Search Off the Record

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Transcript for Crawling smarter, not harder Aug 08, 2024

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Internationalization & hreflang Jul 25, 2024

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Managing websites that use different languages and serve different countries is no easy task. That's why Lizzi, Gary and Martin sat down to talk about all things internationalization, hreflang and what's making managing international, multi-language websites easier.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr078-transcript

Docs for international and multilingual sites → https://goo.gle/3WtolAL

How x-default can help you → https://goo.gle/3Y8AdKB

Web Almanac hreflang usage in 2022 → https://goo.gle/4bKX2Hv

Hreflang tags generator by Aleyda Solis → https://goo.gle/4bVRVEI

Merkle Hreflang testing tool → https://goo.gle/3WaWbKj

Hreflang Builder → https://goo.gle/4cW8fGi

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Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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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Rendering JavaScript for Google Search Jul 11, 2024

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In this episode, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joins Martin and John from Search Relations to talk about how Google Search deals with JavaScript sites, how rendering works and what the mysterious "iteratorect" was. They also discuss what's the DOM, if all pages get rendered, how long it takes and what website owners should look out for when building JavaScript-driven websites.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr077-transcript

JavaScript SEO basics → https://goo.gle/3W0XnjB

Fixing search-related JavaScript issues → https://goo.gle/3S2bMdY

Google I/O 2019 presentation → https://goo.gle/4bCdZ6M

Listen to more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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 Inside Search Quality: Using metrics and data science to improve Search Jun 27, 2024

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Inside Search Quality: Using metrics and data science to improve Search Jun 27, 2024

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In this episode of SOTR, Lizzi and John sit down with Elizabeth Tucker to go behind the scenes of Search Quality product management. Listen along as they discuss using data science to measure quality and make improvements, how search behavior is changing over time, and how to think about E-E-A-T and the Search Quality Rater Guidelines.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr076-transcript

BERT paper → https://goo.gle/3XroKpe

E-E-A-T for site owners → https://goo.gle/4c5E0fQ

Search Quality Rater Guidelines → https://goo.gle/3z07OvN

Improving Search with Rigorous Testing → https://goo.gle/45x7OQ0

Day in a life of a Search Quality Product Manager → https://goo.gle/3z087GX

Meet Data Scientists at Google → https://goo.gle/3xzZ67c

Listen to more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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

#SOTRpodcast

Cosmic Rays & Crawlers: When Google Search is under the weather Jun 06, 2024

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How does Google address incidents that affect Search results, like indexing problems or crawling issues? Join John, Lizzi, and Gary in this episode of Search off the Record as the team discusses internal processes Google uses to detect, investigate, and communicate these incidents to users and website owners.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr075-transcript

Google Search Status Dashboard → https://goo.gle/3Vcs9pi

Lifecycle of an issue → https://goo.gle/3KsgjCe

SRE Playbook's chapter on troubleshooting → https://goo.gle/3V9NPCj

Listen to more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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

#SOTRpodcast

Speaker: John Mueller, Lizzi Sassman, Gary Illyes

Products Mentioned: Search Console - General

Transcript for Cosmic Rays & Crawlers: When Google Search is under the weather Jun 06, 2024

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Building SEO community with office hours May 23, 2024

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In this episode of Search off the Record, John and Lizzi invite Michael Chidzey and "Jo" Juliana Turnbull to talk all things SEO Office Hours. Listen along as they discuss why they picked this format, whether community building has an impact on SEO, and how you can get involved in this growing community of SEO practitioners.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr074-transcript

Join the next Good Signals SEO Office Hours → https://goo.gle/4avilfM

Good Signals SEO Office Hours announcements on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/450vo7F

Jo Juliana Turnbull on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/4bISYbP

Jo Juliana Turnbull on X → https://goo.gle/44V8xKF

Mike Chidzey on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/4dSJg7Q

Submit a question for Google SEO Office hours → https://goo.gle/3K93A7A

Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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

#SOTRpodcast

Speaker: John Mueller, Lizzi Sassman, Michael Chidzey, Juliana Turnbull

Products Mentioned: Search Console - General

Transcript for Building SEO community with office hours May 23, 2024

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Let's talk Content Decay May 09, 2024

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What's the best way to handle outdated content? Does old content affect SEO? In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman and John Mueller discuss the importance of addressing old content and updating it to continue being useful to users today. Listen along as Lizzi and John discuss content decay's effect on Google Search results and practical steps to tackle it.

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr073-transcript

Crypto redirects → https://goo.gle/4dq7Ywe

Outdated blog post on traffic drops → https://goo.gle/3y8UNQd

Mobile-Testing Tool blog post → https://goo.gle/4bsCJ1Q

Structured Data Tool landing page → https://goo.gle/4bvZ8Lw

Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

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