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    • 2026
      • July
        • Platform properties roll out globally, plus a new social and video performance guide
        • See how content from social and video platforms performs on Google Search
        • Search Central Deep Dive Europe 2026: Apparently we're going to Barcelona
      • June
        • Help Us Pick the Next Stop in Europe for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2026!
        • Introducing Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console
      • May
        • A new resource for optimizing for generative AI in Google Search
      • April
        • Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking"
        • Search Central Live is Coming to Shanghai in 2026!
      • March
        • Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the bytes we process
        • New Location for the Google Crawlers' IP Range Files
        • Search Central Live is coming to Canada
        • Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2026: Get Ready for Sydney and more!
      • February
        • Google's February 2026 Discover core update
      • January
        • Search Central Live is coming back to South America
    • 2025
      • December
        • Search Central Live APAC 2025 Recap: A Note of Gratitude
        • Introducing weekly and monthly views in Search Console
        • Introducing social channels in Search Console
        • Streamline your Search Console analysis with the new AI-powered configuration
      • November
        • Introducing the Branded queries filter in Search Console
        • Adding context to your Search Console data with custom annotations
        • More ways to share your shipping and returns policies with Google
        • Search Central Live Zurich is back!
        • Here's an update on our efforts to simplify the search results page
      • October
        • Introducing Query groups in Search Console Insights
      • September
        • Search Central Live Dubai 2025
        • Announcing the store widget: build shopper confidence and drive sales
        • Search Central Live Tokyo 2025
        • Search Central Live Hong Kong 2025
      • August
        • Search Central Live is back to Mexico City
      • July
        • Introducing the Google Trends API (alpha)
      • June
        • The new Search Console Insights report is here
        • SCL Deep Dive APAC 2025: Community Speakers and a New Format
        • Simplifying the search results page
        • Adding markup support for loyalty programs
      • May
        • Top ways to ensure your content performs well in Google's AI experiences on Search
        • App deep links: connecting your website and app
      • April
        • Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025
        • The Search Analytics API now supports hourly data
      • March
        • Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol
        • Get Ready for Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2025
        • Robots Refresher: page-level granularity
        • Robots Refresher: robots.txt - a flexible way to control how machines explore your website
        • Search Central Live is going to Madrid
        • First Search Central Live in South Africa
      • February
        • Robots Refresher: introducing a new series
        • Search Central Live is going to New York City
      • January
        • Simplifying the visible URL element on mobile search results
        • Search Central Live is returning to Brazil
    • 2024
      • December
        • Crawling out of December: the 2024 recap
        • Crawling December: CDNs and crawling
        • Crawling December: Faceted navigation
        • Search Central Live Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 2024: Recap
        • An improved way to view your recent performance data in Search Console
        • Crawling December: HTTP caching
        • Crawling December: The how and why of Googlebot crawling
      • November
        • Join us at Search Central Live in Zurich!
        • Updating our site reputation abuse policy
      • October
        • Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box
        • Search Central Live Jakarta and Bangkok 2024: it's a wrap
        • Bringing Store ratings on Search to more countries
      • September
        • New Search experiences in South Africa: Badges and refinement chips
        • Learn all about Google Trends with our new YouTube tutorials
      • August
        • Supporting AVIF in Google Search
        • Search Central Live 2024 is coming to Kuala Lumpur and Taipei
        • What to know about our August 2024 core update
        • Introducing recommendations in Google Search Console
      • July
        • Configure your shipping and returns directly in Search Console
      • June
        • Search Central Live Bangkok 2024
        • Adding markup support for organization-level return policies
        • We're on LinkedIn (finally)
        • Mobile-indexing-vLast-final-final.doc
      • May
        • Search Central Live 2024 is coming back to the APAC region
      • April
        • Improving Search Console ownership token management
      • March
        • Search Central Live 2024 in Warsaw, Poland
        • What web creators should know about our March 2024 core update and new spam policies
        • Search Central Live 2024 in Bucharest, Romania
      • February
        • Adding structured data support for Product Variants
        • New Search experiences in EEA: Rich results, aggregator units, and refinement chips
        • The SEO Starter Guide gets a makeover
        • Announcing Search Central Live Argentina
        • Search Central Live is returning to Brazil
    • 2023
      • December
        • This is over
        • Video mode now only shows pages where video is the main content
        • Adding markup support for vacation rentals
      • November