Sources

25 biggest moments in Search, from helpful images to AI

Google blog (6 September 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/25-biggest-google-search-updates/

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• Confirmed by docs1D1-C209
• Nothing to verify1D1-C200

3 new ways we're improving Search profiles for publishers

Google blog (16 September 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/3-new-ways-were-improving-search-profiles-for-publishers/

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• Source1D1-C125

3 Trending Now updates to help you keep up with the latest trends

Google blog (14 August 2024) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/google-trends-trending-now-update/

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• Source1D2-C767
• Consistent with docs2D2-C766 D2-C804

5 common mistakes with rel=canonical

Search Central blog (8 April 2013) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2013/04/5-common-mistakes-with-relcanonical

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• Source2D2-C395 D2-C418
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C873
• Consistent with docs4D2-C379 D2-C417 D2-C428 D2-C432
• Nothing to verify1D2-C404

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-06, DEV-CAN-03, DEV-CAN-04

A deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limits

Search Central blog (19 October 2022) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/10/performance-data-deep-dive

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• Source2D3-C480 D3-C481
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C474
• Consistent with docs1D3-C479
• Nothing to verify2D3-C500 D3-C502

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-08

A guide to Google Search ranking systems

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ranking-systems-guide

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• Source6D1-C133 D1-C130 D3-C112 D3-C113 D3-C118 D3-C138
• Confirmed by docs6D2-C349 D2-C656 D3-C133 D3-C140 D3-C141 D3-C199
• Consistent with docs19D1-C037 D1-C042 D1-C043 D2-C657 D2-C678 D2-C740 D2-C741 D3-C111 D3-C115 D3-C116 D3-C131 D3-C134 D3-C139 D3-C142 D3-C143 D3-C231 D3-C281 D3-C681 D3-C684
• Not in docs1D3-C136
• Nothing to verify5D3-C114 D3-C135 D3-C137 D3-C487 D3-C677

A new era for AI Search

Google blog (19 May 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/search-io-2026/

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• Source1D1-C193
• Confirmed by docs3D1-C150 D1-C187 D1-C189
• Consistent with docs5D1-C151 D1-C152 D1-C184 D1-C194 D1-C195

A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3

Google blog (18 November 2025) · checked 4 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/gemini-3/

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• Consistent with docs1D1-C496

A new profile to help publishers and creators highlight their work on Search

Google blog (4 June 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/a-new-profile-to-help-publishers-and-creators-highlight-their-work-on-search/

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• Source1D1-C026
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C025

About bulk data export of Search Console data to BigQuery

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/12918484?hl=en

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• Confirmed by docs1D3-C475
• Consistent with docs1D3-C471
• Nothing to verify1D3-C476

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-08

About platform properties in Search Console

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/17148418?hl=en

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• Source2D3-C466 D3-C467
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C443
• Consistent with docs1D3-C446

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-09

About the Google StoreBot crawler

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13294660?hl=en

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• Source1D3-C388
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C386 D3-C387
• Consistent with docs1D3-C385

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-02

Advanced Google Trends

Google News Initiative · checked 2 October 2026

https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/resources/trainings/advanced-google-trends/

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• Confirmed by docs1D2-C758

AI features and your website

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features

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• Source8D2-C074 D2-C480 D2-C729 D3-C326 D3-C498 D3-C534 D3-C535 D3-C572
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C601 D3-C325
• Consistent with docs17D1-C185 D1-C208 D1-C225 D1-C388 D1-C412 D2-C073 D2-C476 D2-C726 D2-C727 D3-C061 D3-C071 D3-C327 D3-C357 D3-C492 D3-C533 D3-C701 D3-C702
• Nothing to verify3D2-C730 D2-C731 D3-C095

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-05, DEV-AIF-01, DEV-AIF-02

AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks

Google blog (6 August 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks/

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• Source2D3-C506 D3-C507
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C154
• Nothing to verify1D3-C508

AI in Search: Going beyond information to intelligence

Google blog (20 May 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-update/

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• Source1D1-C191
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C190

AI, personalization and the future of shopping

Google blog (3 March 2025) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/ai-personalization-and-the-future-of-shopping/

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• Confirmed by docs2D1-C006 D2-C752

Allow Merchant Center to update product information automatically

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/3246284?hl=en

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• Source1D3-C350
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C349

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-01

An easier way to explore Search trends with Gemini

Google blog (14 January 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/google-trends-explore-with-ai/

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• Confirmed by docs3D2-C762 D2-C807 D2-C809

An update on web publisher controls

The Keyword, Google blog (28 September 2023, Danielle Romain) · checked 4 October 2026

https://blog.google/technology/ai/an-update-on-web-publisher-controls/

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• Nothing to verify1D1-C523

Analyze your social and video platform content performance in Search Console

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/analyze-social-video-content

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• Source1D3-C468
• Confirmed by docs4D2-C960 D3-C449 D3-C450 D3-C451
• Consistent with docs1D3-C447

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-09

Announcing web multimodal Search performance reporting in Search Console

Search Central blog (24 September 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/09/web-multimodal-in-sc

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• Source1D3-C465
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C454 D3-C458
• Consistent with docs5D3-C455 D3-C456 D3-C457 D3-C459 D3-C461

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-07

API Reference

Google Search Console API documentation · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v1/api_reference_index

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• Consistent with docs2D1-C462 D1-C463

ARIA and HTML

web.dev (Google) · checked 3 October 2026

https://web.dev/learn/accessibility/aria-html

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• Confirmed by docs1D1-C279
• Consistent with docs1D1-C280

Documentsrequirement DEV-HTM-04

Article (Article, NewsArticle, BlogPosting) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/article

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• Source1D3-C332
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C333 D3-C334
• Consistent with docs2D3-C330 D3-C331

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-13

Ask Google to recrawl your URLs

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/ask-google-to-recrawl

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• Consistent with docs1D3-C636

Automatically generating and ranking results

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/ranking-results/

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• Source3D3-C087 D3-C088 D3-C310
• Confirmed by docs3D3-C021 D3-C068 D3-C148
• Consistent with docs18D1-C215 D1-C216 D3-C003 D3-C006 D3-C018 D3-C020 D3-C025 D3-C028 D3-C033 D3-C035 D3-C041 D3-C067 D3-C077 D3-C084 D3-C131 D3-C134 D3-C142 D3-C309
• Nothing to verify1D3-C096

Basics of Google Trends

Google News Initiative · checked 2 October 2026

https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/resources/trainings/basics-of-google-trends/

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• Confirmed by docs3D2-C747 D2-C784 D2-C795
• Consistent with docs1D2-C785

Block Search indexing with noindex

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/block-indexing

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• Source2D2-C022 D2-C069
• Confirmed by docs5D2-C058 D2-C061 D2-C068 D2-C850 D2-C851
• Consistent with docs1D2-C049

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-01

Boost your holiday sales with these agentic commerce updates

Google blog (16 September 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/google-shopping-updates-holiday-shopping/

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• Source1D3-C408
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C407

Britney Spears spelling correction

Google (archived jobs page, 2011) · checked 3 October 2026

https://archive.google/jobs/britney.html

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• Confirmed by docs1D3-C414
• Consistent with docs1D3-C415

Build and submit a sitemap

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap

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• Source1D2-C833
• Confirmed by docs2D1-C475 D2-C842
• Consistent with docs2D2-C018 D3-C612

Documentsrequirement DEV-URL-05

Bulk data export: a new and powerful way to access your Search Console data

Search Central blog (21 February 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/bulk-data-export

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• Confirmed by docs1D3-C475
• Nothing to verify1D3-C502

Compare search interest over time with quick comparisons

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/17261722?hl=en

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• Confirmed by docs1D2-C812
• Consistent with docs1D2-C811

