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Sep 2023
20m 45s

The effect of quality on Search

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In this episode of Search, John and Gary discuss the impact of quality on search results. From sitemaps to scheduling and more, the Google Search team talks about how the quality of the page and site plays a role in crawling and indexing, besides ranking. Do you need to update your site often or add many links? Tune in and find out on this episode of Search Off the Record! 

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Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr064-transcript

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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