🤿 Where should the Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026 take place? Help us decide! 👇 We are bringing the SCL Deep Dive event format to Europe between mid-September and early October 2026. Unlike standard events, this multi-day Deep Dive format features: - In-depth technical discussions (crawling, indexing, ranking, and AI) - Hands-on workshops (Google Search Console & Google Trends) - Real-world case studies - Enhanced community networking and lightning talks But before the final details are locked in, we want YOUR input to shape the event. How you can get involved right now: 📍 Vote on the location and timing: Help choose between 6 European destinations. ⚡ Pitch a talk: Early submissions for Community Lightning Talks are officially open. Share your unique optimization journeys or advanced SEO tips! Interest form submissions closes on July 1, and the official dates and location will be announced on July 6. Don't miss the chance to shape the agenda and be the first in line for tickets. Fill out the interest form below now! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ejDsNQMH
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Bonjour, Paris! Search Central Live is coming to Paris on June 25th! Check out the details and apply for a free seat at the event at https://lnkd.in/eQsrSu-S
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🤔 Which structured data type is used the most: TVSeason or TVSeries? With Schema.org's new usage statistics dataset, we can find out! It provides monthly aggregate usage statistics for Schema.org terms across millions of domains on the internet. You can see these adoption trends directly on individual schema term pages or analyze the raw .csv file that's available on GitHub. Read the announcement on the Schema.org blog to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSrkstiC
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Today we’re launching new Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console, including dedicated reports for Search and Discover, to help you understand your site's visibility within generative AI features on Search. We're rolling these reports out to a subset of websites, allowing us to thoroughly test and receive feedback before making them widely available. Learn more in our blog post: https://lnkd.in/ePru4dtM
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Buongiorno Milano! On June 18th, Search Central Live will be coming to Italy! With sessions on AI in Search, helpful content, Search updates and news and much more brought to you by John Mueller and Martin Splitt, it's gonna be a blast! Go apply for a free ticket at https://lnkd.in/ewCqnset and hopefully we'll all meet there on the 18th of June!
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Today we released the May 2026 core update to Google Search. This is a regular update designed to better surface relevant, satisfying content for searchers from all types of sites. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete. We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: https://lnkd.in/ecHTt8Ep
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We've published a new guide on how to optimize your content for generative AI features on Google Search. It includes guidance to help you focus on what matters most when it comes to SEO and generative AI features, along with myth-busting some common misconceptions and guidance on the importance of providing unique, non-commodity content. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/egqtSFDR
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Ever wonder what rules people put in their robots.txt files? 🤖 In episode 108 of Search Off the Record, Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt analyze real-world robots.txt data. Kinda. Well... OK, not really, but they explain how they used HTTP Archive and BigQuery to study the directives websites use today. Topics discussed include: 🔸 Writing a custom JavaScript parser to extract robots.txt rules via HTTP Archive 🔸 Querying the resulting custom metrics dataset in BigQuery 🔸 How this data could shape updates to Google's public documentation on unsupported directives 🔸 How Google handles common misspellings of the "disallow" directive Listen to the episode on YouTube: ▶️ https://lnkd.in/ePT_sN-f Read the transcript: 📄 https://lnkd.in/eceDJzJf PS: This is day 42 they've let me post to LinkedIn. This is wild. Wondering what this button does... ugh oh, bad Gary!
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The latest Google Search News is live! 🗞️ Join John Mueller for a quick roundup of the most important updates you need to know about: 📈 Search Console: New branded vs. non-branded query splits, weekly/monthly aggregations, and an AI-powered configuration tool. 🤖 "Vibe-Coded" Sites: SEO best practices for AI-built websites. 🕸️ Crawling: Updated docs for new crawlers and fetch limit details. 🌟 Community & More: Great articles from MJ Cachón Yáñez , Dawn Anderson , Lily Ray , Aimee Jurenka , and Bernd Wunsch . Catch the full episode and all the community links here: https://lnkd.in/g4SbMtDN Have you used vibe-coding to make a website? Let us know below! 👇 #GoogleSearch #SEO #SearchConsole #DigitalMarketing
AI Websites, Crawling and Search Console updates (Q2 ‘26)
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To better protect user navigation, we're updating our spam policies to cover "Back button hijacking." Back button hijacking disrupts a user's navigation by preventing the expected use of the browser's back button, resulting in user frustration. We're announcing the change now, and will be enforcing it from June 15, 2026. Find out more in our blog post at https://lnkd.in/g-jRZPW2