Compare search terms and topics

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/17309543?hl=en

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• Confirmed by docs1D2-C748
• Consistent with docs1D2-C749

Compare Trends search terms

Google Trends Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4359550?hl=en

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C764
• Consistent with docs1D3-C015

Content policies for Google Search

Google Search Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/10622781?hl=en

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• Consistent with docs1D2-C705

Content structure

web.dev (Google) · checked 3 October 2026

https://web.dev/learn/accessibility/structure

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• Consistent with docs2D1-C277 D1-C278

Documentsrequirement DEV-HTM-04

Control your snippets in search results

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/snippet

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• Source1D2-C725
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C070 D3-C316
• Consistent with docs1D2-C076

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-05, DEV-HTM-03

Crawl Stats report

Google Search Console Help · checked 4 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9679690?hl=en

Backs 13 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs6D1-C339 D1-C340 D1-C508 D1-C381 D1-C393 D1-C396
• Consistent with docs7D1-C358 D1-C394 D1-C443 D1-C468 D1-C492 D1-C493 D1-C544

Documentsrequirements DEV-MON-03, DEV-MON-04, DEV-MON-11

Crawling December: CDNs and crawling

Search Central blog (24 December 2024) · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-cdns

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• Source1D2-C376
• Consistent with docs9D1-C069 D1-C361 D1-C362 D1-C363 D1-C364 D1-C367 D2-C367 D2-C374 D2-C375
• Nothing to verify1D2-C378

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-01, DEV-SRV-02, DEV-ERR-03

Crawling December: HTTP caching

Search Central blog (9 December 2024) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-caching

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D1-C104

Documentsrequirement DEV-SRV-08

Crawling December: The how and why of Googlebot crawling

Search Central blog (3 December 2024) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-resources

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• Source1D2-C206
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C157 D2-C204
• Consistent with docs3D2-C127 D2-C128 D2-C205

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-04

Crawling infrastructure

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling

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• Confirmed by docs1D1-C375
• Consistent with docs4D1-C065 D1-C066 D1-C325 D1-C326

Documentsrequirement DEV-PRF-01

Creating helpful, reliable, people-first content

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content

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• Source6D3-C101 D3-C103 D3-C117 D3-C176 D3-C195 D3-C576
• Confirmed by docs10D3-C132 D3-C148 D3-C159 D3-C160 D3-C174 D3-C175 D3-C222 D3-C223 D3-C269 D3-C588
• Consistent with docs10D1-C013 D1-C175 D2-C311 D2-C314 D3-C116 D3-C143 D3-C166 D3-C168 D3-C172 D3-C586
• Nothing to verify7D3-C099 D3-C127 D3-C169 D3-C173 D3-C191 D3-C196 D3-C217

Documentsrequirements DEV-SPM-02, DEV-SPM-05

Debug network and DNS errors for Google's crawlers

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/troubleshooting/dns-network-errors

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• Source1D1-C126
• Consistent with docs7D1-C319 D1-C069 D1-C358 D1-C360 D1-C361 D1-C362 D1-C363

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-01, DEV-SRV-03, DEV-MON-04

December 2023 Google SEO office hours

Google Search Central (SEO office hours transcript, December 2023) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/help/office-hours/2023/december

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• Source1D2-C227

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-10

Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty"

Search Central blog (12 September 2008) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2008/09/demystifying-duplicate-content-penalty

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D1-C111

Detecting spam to bring you relevant and reliable results

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/detecting-spam/

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• Confirmed by docs2D3-C197 D3-C199
• Consistent with docs2D3-C205 D3-C239
• Nothing to verify2D3-C200 D3-C241

Discover and your website

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/google-discover

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• Source3D3-C219 D3-C220 D3-C227
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C224 D3-C225
• Consistent with docs8D2-C053 D2-C089 D2-C104 D2-C936 D2-C749 D3-C218 D3-C221 D3-C226
• Nothing to verify1D3-C230

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-04, DEV-IMG-07

Discover content policies

Google Search Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9982767?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C229
• Consistent with docs2D3-C218 D3-C226

Document link [document_link]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17084656?hl=en

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C367 D3-C371
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C370
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Dynamic rendering as a workaround

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/dynamic-rendering

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• Consistent with docs3D2-C124 D2-C139 D2-C301

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-01

Event (Event) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/event

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• Source1D2-C836
• Consistent with docs2D2-C466 D2-C518

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-05

Evolving "nofollow" – new ways to identify the nature of links

Search Central blog (10 September 2019) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/09/evolving-nofollow-new-ways-to-identify

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• Source1D1-C127
• Consistent with docs2D2-C063 D2-C064

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-06

Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode

Google blog (5 March 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-mode-search/

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• Source2D2-C729 D3-C570
• Consistent with docs1D3-C569

Explore the searches that are Trending now

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/3076011?hl=en

Backs 5 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C767 D2-C768
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C765
• Consistent with docs2D2-C766 D2-C804

FAQ about Google Trends data

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4365533?hl=en

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• Source2D2-C750 D2-C780
• Confirmed by docs3D2-C747 D2-C755 D2-C784
• Consistent with docs5D2-C756 D2-C774 D2-C779 D2-C785 D2-C787

Find related searches

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4355000?hl=en

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• Confirmed by docs1D2-C795
• Consistent with docs1D2-C794

Fix canonicalization issues

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/canonicalization-troubleshooting

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• Source2D2-C373 D3-C669
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C401
• Consistent with docs8D2-C367 D2-C371 D2-C374 D2-C379 D2-C387 D2-C388 D3-C640 D3-C641
• Nothing to verify2D2-C404 D3-C670

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-09, DEV-CAN-07, DEV-CAN-08, DEV-MON-06, DEV-MON-10

Fix lazy-loaded content

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/lazy-loading

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• Source1D2-C276
• Confirmed by docs6D2-C176 D2-C195 D2-C198 D2-C268 D2-C271 D2-C274
• Consistent with docs4D2-C141 D2-C197 D2-C199 D2-C266

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-07, DEV-REN-02, DEV-REN-03

Fix Search-related JavaScript problems

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/fix-search-javascript

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• Source7D2-C164 D2-C192 D2-C235 D2-C278 D2-C294 D2-C828 D2-C829
• Confirmed by docs10D2-C185 D2-C190 D2-C264 D2-C269 D2-C277 D2-C279 D2-C284 D2-C285 D2-C291 D2-C293
• Consistent with docs8D2-C143 D2-C144 D2-C181 D2-C186 D2-C215 D2-C259 D2-C260 D2-C266
• Nothing to verify2D2-C222 D2-C240

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-02, DEV-URL-03, DEV-REN-06, DEV-REN-08, DEV-REN-09, DEV-REN-10, DEV-ERR-02, DEV-MON-02, DEV-MON-05

Formalizing the Robots Exclusion Protocol Specification

Search Central blog (1 July 2019) · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/07/rep-id

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• Confirmed by docs3D1-C510 D1-C512 D2-C050
• Consistent with docs2D1-C511 D1-C513

Free listings for products

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/9199328?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C347
• Consistent with docs1D3-C346
• Nothing to verify1D3-C348

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-01

From the CEO: What's coming to YouTube in 2026

YouTube Official Blog (21 January 2026) · checked 4 October 2026

https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/the-future-of-youtube-2026/

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• Consistent with docs1D1-C497
• Nothing to verify1D1-C498

From the garage to the Googleplex

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://about.google/our-story/

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• Source1D3-C233
• Consistent with docs2D3-C231 D3-C232

General Guidelines

Google Search Quality Rater Guidelines (PDF, 11 September 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/guidelines.raterhub.com/en//searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf

