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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

May 10, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

April 19, 2023

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

November 4, 2021

During the month of December, we're focusing on all things crawling. Check out the entire Crawling December series for more on how Googlebot crawls page resources, why caching is important, the ins and outs of faceted navigation, and more.

Updated May 10, 2023

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

Updated April 19, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

Updated November 4, 2021

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

Explore our blog posts around Google Search algorithm updates and ranking changes. For a list of recent ranking updates, see the ranking updates release history.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

May 10, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

April 19, 2023

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

November 4, 2021

Structured data updates

Learn about what's new in structured data and Google Search, including new Google Search features that use structured data, changes in requirements, and best practices.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

May 10, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

April 19, 2023

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

November 4, 2021

New in Search Console

Wondering what's changed in Search Console? Explore recent announcements about Search Console, including new reports, the Search Console API, and updates to the tool.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

May 10, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

April 19, 2023

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

November 4, 2021

Core web vitals and page speed

Discover recent blog posts around Core Web Vitals and their role in Google Search, including updates about page experience and page speed.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide a suite of quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals to

May 10, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Helpful content generally offers a good page experience. That's why today, we've added a section on page experience to our guidance on creating helpful content and revised our help page about page experience. We think this

April 19, 2023

Thursday, November 4, 2021 At I/O 2021, we previewed our plans to bring page experience ranking to desktop. Today we're announcing more details, including the timeline for these changes. This work builds on top of the page experience update we rolled

November 4, 2021

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