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Oct 2024
36m 40s

Google Search Reliability

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In this episode of Search Off the Record, Ben Walton and David Yule from the Google Search Site Reliability Team (SRE) walk us through their day to day work, which surprisingly is not just about putting out fires! Learn what Search SREs really do, how they handle incidents that occasionally occur, and what it takes to be an SRE for Google Search. 

 

Resources:

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr083

SRE handbook → https://goo.gle/3XSbVUF

David on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/3XQKavR

Ben on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/4ewAkEX

 

Listen to more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt

Subscribe to Google Search Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral

 

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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