Backs 32 claims, by grade

• Source4D2-C870 D2-C871 D3-C710 D3-C711
• Confirmed by docs18D2-C862 D2-C863 D2-C864 D2-C866 D3-C132 D3-C158 D3-C160 D3-C162 D3-C167 D3-C170 D3-C171 D3-C174 D3-C175 D3-C222 D3-C223 D3-C689 D3-C690 D3-C692
• Consistent with docs8D2-C311 D2-C314 D2-C861 D2-C865 D2-C867 D3-C172 D3-C691 D3-C697
• Nothing to verify2D3-C173 D3-C693

Documentsrequirements DEV-HTM-01, DEV-SPM-05

General structured data guidelines

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/sd-policies

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• Source3D2-C451 D2-C467 D2-C501
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C500
• Consistent with docs5D2-C486 D2-C492 D2-C494 D2-C521 D3-C647
• Nothing to verify1D2-C468

Documentsrequirements DEV-SDA-02, DEV-SDA-03, DEV-SDA-10, DEV-SDA-14

Generative AI performance report (Search)

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/16984139?hl=en

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D3-C439
• Consistent with docs3D1-C452 D3-C437 D3-C440

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-07

Get started with Google Trends

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/trends-start

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• Source2D2-C768 D2-C792
• Confirmed by docs10D2-C747 D2-C748 D2-C755 D2-C760 D2-C765 D2-C790 D2-C796 D2-C798 D2-C799 D2-C802
• Consistent with docs4D2-C761 D2-C789 D2-C791 D2-C819

Goodbye Google Webmasters, hello Google Search Central

Search Central blog (11 November 2020) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2020/11/goodbye-google-webmasters

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• Consistent with docs1D1-C477
• Nothing to verify1D1-C480

Google I/O 2026: Sundar Pichai’s opening keynote

Google blog (19 May 2026) · checked 4 October 2026

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D1-C163 D1-C169
• Consistent with docs3D1-C160 D1-C165 D1-C496
• Nothing to verify1D1-C181

Google image SEO best practices

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/google-images

Backs 17 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C534 D2-C543
• Confirmed by docs3D2-C528 D2-C535 D2-C541
• Consistent with docs10D2-C447 D2-C524 D2-C525 D2-C526 D2-C527 D2-C532 D2-C536 D2-C537 D2-C544 D2-C950
• Nothing to verify2D2-C530 D2-C545

Documentsrequirements DEV-IMG-01, DEV-IMG-02, DEV-IMG-03, DEV-IMG-05

Google Search Essentials

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials

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• Consistent with docs4D2-C312 D2-C315 D2-C867 D2-C868

Documentsrequirement DEV-HTM-02

Google Search spam updates and your site

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/updates/spam-updates

Backs 12 claims, by grade

• Source3D3-C287 D3-C291 D3-C292
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C206
• Consistent with docs8D2-C668 D3-C203 D3-C205 D3-C245 D3-C286 D3-C288 D3-C289 D3-C663

Google Search Status Dashboard

Google Search Status Dashboard (Ranking incident history) · checked 3 October 2026

https://status.search.google.com/products/rGHU1u87FJnkP6W2GwMi/history

Backs 5 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C202 D3-C261
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C201 D3-C260
• Nothing to verify1D3-C157

Google Search Status Dashboard

Google Search Status Dashboard (September 2026 spam update) · checked 3 October 2026

https://status.search.google.com/incidents/XhUDXP7A67iHCD2kmbVu

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C202
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C201

Google Search's core updates and your website

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/updates/core-updates

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• Source4D3-C272 D3-C273 D3-C295 D3-C296
• Confirmed by docs7D3-C259 D3-C260 D3-C262 D3-C263 D3-C268 D3-C269 D3-C271
• Consistent with docs7D3-C244 D3-C250 D3-C267 D3-C294 D3-C297 D3-C298 D3-C662
• Nothing to verify1D3-C299

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content

Search Central blog (8 February 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D1-C210 D3-C190

Google Search's guidance on using generative AI content on your website

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/using-gen-ai-content

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• Source2D2-C462 D3-C713
• Confirmed by docs2D1-C210 D3-C690
• Consistent with docs10D1-C175 D2-C555 D2-C937 D2-C941 D3-C168 D3-C686 D3-C688 D3-C691 D3-C694 D3-C700
• Nothing to verify1D3-C217

Documentsrequirements DEV-SDA-11, DEV-IMG-08, DEV-SPM-02, DEV-SPM-05

Google Trends

Google Trends · checked 2 October 2026

https://trends.google.com/trends/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D2-C818

google/robotstxt

Google (open-source robots.txt parser and matcher library, GitHub) · checked 4 October 2026

https://github.com/google/robotstxt

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D1-C532

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-05, DEV-SRV-10

Grounding with Google Search

Google AI for Developers (Gemini API docs) · checked 3 October 2026

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C094
• Consistent with docs1D3-C064

Guidelines for sites with explicit content

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/safesearch

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• Source2D2-C664 D2-C837
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C660
• Consistent with docs1D2-C663
• Nothing to verify1D2-C665

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-12

Help Google understand your ecommerce website structure

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/help-google-understand-your-ecommerce-site-structure

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• Source2D2-C005 D2-C006
• Consistent with docs2D2-C820 D2-C838

Documentsrequirement DEV-URL-04

Help your readers find your site through preferred sources in Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/preferred-sources

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D3-C317

Helping you break the language barrier

Search Central blog (14 October 2008) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2008/10/helping-you-break-language-barrier

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• Source1D2-C096
• Consistent with docs1D2-C094

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-09

How ads work on Google Search

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/our-approach/ads-on-search/

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• Confirmed by docs1D1-C143
• Consistent with docs1D1-C144

How AI Mode is changing the way people search in the U.S.

Google blog (19 May 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/ai-mode-us-insights/

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D1-C169
• Consistent with docs1D1-C151

How AI powers great search results

Google blog (3 February 2022) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/how-ai-powers-great-search-results/

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• Consistent with docs4D1-C217 D2-C740 D2-C741 D2-C745
• Nothing to verify1D1-C219

How Google crawls locale-adaptive pages

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/locale-adaptive-pages

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• Source1D2-C561
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C560

Documentsrequirements DEV-INT-01, DEV-INT-02

How Google interprets the robots.txt specification

Google · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/robots-txt-spec

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• Source6D1-C074 D1-C080 D1-C081 D1-C082 D1-C084 D1-C085
• Confirmed by docs13D1-C087 D1-C512 D1-C515 D1-C517 D1-C518 D1-C533 D1-C108 D2-C017 D2-C842 D2-C050 D2-C209 D3-C613 D3-C614
• Consistent with docs10D1-C516 D1-C519 D1-C520 D1-C521 D1-C527 D1-C531 D1-C482 D2-C843 D2-C848 D2-C207
• Nothing to verify2D1-C532 D2-C245

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-04, DEV-SRV-05, DEV-SRV-06, DEV-SRV-10, DEV-URL-05, DEV-IDX-02, DEV-CAN-11, DEV-AIF-05

How Google knows what language to show in search results

Google Search Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/13511324?hl=en

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• Source2D2-C604 D3-C090
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C587
• Consistent with docs6D2-C603 D3-C006 D3-C007 D3-C008 D3-C009 D3-C041

Documentsrequirements DEV-INT-03, DEV-INT-07

How Google Search handles multilingual searches

Search Central blog (8 September 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/09/multilingual-searches

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• Source1D2-C981
• Consistent with docs2D2-C965 D2-C972

How Google Search organizes information

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/organizing-information/

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• Source1D2-C734
• Consistent with docs3D2-C732 D2-C745 D3-C074

How HTTP status codes affect Google's crawlers

Google · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/troubleshooting/http-status-codes

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• Source5D1-C071 D1-C072 D1-C073 D1-C369 D1-C370
• Confirmed by docs9D1-C347 D1-C349 D1-C350 D1-C351 D1-C353 D1-C354 D1-C355 D2-C213 D2-C264
• Consistent with docs15D1-C320 D1-C070 D1-C345 D1-C348 D1-C352 D1-C356 D1-C365 D1-C366 D1-C367 D1-C383 D1-C385 D2-C882 D2-C903 D3-C618 D3-C639
• Not in docs1D1-C509
• Nothing to verify2D1-C419 D2-C913

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-02, DEV-SRV-03, DEV-SRV-09, DEV-CAN-01, DEV-CAN-10, DEV-ERR-01, DEV-ERR-03

How is a Google Sitemap different from an HTML sitemap?

