Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The SEO Starter Guide is getting a refresh! Have you ever wondered how the Search team plans and writes such a document? In this episode of Search Off The Record, John Mueller, Gary Illyes, and Lizzi Sassman discuss which topics are still relevant, the right level of detail for a starter guide, and whether or not including anti-patterns in documentation is a good idea.
Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr068-transcript
SEO Starter Guide → https://goo.gle/42alrmy
SEO Starter Guide: What’s all the drama? → https://goo.gle/4b6ZLMq
Let’s pick a domain name → https://goo.gle/3tezc6t
Search Off The Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt
Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral
#SOTRpodcast
Speaker: John Mueller, Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman
Products Mentioned: Search Console - General
The SEO Starter Guide is getting a refresh! Have you ever wondered how the Search team plans and writes such a document? In this episode of Search Off The Record, John Mueller, Gary Illyes, and Lizzi Sassman discuss which topics are still relevant, the right level of detail for a starter guide, and whether or not including anti-patterns in documentation is a good idea.
Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr068-transcript
SEO Starter Guide → https://goo.gle/42alrmy
SEO Starter Guide: What’s all the drama? → https://goo.gle/4b6ZLMq
Let’s pick a domain name → https://goo.gle/3tezc6t
Search Off The Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.
Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt
Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral
#SOTRpodcast
Speaker: John Mueller, Gary Illyes, Lizzi Sassman
Products Mentioned: Search Console - General
