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, John and Martin talk to Allan Scott from the Google Search team... 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What's the best way to handle outdated content?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
Martin, John, and Gary discuss the potential reasons why your website or page is not indexed, both from a technical... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Martin answer highly sought-after questions left on Gary’s Linkedin... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Lizzi chat about launching websites. Launching a website can... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Googlers Edu Pereda and Pascal Birchler join Martin Splitt to chat in-depth... more
On this episode of Search Off the Record, guest Edu Pereda, Engineer at Google joins Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes... more
With the right resources, site moves or domain changes don’t have to be as hard as we once remember. In... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Josh Cohen, a Tech Writer on the... more
John, Gary, and Lizzi wrap up 2022 by reflecting on projects, events, and past episodes of Search Off the Record.... more
On this episode of Search Off the Record, John, Gary, and Lizzi chat about the... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary and Lizzi talk with a guest... more
Redirects are a genuine approach to moving something from one place to another. In this... more
Join John, Lizzi, and guest, Myriam Jessier, SEO Trainer, for a live recording of SOTR... more
Find out if Google Search Central implements its SEO best practices and guidelines on its own website and documentation! Hosts... more
Do you want to know how to increase traffic to your website with images? What... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Vanessa Fox, a former Google employee, joins... more
Join hosts Gary and Lizzi for a chat about file types on the web beyond... more
What is Search Off the Record? Listen to our podcast trailer! Do you geek out about SEO? Are you... more
There is a lot of confusion around crawl budget so Martin, Lizzi, and Gary from Search Relations are here to... more
In this episode of Search Off The Record, guest Danny Farra, UX Interaction Designer at Google,... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman, John Mueller, and Gary Illyes have an insightful conversation around... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman and Gary Illyes sit down with Barry Schwartz - a... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, we take a look at what it takes to block content from... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin Splitt, Gary Illyes, and Lizzi Sassman sit down to talk about... more
In this episode of Search Off the Record, we talk with Michelle Robbins - a software engineer by trade and... more
With Web 3.0 on the horizon, it’s hard to not talk about the next evolution of the internet. In this... more
A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and... more
In this episode of Search Off The Record, we talk with Kenichi Suzuki, a member of the larger search marketing... more
In this episode of Search Off The Record, we take a deep dive into structured data.... more
You did a great job optimizing your site for search; however, it's attracting the wrong traffic... more
Let’s talk about the fascinating and surprising ways search engines index video content. In this podcast,... more
Let’s talk about the fascinating and surprising ways search engines index video content. In this podcast, Gary Illyes... more