Search Central blog (26 September 2005) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2005/09/how-is-google-sitemap-different-from

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C007
• Consistent with docs1D1-C337

How search results may differ based on accented characters and interface languages

Search Central blog (1 September 2006) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2006/08/how-search-results-may-differ-based-on

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• Source1D3-C091
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C048
• Consistent with docs1D2-C600

Documentsrequirement DEV-INT-11

How to move a site

Google Search Central · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/site-move-with-url-changes

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• Source4D2-C911 D2-C912 D3-C671 D3-C672
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C884
• Consistent with docs13D1-C479 D1-C540 D2-C840 D2-C396 D2-C882 D2-C883 D2-C888 D2-C895 D2-C897 D2-C902 D3-C642 D3-C643 D3-C644
• Nothing to verify5D1-C542 D2-C423 D2-C913 D2-C915 D3-C645

Documentsrequirements DEV-CAN-09, DEV-CAN-10, DEV-MON-10

How to specify a canonical URL with rel="canonical" and other methods

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/consolidate-duplicate-urls

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• Source5D2-C385 D2-C391 D2-C403 D2-C430 D2-C435
• Confirmed by docs6D2-C031 D2-C032 D2-C345 D2-C348 D2-C382 D2-C434
• Consistent with docs15D1-C403 D1-C445 D2-C361 D2-C387 D2-C389 D2-C390 D2-C396 D2-C399 D2-C415 D2-C417 D2-C419 D2-C427 D2-C428 D2-C432 D2-C433
• Nothing to verify5D1-C421 D2-C392 D2-C431 D2-C436 D2-C440

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-05, DEV-URL-11, DEV-CAN-02, DEV-CAN-03, DEV-CAN-04, DEV-CAN-05, DEV-CAN-06, DEV-INT-08, DEV-MON-06

How to write and submit a robots.txt file

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/create-robots-txt

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D2-C843

How we fought Search spam on Google in 2020

Search Central blog (29 April 2021) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2021/04/how-we-fought-search-spam-2020

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C240
• Consistent with docs3D3-C239 D3-C275 D3-C282
• Nothing to verify2D3-C241 D3-C276

How we fought Search spam on Google in 2021

Search Central blog (21 April 2022) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/04/webspam-report-2021

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C671
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C670
• Consistent with docs2D2-C668 D3-C275
• Nothing to verify2D3-C241 D3-C276

How we fought spam on Google Search in 2022

Search Central blog (11 April 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/04/webspam-report-2022

Backs 9 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C674
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C670 D2-C676
• Consistent with docs4D2-C666 D2-C696 D2-C704 D3-C275
• Nothing to verify2D3-C241 D3-C276

How we’re helping retailers thrive with new Universal Commerce Protocol features and AI tools on Google

Google blog (20 May 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/shopping-updates-google-marketing-live/

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C362
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C360
• Consistent with docs1D3-C359

Image editing in Gemini just got a major upgrade

Google blog (26 August 2025) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/updated-image-editing-model/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D2-C771

Image metadata in Google Images

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/image-license-metadata

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D2-C943

Documentsrequirement DEV-IMG-08

Image sitemaps

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/image-sitemaps

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C540

Documentsrequirement DEV-IMG-04

Improving Search with rigorous testing

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/rigorous-testing/

Backs 18 claims, by grade

• Source3D3-C155 D3-C156 D3-C238
• Confirmed by docs8D3-C149 D3-C151 D3-C154 D3-C158 D3-C159 D3-C161 D3-C163 D3-C237
• Consistent with docs5D3-C147 D3-C152 D3-C153 D3-C165 D3-C235
• Nothing to verify2D3-C150 D3-C157

In-depth guide to how Google Search works

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/how-search-works

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• Source2D2-C445 D2-C702
• Confirmed by docs15D1-C036 D1-C040 D1-C203 D1-C206 D1-C207 D1-C336 D1-C354 D2-C036 D2-C048 D2-C173 D2-C256 D2-C345 D2-C352 D2-C654 D2-C719
• Consistent with docs44D1-C037 D1-C202 D1-C204 D1-C205 D1-C211 D1-C212 D1-C214 D1-C216 D1-C222 D1-C063 D1-C064 D1-C322 D1-C328 D2-C820 D2-C026 D2-C030 D2-C038 D2-C111 D2-C112 D2-C344 D2-C346 D2-C446 D2-C648 D2-C649 D2-C657 D2-C678 D2-C680 D2-C682 D2-C695 D2-C713 D2-C722 D3-C001 D3-C004 D3-C073 D3-C076 D3-C079 D3-C082 D3-C084 D3-C256 D3-C304 D3-C305 D3-C321 D3-C322 D3-C665
• Nothing to verify2D3-C096 D3-C109

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-04, DEV-HTM-01, DEV-HTM-03

Influencing your title links in search results

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link

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• Source1D3-C675
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C316
• Consistent with docs1D3-C657

Documentsrequirements DEV-HTM-03, DEV-MON-10

Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the bytes we process

Search Central blog (31 March 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/03/crawler-blog-post

Backs 9 claims, by grade

• Source4D1-C136 D1-C137 D1-C342 D2-C206
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C375
• Consistent with docs4D1-C322 D1-C326 D2-C127 D2-C205

Documentsrequirements DEV-REN-04, DEV-PRF-04

Introducing a new spam policy for "back button hijacking"

Search Central blog (13 April 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/04/back-button-hijacking

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• Source2D3-C209 D3-C210
• Consistent with docs1D3-C208
• Nothing to verify1D3-C211

Documentsrequirement DEV-SPM-01

Introducing Query groups in Search Console Insights

Search Central blog (27 October 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/10/search-console-query-groups

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• Source1D3-C463
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C413 D3-C425
• Consistent with docs5D3-C417 D3-C419 D3-C421 D3-C422 D3-C423

Introducing schema.org: Search engines come together for a richer web

Search Central blog (2 June 2011) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2011/06/introducing-schemaorg-search-engines

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C484

Introducing Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console

Search Central blog (3 June 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/06/gen-ai-performance-reports

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• Source1D1-C124
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C438 D3-C439
• Consistent with docs4D1-C196 D2-C606 D3-C437 D3-C440
• Nothing to verify2D2-C607 D3-C095

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-07

Introducing social channels in Search Console

Search Central blog (8 December 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/social-channels-search-console

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• Consistent with docs1D3-C448

Introducing the branded queries filter in Search Console

Search Central blog (20 November 2025, updated 11 March 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/search-console-branded-filter

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C473 D3-C499
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C472
• Nothing to verify1D3-C501

Introduction to Product structured data

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product

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• Source1D3-C344
• Confirmed by docs3D3-C343 D3-C349 D3-C354
• Consistent with docs5D3-C342 D3-C345 D3-C346 D3-C355 D3-C402
• Nothing to verify1D3-C348

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-01

Introduction to robots.txt

Google Search Central · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro

Backs 15 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C297
• Confirmed by docs6D1-C428 D2-C021 D2-C058 D2-C851 D2-C157 D2-C204
• Consistent with docs7D1-C513 D1-C514 D2-C846 D2-C848 D2-C205 D2-C207 D2-C265
• Not in docs1D2-C844

