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Q&A: You asked on Linkedin, we answered in here
Search Off the Record - May 30, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Martin answer highly sought-after questions left on Gary’s Linkedin post. They share the drawbacks of client-side rendering, how Web3 would affect SEO, and more. Why do 410 response codes show the same as 404s in Search Console? Is it tre...
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Search Off the Record - May 30, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Staging and launching a site
Search Off the Record - April 05, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Lizzi chat about launching websites. Launching a website can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially staging your website for launch, or if you’re a seasoned website owner and want to stage a new feature. How can you prevent a staging ...
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Search Off the Record - April 05, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
JavaScript at Google
Search Off the Record - March 23, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Googlers Edu Pereda and Pascal Birchler join Martin Splitt to chat in-depth about programming languages, JavaScript and TypeScript. Learn more about the projects they use JavaScript with, why people have strong emotions towards JavaScript, what they like...
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Search Off the Record - March 23, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Search and Open Source
Search Off the Record - March 08, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutesOn this episode of Search Off the Record, guest Edu Pereda, Engineer at Google joins Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes to chat about Search Open Sourcing projects. Open source is a source code made available for the public to modify and distribute. Learn about the Search open source library projects...
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Search Off the Record - March 08, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Site moves: Are they getting any easier?
Search Off the Record - February 23, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutesWith the right resources, site moves or domain changes don’t have to be as hard as we once remember. In this episode of Search Off the Record, join Lizzi, Gary, and John for a chat about site moves. Learn about the different types of site moves, common issues, and how to move your site without h...
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Search Off the Record - February 23, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Search Console Help Center
Search Off the Record - January 12, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Josh Cohen, a Tech Writer on the Search Console Team, joins John and Lizzi to chat about the Search Console Help Center. They dive into who drives changes in Search Console, tips for writing feedback, and questions to ask when deciding the right level o...
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Search Off the Record - January 12, 2023 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Year in review 2022
Search Off the Record - December 22, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutesJohn, Gary, and Lizzi wrap up 2022 by reflecting on projects, events, and past episodes of Search Off the Record. They discuss the most surprising aspect of 2022, updating Search documentation, and much more! Resources: Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr055-transcript Searc...
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Search Off the Record - December 22, 2022 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Search Status Dashboard
Search Off the Record - December 14, 2022 17:00 - 23 minutesOn this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Lizzi chat about the Google Search Status Dashboard for incident reporting. They discuss what prompted the dashboard, how this compares to reporting Search incidents on Twitter, and more! Learn how the dashboard can streamline communicat...
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Search Off the Record - December 14, 2022 16:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
From journalism to SEO with Jennifer Slegg
Search Off the Record - November 30, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary and Lizzi talk with a guest from the larger Search Marketing Community, Jennifer Slegg - an expert on all things Search Engine Marketing, specializing in the Quality Rater's Guidelines and E-A-T. Reminisce about the internet in the early 2000s, han...
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Search Off the Record - November 30, 2022 12:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Let’s talk redirects
Search Off the Record - November 17, 2022 15:00 - 27 minutesRedirects are a genuine approach to moving something from one place to another. In this episode of Search Off the Record, John and Martin talk about the different types of redirects and which one you may want to use. They share the differences between 301 and 302 redirects, what type of redirec...
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Search Off the Record - November 17, 2022 14:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
LIVE Q&A from brightonSEO
Search Off the Record - November 03, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutesJoin John, Lizzi, and guest, Myriam Jessier, SEO Trainer, for a live recording of SOTR from brightonSEO: a conference where SEOs gather to chat, network, and learn about search marketing. In this episode, they answer a bunch of questions hand-picked before the event. They cover topics like whic...
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Search Off the Record - November 03, 2022 11:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Search Central docs and SEO
Search Off the Record - October 20, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutesFind out if Google Search Central implements its SEO best practices and guidelines on its own website and documentation! Hosts John and Lizzi discuss SEO tools, sitemaps, hreflang links, robots.txt, click-through rates, and more. They cover what they’ve implemented, what they are thinking of upd...
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Search Off the Record - October 20, 2022 11:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Let's talk image SEO
Search Off the Record - October 06, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutesDo you want to know how to increase traffic to your website with images? What about making your website more accessible for screen readers with alt text for an image? Our hosts John and Lizzi chat about optimizing for image search. They cover everything from naming your image file, how often Go...
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Search Off the Record - October 06, 2022 11:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
The early days of Google Search Central
Search Off the Record - September 22, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutesIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Vanessa Fox, a former Google employee, joins hosts John and Lizzi to talk about the early days of Google Search Central (or shall we say, Webmaster Tools). She shares the beginnings of the Sitemaps tool, Webmaster Help group, Webmaster Tools, and more! ...
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Search Off the Record - September 22, 2022 11:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
Non-HTML files on the web
Search Off the Record - September 08, 2022 12:00 - 28 minutesJoin hosts Gary and Lizzi for a chat about file types on the web beyond HTML, like PDFs, PowerPoints, and images. We cover issues with all sorts of file types, if you should convert your weird file into HTML, what file types are indexed, and more on non-HTML files. Resources: PDFs in Google ...
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Search Off the Record - September 08, 2022 11:55 - application/pdfSearch 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...
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