This is over

Sunday, December 31, 2023 I’m sure you’re all wondering why we have gathered you here today. That’s right: it’s the end of year blog post in which we go over what happened in 2023 on Google Search Central, and have some fun along the way! Events In 2023 we brought our flagship event series, Google…

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Adding markup support for vacation rentals

Monday, December 4, 2023 Vacation rentals on Google make it easier for travelers to discover the best lodging options, whether they’re searching for a cozy cabin or a house that sleeps ten. Today, we’re announcing a new and simpler way for vacation rental integration partners to provide listing data to Google. Vacation rental partners can…

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Video mode now only show pages where video is the main content

Monday, December 4, 2023 a href=”https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/04/simplifying-video”>Earlier this year, we made a change to only show video thumbnails next to results on the main Google Search results page when the video is the main content of a page. Today, we’re extending this change to search results in Video mode to better connect users with the video…

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Expanding markup support for Organization details, including Logo structured data

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Since 2013, Google has supported logo structured data, which recognizes two Organization fields: logo and url. Today we’re expanding our support for organizational information by extracting additional administrative data such as name, address, contact information, and various business identifiers. You can continue to provide the logo and url fields to specify…

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New in structured data: discussion forum and profile page markup

Monday, November 27, 2023 Today we’re announcing support for profile page and discussion forum structured data for use in Google Search, including new reports in Search Console. This markup works with Google Search features that are designed to show first-person perspectives from social media platforms, forums, and other communities. Implementing this structured data will help…

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Search Quality Raters Guidelines update

Thursday, November 16, 2023 As of November 16, our Search Quality Rater Guidelines have been updated to simplify our guidelines. Specifically, we’ve simplified the “Needs Met” scale definitions, added more guidance for different kinds of web pages and modern examples including newer content formats such as short form video, removed outdated and redundant examples, and…

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