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-11, DEV-REN-04, DEV-IDX-01, DEV-AIF-05

Introduction to structured data markup in Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data

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• Source1D2-C467
• Confirmed by docs7D2-C454 D2-C455 D2-C481 D2-C490 D2-C495 D2-C498 D3-C324
• Consistent with docs11D2-C446 D2-C456 D2-C487 D2-C488 D2-C489 D2-C493 D2-C494 D2-C499 D2-C521 D2-C551 D3-C405
• Nothing to verify1D2-C468

Documentsrequirements DEV-SDA-01, DEV-SDA-02, DEV-SDA-03, DEV-SDA-11, DEV-VID-03

Item group title [item_group_title]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085146?hl=en

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D3-C373
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Latest documentation updates

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/updates

Backs 12 claims, by grade

• Source3D2-C507 D3-C215 D3-C713
• Confirmed by docs3D2-C505 D3-C207 D3-C212
• Consistent with docs3D2-C506 D3-C396 D3-C641
• Nothing to verify3D2-C508 D3-C217 D3-C670

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-08

Learn about sitemaps

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview

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• Confirmed by docs1D1-C336
• Consistent with docs1D1-C337

Learn all about Google Trends with our new YouTube tutorials

Search Central blog (12 September 2024) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/09/google-trends-tutorials

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D2-C819

Link best practices for Google

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/links-crawlable

Backs 10 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C043
• Confirmed by docs3D2-C039 D2-C184 D2-C287
• Consistent with docs6D2-C038 D2-C040 D2-C041 D2-C042 D2-C140 D2-C187

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-01, DEV-URL-02, DEV-INT-06

List of Google user-triggered fetchers

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-user-triggered-fetchers

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• Source1D2-C122
• Confirmed by docs2D1-C273 D1-C434
• Consistent with docs1D1-C435

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-11, DEV-AIF-05

List of Google's common crawlers

Google · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers

Backs 14 claims, by grade

• Source3D1-C086 D2-C121 D3-C389
• Confirmed by docs2D1-C485 D2-C931
• Consistent with docs8D1-C039 D1-C325 D1-C329 D1-C513 D1-C522 D2-C025 D2-C117 D3-C385
• Nothing to verify1D1-C486

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-11, DEV-SHP-02, DEV-VID-06, DEV-AIF-05

List of Google's special-case crawlers

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-special-case-crawlers

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• Source1D1-C343
• Consistent with docs2D1-C329 D1-C330

llms.txt

Chrome for Developers · checked 3 October 2026

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/agentic-browsing/llms-txt

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• Source1D1-C460
• Consistent with docs1D1-C455

Documentsrequirement DEV-AIF-02

Long context

Google AI for Developers (Gemini API docs) · checked 3 October 2026

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/long-context

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• Consistent with docs3D2-C331 D2-C332 D2-C869

Documentsrequirement DEV-AIF-03

Loyalty program (MemberProgram) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/loyalty-program

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C505

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-09

Manage your Search profile

Google Search Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16904750?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D1-C025

Managing crawling of faceted navigation URLs

Google · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/faceted-navigation

Backs 8 claims, by grade

• Source2D1-C101 D1-C102
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C107
• Consistent with docs5D1-C100 D1-C404 D1-C444 D1-C447 D1-C539

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-08, DEV-URL-09, DEV-URL-11

Managing multi-regional and multilingual sites

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/managing-multi-regional-sites

Backs 23 claims, by grade

• Source5D2-C561 D2-C593 D2-C595 D2-C632 D3-C092
• Confirmed by docs6D2-C383 D2-C560 D2-C585 D2-C587 D2-C654 D3-C080
• Consistent with docs10D2-C381 D2-C588 D2-C591 D2-C594 D2-C822 D2-C596 D2-C597 D2-C631 D3-C009 D3-C082
• Nothing to verify2D2-C982 D2-C655

Documentsrequirements DEV-INT-01, DEV-INT-02, DEV-INT-07, DEV-INT-08, DEV-INT-09

Manual actions report

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9044175?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C674
• Consistent with docs2D3-C659 D3-C660

Documentsrequirement DEV-SPM-04

March 2023 Google SEO office hours

Google Search Central (SEO office hours transcript, March 2023) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/help/office-hours/2023/march

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C200 D2-C273
• Consistent with docs2D2-C197 D2-C199

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-07, DEV-REN-03

Marketing in the messy middle

Think with Google (Google and The Behavioural Architects; Decoding Decisions, part 2) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/_qs/documents/18366/Decoding_Decisions_Marketing_in_the_Messy_Middle.pdf

Backs 12 claims, by grade

• Source4D3-C549 D3-C550 D3-C565 D3-C579
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C547
• Consistent with docs7D3-C546 D3-C548 D3-C551 D3-C558 D3-C577 D3-C578 D3-C591

Merchant listing (Product, Offer) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing

Backs 11 claims, by grade

• Source5D1-C507 D2-C507 D2-C834 D2-C835 D3-C384
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C382 D3-C383
• Consistent with docs2D1-C502 D2-C506
• Nothing to verify2D2-C508 D3-C381

Documentsrequirements DEV-ERR-04, DEV-SDA-05, DEV-SDA-07, DEV-SDA-08, DEV-SDA-09

Merchant shipping policy (ShippingService) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/shipping-policy

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C505

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-09

meta tags and attributes that Google supports

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/special-tags

Backs 7 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C107
• Confirmed by docs5D2-C036 D2-C057 D2-C059 D2-C077 D2-C853
• Consistent with docs1D2-C030

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-05

Minimize A/B testing impact in Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/website-testing

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D1-C141

Documentsrequirement DEV-PRF-01

Mobile site and mobile-first indexing best practices

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/mobile/mobile-sites-mobile-first-indexing

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D2-C195 D2-C201
• Consistent with docs2D2-C196 D2-C202

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-02

MUM: A new AI milestone for understanding information

Google blog (18 May 2021) · checked 2 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/introducing-mum/

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C134
• Consistent with docs1D1-C218
• Nothing to verify1D1-C219

Myths and facts about crawling

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/myths-about-crawling

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Consistent with docs2D1-C439 D1-C466

New robots tag: indexifembedded

Search Central blog (21 January 2022) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/01/robots-meta-tag-indexifembedded

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D2-C227

Documentsrequirement DEV-REN-10

New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era

Google blog (11 January 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C361 D3-C398
• Consistent with docs1D3-C397
• Nothing to verify1D3-C366

No page information in search results

Google Search Console Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7489871?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C021

October 2023 Spam Update

Search Central blog (4 October 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/10/october-2023-spam-update

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C978
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C968
• Nothing to verify1D2-C979

Optimize your crawl budget

Google · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawl-budget

Backs 56 claims, by grade

• Source5D1-C073 D1-C132 D1-C097 D1-C104 D1-C109
• Confirmed by docs6D1-C091 D1-C106 D1-C376 D1-C379 D1-C381 D1-C440
• Consistent with docs39D1-C063 D1-C065 D1-C066 D1-C331 D1-C332 D1-C334 D1-C070 D1-C356 D1-C090 D1-C092 D1-C093 D1-C096 D1-C099 D1-C103 D1-C105 D1-C373 D1-C374 D1-C392 D1-C424 D1-C430 D1-C439 D1-C468 D1-C469 D1-C493 D1-C494 D1-C538 D1-C539 D1-C546 D2-C886 D2-C680 D2-C682 D2-C709 D3-C601 D3-C603 D3-C618 D3-C619 D3-C623 D3-C624 D3-C642
• Nothing to verify6D1-C068 D1-C420 D1-C470 D1-C547 D2-C914 D2-C708

