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The Search Analytics API now supports hourly data

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A few months ago, we announced an improved way to view
recent performance data in Search Console.
The “24 hours” view includes data from the last available 24 hours and appears with a delay of
only a few hours. This view can help you find information about which pages and queries are
performing in this recent timeframe and how content you recently published is picking up.

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Robots Refresher: Future-proof Robots Exclusion Protocol

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In the previous posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) we explored what’s already
possible to do with its various components — namely robots.txt and the URI level controls.
In this post we will explore how the REP can play a supporting role in the ever-evolving relation
between automatic clients and the human web.

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Get Ready for Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2025

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Hello 2025! (Yeah, we know, time flies!) We’ve had some exciting plans in the works for
Search Central Live (SCL) Asia Pacific this year, and we’re super excited to let you in on what
we’ve been up to. We’ve been listening closely to your feedback, and we’re cooking up
something different than what we usually do–something bigger, deeper, and more tailored to
you!

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Robots Refresher: page-level granularity

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With the robots.txt file, site owners
have a simple way to control which parts of a website are accessible by crawlers.
To help site owners further express how search engines and web
crawlers can use their pages, the web standards group came
up with robots meta tags in 1996, just a few months after meta tags
were proposed for HTML (and anecdotally, also before Google
was founded). Later, X-Robots-Tag HTTP response headers were added.
These instructions are sent together with a URL, so crawlers can only take them into account
if they’re not disallowed from crawling the URL through the robots.txt file. Together, they
form the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP).

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Robots Refresher: robots.txt – a flexible way to control how machines explore your website

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A long-standing tool for website owners, robots.txt has been in active use for over 30 years and
is broadly supported by crawler operators (such as tools for site owners, services, and search
engines). In this edition of the robots refresher series,
we’ll take a closer look at robots.txt as a flexible way to tell robots what you want them to do
(or not do) on your website.

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Search Central Live is going to Madrid

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We’re very excited to announce that Search Central Live is going to Madrid for the first time on April 9!
The event will have a mix of presenters from the Google Search, News, and Partnerships teams and the content
will be delivered in English and Spanish, but we’ll have live translation.

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First Search Central Live in South Africa

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On April 2, 2025 we’ll be in Johannesburg, South Africa for the very first Search Central Live event in Africa!
We’re excited to welcome you at Search Central Live South Africa and talk about all things Google Search!

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Robots Refresher: introducing a new series

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Every now and then we get questions about robots.txt, robots meta tags, and the control
functionality that they offer. Following our December series on crawling,
we thought this would be the perfect time to put together a light refresher. So, if you’re curious
about these controls, follow along in this new blog post series!

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Search Central Live is going to New York City

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We’re excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming to New York City for the first time on March 20, 2025.
The Google Search team has organized events in the city several times, but this time we’re bringing our main Search event to the city that never sleeps.
Come and join us for a day of discussion, listening, and meeting new people.

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Simplifying the visible URL element on mobile search results

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Mobile searchers will soon see a cleaner, more streamlined look for how URLs appear in search
results. Initially introduced as part of the “site hierarchy” feature,
we’ve found that the breadcrumb element isn’t as useful to people who are searching on mobile
devices, as it gets cut off on smaller screens. Starting today, we’ll no longer show breadcrumbs
on mobile search results in all languages and regions where Google Search is available (they
continue to appear on desktop search results).

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