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The wait(list) is over! Anyone in the U.S. can now access AI Mode in Labs. We’re also adding new features — like more actionable info for shopping and local recommendations, combining Search’s real-time data with Gemini’s advanced capabilities. Get the latest here: blog.google/products/sea...

AI Mode in Google Search uses a custom version of Gemini to issue related searches. This "query fan-out" technique finds real-time info from the web, our Knowledge Graph & more. This provides a greater breadth & depth of info than a traditional Google search. Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...

Your outie found a surprise by typing [Severance] into the Search bar and clicking on the party horn.

Our newly redesigned Results about you tool protects your privacy by proactively monitoring for results containing personal information — and it’s now even easier to sign up. Learn more blog.google/feed/results...

AI Overviews are getting a Gemini 2.0 upgrade and expanding to more people. Plus, we’re introducing a new experimental AI Mode. Learn more here: blog.google/products/sea...

The Dec. 2024 core update is rolling out, and we expect it will complete in two weeks. If you're wondering why there's a core update this month after one last month, we have different core systems we're always improving. This past blog post explains more: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Today we shared an update to our site reputation abuse policy. See our blog post for more details on what changed and why: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Today we released the November 2024 core update. We'll add it to our ranking release history page in the near future and update when the rollout is complete. For more on core updates: developers.google.com/search/updat...

Over the years, we’ve expanded Search so you can ask a question in many ways — from typing a query to humming a tune. Last week, we introduced even more new AI-powered ways to search what you see and hear. Learn more blog.google/products/sea...

Enjoyed talking with @aleyda.bsky.social for Crawling Mondays, with many good questions about Google Search. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3M_...

We know many, including researchers, value seeing previous versions of webpages when available. That’s why beginning today, we're adding links to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to our "About this result" panel, to give quick context & make this helpful info easily accessible via Search.

I talked with @rustybrick.com this week about our latest search update. I highlight some things that I thought were especially important for those creators who have been looking for recoveries. You'll find that and a link to the article here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Today we released the August 2024 core update. It continues our work to improve the quality of our search results by showing more content that people find genuinely useful and less content that feels like it was made just to perform well on Search. developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Always good to talk news and Google Search with the UK’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) — thanks for the time and great discussions!

In this week's Search Off the Record, Elizabeth Tucker talks about using data science to improve the quality of Google Search including collaborating with UX researchers. Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrqp... and transcript here: goo.gle/sotr076-tran...

Good talking and answering questions about Google Search with those at the Google Product Experts Summit today!

Hello Torino. Look forward to talking to people at the Google booth tomorrow and Saturday at WordCamp.

There's an ongoing issue with serving some features in Google Search, including some results on Google News, Discover and other products. We've identified the issue and we're working on a fix. status.search.google.com/incidents/6x...

We’ve launched a new “Web” filter that shows only text-based links, just like you might filter to show other types of results, such as images or videos. The filter appears on the top of the results page alongside other filters or as part of the “More” option, rolling out today and tomorrow globally…

AI Overviews will begin rolling out to everyone today in the US, with more countries coming soon. They provide both a quick overview of a topic and links to learn more. We’ve found that with AI Overviews, people use Search more, and are more satisfied with their results. blog.google/products/sea...

Today we announced the March 2024 core update & new spam policies that, in combination, are designed to show less content made to attract clicks and more content that people find useful. Learn more: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Today we announced improved quality ranking and new spam policies that we believe significantly enhance the quality and helpfulness of your search results. Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...

We've published a refreshed SEO Starter Guide, with a better focus on a starter audience. Read more about what changed: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Great meeting up with Google Search Central in Zürich today.

Today, we’re introducing two updates to help you search any way, anywhere you want: 1️⃣ Circle to Search, a new way to search on Android 2️⃣ Gen AI-powered multisearch, so you can ask more complex questions about what you see. Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...

Today I wanted to share about the belief that there is some type of “perfect page” formula that must be used to rank highly in Google Search. There isn't, and no one should feel they must work to some type of mythical formula....

Last week, I gave a presentation about Google Search results not being perfect, how we update to improve those results, and how our guidance to creators needs to improve. In this thread, I’ll share my slides and commentary for those who weren’t able to attend my talk…

Today, we’re introducing new improvements to Search to find the information that’s most helpful for you, no matter how specific your question. Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...

Loved meeting everyone who made it to today's 5K; looking forward to talking and meeting with others here in San Diego for BrightonSEO.

Our generative AI experiment in Search gets its largest international expansion yet. We've opened up access to 120+ countries and territories, and added support in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Indonesian. Learn more blog.google/products/sea...

Someone asked me for examples of how I bring feedback people have outside Google back into Google. Good question. Here's a fresh one. After the discussions I've had over the past two weeks, I compiled a write-up covering themes, thoughts and concerns that were shared with the search team. A sampling

Did you know Google Search is updated thousands of times per year? It's all part of our work to improve Search. From our archives, learn more about the processes we use test and evaluate these updates: blog.google/products/sea...

There's an ongoing issue that's delaying the indexing of newly published content. We're working on identifying the root cause. You can monitor progress here on the Google Search Status Dashboard: status.search.google.com/incidents/hJ...

Today we released the October 2023 core update. We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: status.search.google.com/incidents/VK...

On Wednesday, we released an update to our spam detections systems that will improve our coverage in many languages and spam types. Learn more here: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

An opinion piece recently appeared stating Google “just flat out deletes queries & replaces them with ones that monetize better.” We don’t. The piece contains serious inaccuracies about how Google Search works. The organic (non-sponsored) results you see in Search are not affected by our ads systems

The September 2023 helpful content update is rolling out with an improved classifier. It will take about two weeks to complete. We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: status.search.google.com/products/rGH...

In many places around the world, people commonly speak & search in more than one language. To best serve them, Google uses a variety of ways to automatically determine languages to show search results in. Learn more about our work in this area: developers.google.com/search/blog/...

Rare view of one of the tools we use to exterminate spam on Google Search

From the dress that inspired Google Images to the feature that made online shopping easier, here’s a look at the biggest milestones in Google Search over the last 25 years blog.google/products/sea...

Google turns 25 this month! Our CEO Sundar Pichai looks back on the big questions that led us to where we are today, and what the next 25 years could look like: blog.google/inside-googl...

Some new Google generative AI and SGE updates: 1) Search Labs is now available outside of the U.S. this week, starting with India and Japan 2) We’re making it even easier to see supporting web pages in AI-powered overviews Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...