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New reports for review snippets in Search Console

A review snippet is a short excerpt of a review or a rating from a website, usually an average of the combined rating scores from many reviewers. This is one of the most used structured data types on the web, used by millions of web sites for many content types such as Book, Movie, Event, […]

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Google Search News for January 2020

We hope the year 2020 has started off well for you, and wanted to bring a brief update of some of the changes around Google Search since our last episode. We aim to do this in our YouTube Series called Google Search News. In the January 2020 episode, we cover: Updates in Search Console, a […]

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New Removals report in Search Console

We’re happy to announce that we’re launching a new version of the Removals report in Search Console, which enables site owners to temporarily hide a page from appearing in Google Search results. The new report also provides info on pages on your site that have been reported via other Google public tools. There are different […]

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Sunsetting support for data-vocabulary

Structured data schemas such as schema.org and data-vocabulary.org are used to define shared meaningful structures for markup-based applications on the Web. With the increasing usage and popularity of schema.org we decided to focus our development on a single SD scheme. As of April 6, 2020, data-vocabulary.org markup will no longer be eligible for Google rich […]

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Get Ready for New SameSite=None; Secure Cookie Settings

This is a cross-post from the Chromium developer blog and is specific to how changes to Chrome may affect how your website works for your users in the future. In May, Chrome announced a secure-by-default model for cookies, enabled by a new cookie classification system (spec). This initiative is part of our ongoing effort to improve privacy and […]

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The Search Console Training video series is rolling out

A new video series about Google Search Console is rolling out on Youtube now! The series focuses on how to use Search Console to optimize your website for Google Search. In the videos we explain each of the reports available to you, giving examples on where to find data, how to analyze it, and how […]

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An update on 2019

With 2020 hanging above our heads much the same way that bricks don’t, people start reflecting on what they achieved this year, what went wrong, and how they could improve. We’re no different, but instead of choosing what went well or wrong ourselves, we picked the announcements on our @GoogleWMC Twitter account that users interacted […]

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Launching a new Publisher Center

Today we are announcing the launch of Publisher Center to help publishers more easily manage how their content appears across Google products. Publisher Center merges two existing tools, Google News Producer and Google News Publisher Center, improving their user experience and functionality. Publisher Center’s new features include a simpler way to manage your publication’s identity, […]

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Package Tracking Early Access Program

People frequently come to Google Search looking to find information on the status of their packages. To make it easier to find, we have created a new package tracking feature that enables shipping companies to show people the status of their packages right on Search. Here’s an example of how this information may appear: Through […]

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Introducing the new Search Console messages

Search Console sends millions of messages every month. They’re our main way to let you know when your website has a new issue and to make you aware of updates and opportunities to improve your presence on Google. To make working with messages more efficient in Search Console, we have been working to make messages […]

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