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
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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
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Websites are putting on weight. 🪨 The median mobile homepage has hit 2.3 MB -- triple its size in 2015. The latest Search Off the Record episode dives into "HTML bloat" (that's 🚤 with an "L") and why page weight still matters for your site. Gary and Martin discuss: • The 10MB fetch limit (again) and why Googlebot stops fetching. • Hidden bloat from JSON-LD and inline SVGs. • Why fast networks do not solve processing overhead. Efficiency is as important as speed ⚡️. A lean site makes technical SEO easier and keeps users happy. Is this a bad thing? Maybe, maybe not. Listen to the conversation and decide for yourself: https://lnkd.in/eJ2u_nSF #SEO #WebPerf #Googlebot #SearchOffTheRecord PS: this is to testify we used the prescribed number of emojis. Gary (with a 🐝)
Are websites getting “fat”? Page weight, HTML size & Googlebot limits explained
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🇨🇳 你好！Hello Shanghai! Search Central Live is coming to you! If you are fluent in Mandarin Chinese and are interested, come join us! Register by April 27! 🏮上海，我们来了！🧨 Search Central Live 正式定档：5 月 15 日，我们不见不散！ 搜索干货、大佬社交、趣味互动，整整一天的精彩等您开启！4 月 27 日报名截止，5 月 4 日通知报名结果。 速来集结，上海见！✨ 报名: https://lnkd.in/eTHPN66a
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It's the last day of the quarter so Gary rushed out two blog posts to make himself look good (on paper)! 1️⃣ The "Big Picture" of Crawling: We’ve published a comprehensive overview of how Google’s crawling ecosystem works in 2026. It's a distillation of a podcast episode with Gary and Martin, hopefully with more clarity and less bickering. 👉 https://lnkd.in/enCc-F52 2️⃣ Update to Crawler IP Ranges: We’ve updated the location of our IP ranges for common crawlers, special crawlers, and user-triggered fetchers. If you use allowlists to manage server access, you’ll want to update your links to the new directory. 👉 https://lnkd.in/es_x7PdC #SEO #TechnicalSEO #GoogleSearch #WebCrawling #SearchCentral
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Today we released the March 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/ebyUgyiv
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Today we released the March 2026 spam update to Google Search. This is a normal spam update, and it will roll out for all languages and locations. The rollout may take a few days to complete. More information about spam updates can be found at https://lnkd.in/gshkDEU3 We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: https://lnkd.in/eYHy_9hF
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In this video, Daniel Waisberg discusses the importance of adding annotations to your Search Console performance charts. It's a great way to add context on what is happening with your site that might be affecting your search traffic. You can use them to mark important things, such as when you launch a new feature or fix a bug on your website.
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Google Search Central Live (SCL) returns to Asia Pacific for 2026! 🤩 Check out the upcoming APAC event roadmap: 🏮SCL Shanghai (Targeting May 15, 2026): A dedicated Mandarin-Chinese event. Registration opens soon as final details are set. 🐨 SCL Sydney (May 22, 2026): Focused on the Australia and New Zealand communities. Speakers? Submit your 7-minute SEO lightning talk pitches by April 19. Sign up to attend by May 4. 🇮🇳 SCL India (Q4 2026): We're planning one or two events for late 2026! We recommend that local SEOs wait for these instead of traveling. 🌍 SCL Deep Dive: The multi-day experience will not be held in APAC this year and we are looking at rotating it to EMEA for this year Read the full update and find the registration links here: https://lnkd.in/eb-n2W8q #SEO #GoogleSearch #SearchCentralLive #sclsyd26 #APAC PS: we need more emojis
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G’day Sydney! 🐨 Search Central Live is ... 🐨 dropping by 🐨 ... on May 22! Want to take the stage? We’re looking for lightning talk speakers! Not a speaker? Come join us to network and learn! We’re also building the agenda with you in mind. When you register, let us know what topics you’re most curious about -- we’re tailoring the sessions to make sure they’re as relevant as possible to the local community. ⚡️ Pitch by: Apr 19 🖊️ Apply by: May 4 🎟 We'll get back by: May 16 Join Cherry Sireetorn Prommawin, Daniel Waisberg, and Gary Illyes at Search Central Live Sydney 2026: goo.gle/sclsyd #searchcentrallive #sclsyd26
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