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-08, DEV-URL-05, DEV-URL-08, DEV-IDX-02, DEV-CAN-01, DEV-ERR-01, DEV-PRF-01, DEV-MON-03, DEV-MON-04, DEV-MON-11

Optimizing your website for generative AI features on Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/ai-optimization-guide

Backs 54 claims, by grade

• Source9D1-C052 D1-C053 D1-C129 D1-C061 D1-C062 D1-C131 D2-C480 D3-C180 D3-C589
• Confirmed by docs12D1-C173 D1-C050 D1-C051 D1-C054 D1-C055 D1-C274 D1-C454 D2-C601 D3-C058 D3-C178 D3-C179 D3-C588
• Consistent with docs30D1-C172 D1-C035 D1-C049 D1-C038 D1-C056 D1-C058 D1-C208 D1-C225 D1-C271 D1-C272 D1-C278 D1-C473 D1-C118 D2-C116 D2-C117 D2-C134 D2-C330 D2-C332 D2-C465 D2-C476 D2-C603 D2-C726 D2-C727 D3-C056 D3-C057 D3-C059 D3-C062 D3-C065 D3-C071 D3-C586
• Nothing to verify3D2-C730 D2-C742 D3-C497

Documentsrequirements DEV-HTM-04, DEV-AIF-01, DEV-AIF-02, DEV-AIF-03, DEV-MON-07

Organization (Organization) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/organization

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C502

Documentsrequirements DEV-SDA-04, DEV-SDA-09

Our approach to Search

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/our-approach/

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D1-C179
• Consistent with docs2D3-C145 D3-C146

Our Honest Results Policy

Google Search (How Search Works) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/our-approach/honest-results/

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs3D1-C143 D1-C178 D1-C179

Overview of Google crawlers and fetchers (user agents)

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers

Backs 8 claims, by grade

• Source3D1-C343 D1-C076 D1-C139
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C428
• Consistent with docs4D1-C064 D1-C321 D1-C330 D1-C075

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-01, DEV-SRV-07, DEV-PRF-04

Page indexing report

Google Search Console Help · checked 4 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203?hl=en

Backs 13 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C707 D2-C712
• Confirmed by docs4D1-C355 D1-C368 D1-C508 D2-C718
• Consistent with docs7D1-C352 D1-C365 D2-C696 D2-C697 D2-C701 D2-C711 D2-C717

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-09, DEV-MON-03

Pagination, incremental page loading, and their impact on Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/pagination-and-incremental-page-loading

Backs 9 claims, by grade

• Source2D1-C115 D2-C832
• Confirmed by docs3D1-C491 D2-C201 D2-C268
• Consistent with docs3D1-C114 D2-C040 D2-C141
• Nothing to verify1D2-C394

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-06, DEV-URL-07

Performance report (Search results): Advanced filtering and comparison

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/17011165?hl=en

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C464
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C429 D3-C431
• Consistent with docs3D3-C423 D3-C432 D3-C434

Performance report (Search results): Overview and basic setup

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7576553?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D3-C458
• Consistent with docs2D3-C457 D3-C459

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-07

Platform properties roll out globally, plus a new social and video performance guide

Search Central blog (29 July 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/07/platform-properties-social-video-guide

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs3D3-C442 D3-C449 D3-C450

Popularity rank [popularity_rank]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085297?hl=en

Backs 5 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C367 D3-C375
• Consistent with docs1D3-C374
• Nothing to verify2D3-C376 D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Prerequisites

Google Search Console API documentation · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v1/prereqs

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C266
• Consistent with docs1D1-C258

Pricing

Google Search Console API documentation · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/pricing

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D1-C267

Product data specification

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7052112?hl=en

Backs 8 claims, by grade

• Source5D3-C369 D3-C371 D3-C375 D3-C393 D3-C395
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C365
• Consistent with docs1D3-C356
• Nothing to verify1D3-C366

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Product detail [product_detail]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/9218260?hl=en

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C395
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C392 D3-C394
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Product highlight [product_highlight]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12471629?hl=en

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C393
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C392

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Provide a site name to Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/site-names

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C336
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C335

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-15

Q2 2026 earnings call: Remarks from our CEO

Google blog (22 July 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q2-2026/

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D1-C169
• Consistent with docs1D1-C156

Qualify your outbound links to Google

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/qualify-outbound-links

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C127
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C107
• Consistent with docs1D2-C064

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-02, DEV-IDX-06

Query guidelines and sample queries

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/12917174?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D3-C476

Question and answer [question_and_answer]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085211?hl=en

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Source2D3-C367 D3-C369
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C368
• Consistent with docs2D3-C359 D3-C377
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Rakuten increased time on site 1.5x with the recipe search experience on Google

Google Search Central case study (8 May 2018) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/case-studies/rakuten-case-study

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C482

Redirects and Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/301-redirects

Backs 10 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C013 D2-C357
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C352 D2-C355
• Consistent with docs5D2-C351 D2-C354 D2-C356 D2-C361 D2-C362
• Nothing to verify1D1-C542

Documentsrequirements DEV-CAN-01, DEV-CAN-02, DEV-CAN-09, DEV-CAN-11, DEV-ERR-04

Reduce the Google crawl rate

Google · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/reduce-crawl-rate

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C668
• Consistent with docs2D3-C618 D3-C619

Documentsrequirement DEV-SRV-03

Refine Google searches

Google Search Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D3-C027

Related product [related_product]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085213?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C367
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C372
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Removals and SafeSearch reports tool

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9689846?hl=en

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C673
• Consistent with docs1D3-C651
• Nothing to verify1D3-C653

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-13

Remove images hosted on your site from search results

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/prevent-images-on-your-page

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C529
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C932
• Nothing to verify1D2-C530

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-03, DEV-IMG-06

Report spam, phishing, or malware

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/help/report-quality-issues

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C215
• Consistent with docs1D3-C214

Review snippet (Review, AggregateRating) structured data

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C340
• Confirmed by docs3D2-C454 D3-C337 D3-C339

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-14

Rich result report overview

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7552505?hl=en

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C265
• Consistent with docs1D1-C251

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-11

Rich Results Test

Google Search Console Help · checked 4 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7445569?hl=en

Backs 6 claims, by grade

• Source2D1-C265 D1-C506
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C498
• Consistent with docs3D1-C251 D1-C501 D1-C502

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-11

Robots meta tag, data-nosnippet, and X-Robots-Tag specifications

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag

Backs 45 claims, by grade

• Source8D2-C055 D2-C069 D2-C071 D2-C079 D2-C086 D2-C095 D2-C101 D2-C728
• Confirmed by docs19D2-C054 D2-C056 D2-C057 D2-C059 D2-C061 D2-C068 D2-C070 D2-C072 D2-C077 D2-C078 D2-C082 D2-C083 D2-C087 D2-C090 D2-C093 D2-C099 D2-C100 D2-C850 D2-C934
• Consistent with docs14D2-C049 D2-C053 D2-C063 D2-C073 D2-C076 D2-C080 D2-C089 D2-C104 D2-C936 D2-C696 D2-C697 D2-C698 D2-C726 D2-C727
• Nothing to verify4D2-C945 D2-C699 D2-C731 D3-C230

Documentsrequirements DEV-REN-05, DEV-IDX-01, DEV-IDX-03, DEV-IDX-04, DEV-IDX-05, DEV-IDX-06, DEV-IDX-07, DEV-IDX-08, DEV-IDX-09, DEV-HTM-05, DEV-VID-05

Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol

Search Central blog (28 March 2025) · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/03/robots-future

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D1-C512 D2-C050
• Consistent with docs2D1-C516 D2-C051

robots.txt report

Google Search Console Help · checked 4 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598

