In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman, and John Mueller put Large Language Models (LLMs) to the test and compete to create the best social post using generative AI. Listen along as they weigh the pros and cons, assess how accurate the posts are, stumble on some owl facts, and see how Google’s own GenAI tool, Gemini, can be used as a creativity tool.
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Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr072-transcriptÂ
SEO Starter Guide → https://goo.gle/42alrmy
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Managing Multi-Regional Sites → https://goo.gle/3J3u5e9
Bubble chart analysis →  https://goo.gle/49q9VW8
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman are joined by Rick Viscomi from the Chrome Web Performance team to discuss the importance of understanding what users seek to accomplish and optimizing accordingly, rather than focusing solely on metric scores. Listen along as the Search team touches on metrics like Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), and the latest Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as pieces of the pie for a better user experience.Â
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Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr071-transcriptÂ
Introducing INP to Core Web Vitals → https://goo.gle/4ar2UW6
Page Experience & Google Search → https://goo.gle/49cEWgm
Rick on X (formerly Twitter)→ https://goo.gle/3PCe4zeÂ
Core Web Vitals on Stack Overflow → https://goo.gle/4awMqvw
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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#SOTRpodcast
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Speaker: John Mueller, Lizzi Sassman, Rick Viscomi,
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In this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary Illyes and Lizzi Sassman take a deep dive into crawling the web: what is a web crawler, and how does it really work? Listen along as the Search team is joined by an expert web developer in the SEO community, Dave Smart, for an in-depth and technical discussion of all things crawling, and maybe dispel some myths along the way.Â
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Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr070-transcriptÂ
Managing your crawl budget → https://goo.gle/3IzRZxl
Dave Smart on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/3wPSuRA
Tame the Bots → https://goo.gle/4cfCQ1P
Search Central Help Forum → https://goo.gle/sc-forum
Indexing API docs → https://goo.gle/3v8yVU0
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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#SOTRpodcast
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Speaker: Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman
Products Mentioned: Search Off The Record
In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller and Lizzi Sassman sit down with Aaseesh Marina, Product Support Manager, to discuss the Search Central community forums. Did you know there is a group of Product Experts and community members that can help you navigate your SEO questions? Listen along as the Search Team takes a deep dive into the Search Central help community forum and discover why it should be your go-to guide for any SEO help.
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Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr069-transcriptÂ
Search Central help community → https://goo.gle/3sViTv3Â
Product Expert program → https://goo.gle/3SL6jrI
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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#SOTRpodcast
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Speaker: John Mueller; Lizzi Sassman;
Products Mentioned: Search Off The Record;
The SEO Starter Guide is getting a refresh! Have you ever wondered how the Search team plans and writes such a document? In this episode of Search Off the Record, John Mueller, Gary Illyes, and Lizzi Sassman discuss which topics are still relevant, the right level of detail for a starter guide, and whether or not including anti-patterns in documentation is a good idea.Â
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Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr068-transcript
SEO Starter Guide → https://goo.gle/42alrmy
SEO Starter Guide: What’s all the drama? → https://goo.gle/4b6ZLMq
Let’s pick a domain name → https://goo.gle/3tezc6t
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Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
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In this episode of Search, Martin, John, and Gary look back at 2023 and reminisce on some of this year’s Search announcements. From updates to Core Web Vitals to going back to basics of website titling, the team covers a wide range of announcements and updates in the world of SEO.
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Resources: Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr067-transcript
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