Google publishes SEO guide to HTTP status codes, network issues and DNS errors
The official guide to how these server related issues or responses impact your Google Search performance.
Topic: Google Search Central
Google I/O is next week; expect a lot of new search goodies; Friday’s daily brief
Also an unconfirmed, Google algorithm update, local search features and video SEO.
Google adds familiar face as Ads Product Liaison; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, advice from European PPC pros on how to navigate Maryland’s new ads tax
Passage based rankings, core web vitals and responsive search ads; Friday’s daily brief
I hope you like SEO rants...
New key insights from Google’s John Mueller at SMX
Topics include the Page Experience Update, FAQ schema, request indexing tool, diversity and much more.
301 redirect: Google Webmasters Central to Google Search Central
Five years in the making, the Webmasters Central brand gets retired.
Google Search Console temporarily drops request indexing feature
This feature should be back in the upcoming weeks while Google makes infrastructure changes.
More Google Search bugs: Top stories indexing snag, coverage report delays
Google had yet another indexing issue and the search coverage report in Search Console is very delayed.
Google tests reporting security issue false positives in Search Console
This should help sites that were mistakenly removed from Google search rectify the issue sooner.
Google Search bug caused by issue with its ‘indexing systems’
Google said it was an issue with indexing that caused Monday's really weird search results.
A Google Search bug wreaked havoc on the search results Monday night
The issue lasted several hours yesterday, putting the SEO community in a bit of panic mode.
Google confirmed indexing issues causing some stale results
Google is aware of the issue and is actively working on a fix.
Google Search Console API to stop supporting HTTP and JSON-RPC requests
Many SEOs are still using these methods, so please check your implementations so they do not break.
Google may be having issues showing new content again
Not seeing your new and fresh content show up in Google News or Google Search? You are not alone.
Google Search Console adds Change of Address tool to new interface
The change of address tool should be around for the foreseeable future.
Google adds new movie structured data
Take note if you have movie listings on your web site.
Google’s indexing issues are resolved
Google has just confirmed the indexing issues from yesterday are fully resolved.
Google not able to index new content, again
Google is having issues indexing new content again and the URL Inspection tool is also having issues.
Google deprecates social knowledge panel markup support
Be on the lookout for changes to your knowledge panels.
Google Search Console adds search within markup and copy with tweaking
Check out these two new features in Google Search Console.
Google adds Googlebot desktop vs. mobile selector for Rich Results test
Here is a new way to test to see if your site has issues with Google's mobile-first indexing.
Google has fixed the indexing issue from Thursday night
2.5 days after Google's new indexing bug, Google has confirmed the issue was fully resolved today.
Google’s indexing bug is back – new content not being indexed
It's back, Google isn't able to index new fresh content right now.
Google’s indexing issue is now resolved – new content being indexed
Google has fixed the issue with getting new and fresh content into their index.
Google not indexing recent content?
It looks like another Google bug. Good luck finding new content within the hour.
Google Search Console reports back on track after multi-week delay
You can finally now check your coverage and enhancement reports in Search Console after a three-week delay.
De-indexing bug hits Google Search Console reports, tools
Don't trust the Google Search Console coverage and enhancement reports, nor the URL inspection tool until Google fixes ongoing indexing bugs.
Google Search Console adds Discover report
If your website gets a lot of traffic from Google Discover you may see a new report in the Google Search Console to help you analyze that data.
Google Search Console adds Android app filters to performance report
More ways to slice and dice your Google Search Console performance report is here — from your Android apps and possibly the Google Discover feed.
Google drops more reports from old Google Search Console
There is not much left in the old Google Search Console at this point.
Google AMP, mobile-friendly testing tools support code editing
Save time and reduce risk with the new code editing feature in the AMP and mobile-friendly testing tools from Google.
Nofollow couldn’t save the Google webmaster blog from comment spam
Google's plan of "preventing comment spam" with the nofollow link attribute didn't work for its own webmaster blog.
Google’s Rich Results testing tool now supports code editing
You can now edit the code in the rich results test and see what those edits do in real time.
Google officially drops support for several old Search Console reports
As Google promised, some of the old Google Search Console reports are now gone and replaced in the new Google Search Console.
New Google Search Console adds mobile usability report, manage users & adds site features
Google brings more features from the old version of Google Search Console to the new beta version.
Google to stop supporting public URL submissions to its search index
Google's public form to submit new URLs to Google is going away
Google Search Console Search Analytics API now gives you 25,000 rows per request
Get more from Google faster with some changes to the Google Search Analytics API.
Google’s URL inspection tool now available for all users
After launching this tool 15 days ago, it is finally now available for everyone to use within the new Google Search Console.
Google Search Console Analytics API now has 16 months of data
About 6 months after the historical data rolled out in the Google Search Console user interface, it now has come to the API.
Google Search Console updates visual reporting features
A look at what's new in Google Search Console.