Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi and John are joined by Rio Ichikawa, a product manager working... more
Sometimes talking to your users is the best way to figure out why that pesky bounce rate is high. But... more
What does recursion, Weather Frog, and Momo the Magic Cat have in common? In this episode of SOTR, Lizzi... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Ben Walton and David Yule from the Google Search Site Reliability Team... more
It's been a few months since you hired an SEO; how can you tell if things are headed in the... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Irina Tuduce from the shopping team joins John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman... more
We sat down with Mihai Aperghis, a Google Product Expert (PE) for Search, when he visited the Zurich office for... more
In this episode of SOTR, John Mueller, Lizzi Sassman, and Gary Illyes talk about misconceptions around crawl frequency and site... more
Managing websites that use different languages and serve different countries is no easy task. That's why Lizzi, Gary and Martin... more
In this episode, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joins Martin and John from Search Relations to talk about how... more
In this episode of SOTR, Lizzi and John sit down with Elizabeth Tucker to go behind the scenes of Search... more
How does Google address incidents that affect Search results, like indexing problems or crawling issues? Join John, Lizzi, and Gary... more
In this episode of Search off the Record, John and Lizzi invite Michael Chidzey and “Jo” Juliana Turnbull to talk... more
What's the best way to handle outdated content? Does old content affect SEO? In this episode of Search Off the... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman, and John Mueller put Large Language Models (LLMs)... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman are joined by Rick Viscomi from the... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary Illyes and Lizzi Sassman take a deep dive into crawling the... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman sit down with Aaseesh Marina, Product Support... more
The SEO Starter Guide is getting a refresh! Have you ever wondered how the Search team plans and writes such... more
In this episode of Search, Martin, John, and Gary look back at 2023 and reminisce on some of this year’s... more
In this episode of Search, Martin, Gary, and John discuss aspects of SEO that website owners often overlook. From overall... more
In this episode of Search, John, Gary, and Martin discuss why the search team adds and removes features on their... more
In this episode of Search, John and Gary discuss the impact of quality on search results. From sitemaps to scheduling... more
The Google Search algorithm has been updated and panic quickly sets in. In this episode of Search, Martin, John, and... more
A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of a domain name, after the dot, and identifies the type of... more
In this episode of Search, Martin, Gary, and John discuss aspects of SEO that website owners often overlook. From overall quality to... more