Backs 4 claims, by grade

• Source2D1-C140 D3-C667
• Confirmed by docs2D1-C528 D3-C615

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-05, DEV-SRV-06

Search Central Deep Dive Europe 2026: Apparently we're going to Barcelona

Search Central blog (6 July 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/07/search-central-live-deep-dive-europe-2026

Not cited by a claim yet

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide

Backs 10 claims, by grade

• Source2D1-C313 D3-C089
• Confirmed by docs1D3-C023
• Consistent with docs6D2-C080 D3-C042 D3-C044 D3-C046 D3-C050 D3-C053
• Nothing to verify1D2-C742

Documentsrequirements DEV-INT-11, DEV-HTM-02, DEV-HTM-03, DEV-HTM-04, DEV-HTM-05

Search generative AI control

Google Search Console Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/16908024?hl=en

Backs 8 claims, by grade

• Source4D1-C030 D1-C031 D1-C032 D1-C033
• Confirmed by docs3D1-C029 D2-C103 D3-C436
• Consistent with docs1D1-C196

Documentsrequirements DEV-IDX-10, DEV-IDX-11

Search with an image on Google

Google Search Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D3-C460

Search with Google Lens in Chrome

Google Chrome Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/15086890?hl=en

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Consistent with docs2D3-C460 D3-C461

See how content from social and video platforms performs on Google Search

Search Central blog (7 July 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/07/search-console-social-video-platforms

Backs 5 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D3-C442 D3-C443
• Consistent with docs3D3-C446 D3-C447 D3-C448

Simplifying the search results page

Search Central blog (12 June 2025) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/06/simplifying-search-results

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D2-C522

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-03

Site names on Google Search now available for all languages

Search Central blog (7 September 2023) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/09/site-names-global-rollout

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C980
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C971

Spam policies for Google web search

Google Search Central · checked 4 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials/spam-policies

Backs 29 claims, by grade

• Source4D2-C611 D2-C667 D3-C100 D3-C209
• Confirmed by docs8D2-C977 D3-C190 D3-C207 D3-C212 D3-C274 D3-C277 D3-C278 D3-C279
• Consistent with docs13D3-C044 D3-C208 D3-C214 D3-C250 D3-C280 D3-C281 D3-C282 D3-C285 D3-C288 D3-C694 D3-C695 D3-C696 D3-C697
• Nothing to verify4D2-C979 D2-C692 D3-C099 D3-C213

Documentsrequirements DEV-INT-10, DEV-INT-11, DEV-HTM-06, DEV-SPM-01, DEV-SPM-02, DEV-SPM-03, DEV-SPM-04, DEV-SPM-05

Specify your canonical

Search Central blog (12 February 2009) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2009/02/specify-your-canonical

Backs 7 claims, by grade

• Source2D2-C414 D2-C420
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C438
• Consistent with docs3D2-C402 D2-C419 D2-C422
• Nothing to verify1D2-C439

Documentsrequirement DEV-CAN-04

Streamline your Search Console analysis with the new AI-powered configuration

Search Central blog (4 December 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/ai-powered-configuration

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D3-C429 D3-C433
• Consistent with docs1D3-C428

Structured data for subscription and paywalled content (CreativeWork)

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/paywalled-content

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Confirmed by docs1D3-C333

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-09, DEV-SDA-13

Structured data markup that Google Search supports

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Confirmed by docs2D2-C490 D3-C329
• Consistent with docs1D2-C491

Documentsrequirement DEV-SDA-03

Supporting AVIF in Google Search

Search Central blog (30 August 2024) · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/08/happy-avifriday

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C543
• Nothing to verify1D2-C545

Documentsrequirement DEV-IMG-05

Table guidelines and reference

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/12917991?hl=en

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D3-C476

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-08

Tell Google about localized versions of your page

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/localized-versions

Backs 36 claims, by grade

• Source7D2-C563 D2-C569 D2-C571 D2-C573 D2-C589 D2-C830 D2-C628
• Confirmed by docs14D2-C033 D2-C366 D2-C434 D2-C559 D2-C562 D2-C564 D2-C565 D2-C567 D2-C570 D2-C572 D2-C580 D2-C582 D2-C584 D2-C585
• Consistent with docs14D2-C034 D2-C396 D2-C433 D2-C566 D2-C568 D2-C575 D2-C576 D2-C577 D2-C578 D2-C579 D2-C581 D2-C962 D2-C631 D3-C008
• Nothing to verify1D2-C583

Documentsrequirements DEV-CAN-06, DEV-INT-01, DEV-INT-03, DEV-INT-04, DEV-INT-05, DEV-INT-06, DEV-INT-07, DEV-INT-08

Temporarily pause or disable a website

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/pause-online-business

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C012
• Consistent with docs1D2-C011

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-03, DEV-SRV-04, DEV-ERR-04

Top ways to ensure your content performs well in Google's AI experiences on Search

Search Central blog (21 May 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/05/succeeding-in-ai-search

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D3-C536
• Consistent with docs1D3-C533

Transformer: A Novel Neural Network Architecture for Language Understanding

Google Research blog (31 August 2017) · checked 3 October 2026

https://research.google/blog/transformer-a-novel-neural-network-architecture-for-language-understanding/

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D1-C161
• Nothing to verify1D1-C200

Translate

The Chromium Projects · checked 2 October 2026

https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/translate/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Consistent with docs1D2-C094

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-09

Translated results in Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/translated-results

Backs 3 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C095
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C093
• Consistent with docs1D2-C972

Documentsrequirement DEV-IDX-09

Troubleshoot Google Search crawling errors

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/troubleshoot-crawling-errors

Backs 8 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C073
• Confirmed by docs2D2-C334 D2-C336
• Consistent with docs5D1-C070 D2-C341 D2-C371 D2-C396 D2-C700

Documentsrequirements DEV-ERR-01, DEV-ERR-03, DEV-MON-04

Understand and count tokens

Google AI for Developers (Gemini API docs) · checked 2 October 2026

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/tokens

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Consistent with docs2D2-C326 D2-C327

Understand the JavaScript SEO basics

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/javascript-seo-basics

Backs 65 claims, by grade

• Source9D2-C854 D2-C131 D2-C169 D2-C172 D2-C192 D2-C235 D2-C257 D2-C280 D2-C294
• Confirmed by docs24D1-C206 D2-C048 D2-C853 D2-C126 D2-C157 D2-C167 D2-C168 D2-C170 D2-C173 D2-C176 D2-C184 D2-C185 D2-C190 D2-C204 D2-C256 D2-C262 D2-C279 D2-C284 D2-C285 D2-C287 D2-C288 D2-C291 D2-C293 D2-C296
• Consistent with docs29D2-C106 D2-C108 D2-C852 D2-C124 D2-C127 D2-C128 D2-C134 D2-C139 D2-C140 D2-C174 D2-C181 D2-C186 D2-C191 D2-C196 D2-C211 D2-C215 D2-C247 D2-C258 D2-C259 D2-C260 D2-C265 D2-C266 D2-C267 D2-C286 D2-C292 D2-C301 D3-C625 D3-C626 D3-C627
• Nothing to verify3D2-C245 D2-C250 D3-C676

Documentsrequirements DEV-URL-01, DEV-URL-02, DEV-URL-03, DEV-REN-01, DEV-REN-02, DEV-REN-04, DEV-REN-05, DEV-REN-06, DEV-REN-08, DEV-REN-10, DEV-ERR-02, DEV-PRF-02, DEV-MON-02, DEV-MON-10

Understanding Core Web Vitals and Google search results

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/core-web-vitals

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• Consistent with docs1D1-C275

Understanding How the Google Trends Explore Page uses Gemini models

Google Trends Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/trends/answer/16763742?hl=en

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• Confirmed by docs3D2-C806 D2-C807 D2-C809
• Consistent with docs2D2-C794 D2-C808

