Submit a question idea for Google SEO Office Hours
Google SEO Office Hours is where Googlers from the Search Quality team answer questions around Google Search, websites, and the things between. We pick questions submitted by you, aiming to publish on our YouTube channel on a monthly basis.
Do you have a question that might be a good fit? Use our submission form to let us know:
Tips for getting your question answered
Our office hours aren't suitable for site-specific questions, and we won't be able to answer all questions submitted to us. We recommend focusing on general questions related to Google Search and SEO. For example:
- Is it better to use .com for my Dutch website, or .nl?
- Does having many redirects affect crawling or ranking?
- How does the helpful content system determine that visitors are satisfied?
- Is it a problem if the URL and the page don't use the same language?
If you have a specific question about your website, the Google Search Central Forum is the best place to go for site-specific help.
Check out our recent office hours
Whether you prefer text-based content or audio recordings, you can find recent questions and answers from our office hours here:
August 2024 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
John: My website has English and Swahili pages, the English pages are almost always indexed but not the Swahili ones. Is there any bias from Swahili language? For the most part, we treat content similarly regardless of the language used on the page.
August 21, 2024
July 2024 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
John: Corinna asks: We are migrating to a new CMS. We will have some pages in the old CMS for months, some in the new CMS without an hreflang connection. Can Google handle this? What about ranking as an international brand? It's somewhat common to
July 18, 2024
June 2024 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the June 2024 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: Viktor asks, how can one be transparent in the use of AI
June 13, 2024
April 2024 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the April 2024 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: A question from Faith: My rankings have dropped due to
April 18, 2024
December 2023 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the December 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: Are there any meta tags required to ensure that the
December 18, 2023
September 2023 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the September 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: Wan asks: Google wrongly indexes the www version of my
September 6, 2023
August 2023 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the August 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: I am confused about how many URLs a sitemap index file
August 9, 2023
July 2023 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the July 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: Shimmy asks: Hi there, I am having an issue with having my
July 11, 2023
June 2023 Google SEO Office Hours Transcript
This is the transcript for the June 2023 edition of the Google SEO Office Hours. For site-specific help, we recommend posting your question in the Google Search Central Help Community. John: Beth asks: We allow our content to be syndicated. However,
June 7, 2023