When Google evaluates how well a site complies with the Core Web Vitals it may take into account noindexed pages. Google affirms that noindexed pages can still be used to evaluate a site’s Core Web ...

A new feature would offer stamp-size pics of sites alongside ordinary search results. But longer page-loading times could mean a thumbs-down for the thumbnails. Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the ...

In a recent episode of Google’s “Search Off The Record” podcast, Zoe Clifford from the rendering team joined Martin Splitt and John Mueller from Search Relations to discuss how Google handles ...

One of Google Search's oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired, Google's search liaison said in an X post seen by The Verge. Best known by the "Cached" button, those are a ...

There was a time that whenever you looked at search results on Google, you could click the "Cached" button to view an archived version of the page. Unfortunately, Google has decided to remove the ...