Minor cleaning up in the Search Console API

With the move to the new Search Console , we've decided to clean up some parts of the Search Console API as well. In the Search Analytics API , going forward we'll no longer support these And…

We updated our job posting guidelines

Last year, we launched job search on Google to connect more people with jobs. When you provide Job Posting structured data , it helps drive more relevant traffic to your page by connecting job seeke…

Introducing the new Search Console

A few months ago we released a beta version of a new Search Console experience to a limited number of users. We are now starting to release this beta version to all users of Search Console, so that …

Adding Images to your Sitemaps

Webmaster Level: All Sitemaps are an invaluable resource for search engines. They can highlight the important content on a site and allow crawlers to quickly discover it. Images are an important ele…

Tips for News Search

Webmaster Level: All During my stint on the " How Google Works Tour: Seattle ", I heard plenty of questions regarding News Search from esteemed members of the press, such as The Stranger , …

An Update on Sitemaps at Google

Did you know that the number of website hosts that have been submitting Sitemap files has almost tripled over the last year? It's no wonder: the secret is out - as a recent research study showed…

Research study of Sitemaps

We've been tracking the growth of Sitemaps on the web. It's been just 2 years since Google, Yahoo and Microsoft co-announced the Sitemaps directive in robots.txt, and it is already supporte…