Google Updates

New Google Search data shows typical and slowest times for crawling, indexing, and serving, so site owners can plan around real numbers instead of guesses.

A dark mode interface for Google Search Console was teased at a Google Search Central Live event, then confirmed to be a joke by Google staff.

Google is rolling out google.com/goto redirect links in search results to block third-party scrapers and AI bots, confirmed by a Google spokesperson.

Google is testing a new sponsored products block styled to match the organic shopping grid, raising questions about ad transparency and click-through rates.