Universal search: The best answer is still the best answer

Official Google Blog (16 May 2007) · checked 3 October 2026

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/universal-search-best-answer-is-still.html

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• Source1D3-C307
• Nothing to verify1D3-C308

Update your robots.txt file

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/submit-updated-robots-txt

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• Source1D3-C667
• Confirmed by docs3D3-C613 D3-C614 D3-C615
• Nothing to verify1D3-C616

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-05, DEV-MON-10

URL Inspection tool

Google Search Console Help · checked 4 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289?hl=en

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• Source2D2-C178 D2-C308
• Consistent with docs5D1-C535 D1-C537 D2-C144 D2-C306 D2-C359

Documentsrequirements DEV-REN-09, DEV-CAN-11, DEV-MON-02

URL structure best practices for Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure

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• Consistent with docs4D1-C378 D1-C397 D1-C399 D1-C400

Documentsrequirement DEV-URL-11

Use valid HTML to specify page metadata

Google Search Central · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/valid-page-metadata

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• Source1D2-C831

Documentsrequirements DEV-CAN-03, DEV-HTM-05

Variant option [variant_option]

Google Merchant Center Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085214?hl=en

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• Consistent with docs1D3-C373
• Nothing to verify1D3-C381

Documentsrequirement DEV-SHP-03

Verify requests from Google crawlers and fetchers

Google · checked 2 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/verify-google-requests

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• Source1D1-C138

Documentsrequirements DEV-SRV-01, DEV-MON-04

Verify your site ownership

Google Search Console Help · checked 2 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080?hl=en

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• Consistent with docs2D2-C306 D3-C445

Documentsrequirement DEV-MON-01

Video indexing report

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9495631?hl=en

Backs 5 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C942
• Confirmed by docs1D2-C916
• Consistent with docs1D2-C918
• Nothing to verify2D2-C944 D2-C945

Documentsrequirements DEV-VID-01, DEV-VID-02

Video SEO best practices

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/video

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• Source1D2-C554
• Confirmed by docs7D2-C090 D2-C550 D2-C556 D2-C916 D2-C921 D2-C932 D3-C320
• Consistent with docs8D2-C091 D2-C448 D2-C549 D2-C551 D2-C552 D2-C553 D2-C918 D2-C928
• Nothing to verify1D2-C944

Documentsrequirements DEV-VID-01, DEV-VID-02, DEV-VID-03, DEV-VID-05, DEV-VID-06

Video sitemaps and alternatives

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/video-sitemaps

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• Confirmed by docs1D2-C556
• Consistent with docs1D2-C926

Documentsrequirement DEV-VID-04

Visual Elements gallery of Google Search

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/visual-elements-gallery

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• Source1D3-C315
• Confirmed by docs3D3-C314 D3-C324 D3-C335
• Consistent with docs3D3-C305 D3-C313 D3-C323

We knew the web was big...

Official Google Blog (25 July 2008) · checked 3 October 2026

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html

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• Source1D3-C254
• Consistent with docs2D3-C253 D3-C256
• Nothing to verify1D3-C255

Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page

Google blog (24 July 2025) · checked 3 October 2026

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/web-guide-labs/

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• Source1D3-C712
• Consistent with docs1D3-C707

WebMCP

Chrome for Developers · checked 3 October 2026

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/webmcp

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• Source1D1-C316
• Confirmed by docs3D1-C281 D1-C282 D1-C283

Documentsrequirement DEV-AIF-06

What are impressions, position, and clicks?

Google Search Console Help · checked 3 October 2026

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7042828?hl=en

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• Source2D1-C264 D3-C093
• Confirmed by docs1D1-C239
• Nothing to verify1D3-C095

What Crawl Budget Means for Googlebot

Search Central blog (16 January 2017) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2017/01/what-crawl-budget-means-for-googlebot

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• Confirmed by docs4D1-C107 D1-C379 D1-C381 D1-C391
• Consistent with docs3D1-C373 D1-C378 D1-C384
• Nothing to verify1D1-C419

What is canonicalization

Google Search Central · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/canonicalization

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• Source3D1-C128 D2-C310 D2-C702
• Confirmed by docs8D1-C207 D2-C031 D2-C347 D2-C349 D2-C353 D2-C366 D2-C380 D2-C382
• Consistent with docs15D1-C397 D1-C399 D1-C111 D2-C028 D2-C309 D2-C868 D2-C360 D2-C365 D2-C381 D2-C387 D2-C388 D2-C390 D2-C402 D2-C433 D2-C701
• Nothing to verify1D2-C440

Documentsrequirements DEV-CAN-02, DEV-CAN-05, DEV-CAN-07, DEV-CAN-08, DEV-HTM-01

What site owners should know about Google's August 2019 core update

Search Central blog (1 August 2019) · checked 3 October 2026

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/08/core-updates

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• Source1D3-C266
• Confirmed by docs2D3-C262 D3-C263
• Consistent with docs5D3-C258 D3-C264 D3-C267 D3-C293 D3-C298

75% of Multilingual Websites Have Hreflang Implementation Mistakes

Search Engine Journal (15 February 2017) · checked 2 October 2026

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/75-multilingual-websites-hreflang-implementation-mistakes/185737/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Not in docs1D2-C633

82% of searchers choose a familiar brand for the first click [study]

Econsultancy (29 October 2018) · checked 3 October 2026

https://econsultancy.com/82-percent-searchers-choose-familiar-brand-search/

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• Not in docs1D3-C526
• Nothing to verify1D3-C544

AI-Recommended Brands Saw 2.5x More Site Visits: Similarweb

Search Engine Journal (23 June 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ai-recommended-brands-saw-2-5x-more-site-visits-similarweb/580241/

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Not in docs1D3-C516
• Nothing to verify1D3-C544

Beyond the Messy Middle: Mastering the consumer journey with AI

DMEXCO 2026 event programme · checked 3 October 2026

https://community.dmexco.com/widget/event/dmexco-2026/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfNDUwOTY5Mw==

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• Source1D3-C555

ChatGPT Search Often Switches To English In Fan-Out Queries: Report

Search Engine Journal (18 February 2026) · checked 4 October 2026

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/chatgpt-search-often-switches-to-english-in-fan-out-queries-report/567811/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D1-C504

ChatGPT searches in English, even when you don't

Peec AI · checked 4 October 2026

https://peec.ai/blog/chatgpt-searches-in-english-even-when-you-don-t

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D1-C504

Google rolls out AI Mode info monitoring to everyone globally

Relevant Audience (29 September 2026) · checked 3 October 2026

https://www.relevantaudience.com/seo/google-ai-mode-info-monitoring-global-rollout/

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D1-C193
• Not in docs1D1-C192

Google Says It Can Handle Multiple URLs To The Same Content

Search Engine Journal (8 April 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-it-can-handle-multiple-urls-to-the-same-content/571424/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Source1D1-C112

Google Trends Explore Page Adds Category Filtering

Search Engine Roundtable (2 September 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-trends-filter-category-42007.html

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C816
• Not in docs1D2-C815

Google Trends Gains Explore Maps & Regional Breakdown

Search Engine Roundtable (19 August 2026) · checked 2 October 2026

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-trends-explore-maps-and-regional-breakdown-41899.html

Backs 2 claims, by grade

• Source1D2-C814
• Not in docs1D2-C813

How to spot OpenAI's crawler bot and stop it slurping sites for training data

The Register (8 August 2023) · checked 4 October 2026

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/08/openai_scraping_software/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D1-C523

We Analyzed 137K Sites: 97% of llms.txt Files Never Get Read

Ahrefs (15 June 2026) · checked 4 October 2026

https://ahrefs.com/blog/llmstxt-study/

Backs 1 claim, by grade

• Nothing to verify1D1-C505