Let’s talk sitemaps

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

Let’s talk sitemaps

A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between them. In this episode of Search Off the Record, we sit down with Gary Illyes, John Mueller, and Lizzi Sassman to discuss all things sitemaps. How do they help with website SEO? What is the future of sitemaps? Listen to this episode to find out!

Episode transcript →  https://goo.gle/sotr037-Transcript  

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

Transcript for The Story of Kenichi Suzuki

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

The Story of Kenichi Suzuki

In this episode of Search Off The Record, we talk with Kenichi Suzuki, a member of the larger search marketing community. Lizzi Sassman and Gary Illyes talk with Kenichi about his career in SEO, how he got started, and what advice he would give to those just starting out. Listen to this episode to gain valuable insight into the SEO world, and SEO in Japan! 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr036-Transcript 

Follow Kenichi on Twitter → https://goo.gle/3Li7BoX 

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