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Search Off the Record
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About this Podcast:
Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on. They will share fun stories from the many conferences they attend as well as from their day-to-day working life at Google. They will also dive into the currently trending conversations in the SEO community at large. Have a listen!
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What is Search Off the Record about?
Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on.
Who hosts Search Off the Record?
Search Off the Record is hosted by Google. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has Search Off the Record covered recently?
Recent episodes include "PDFs in Search: Indexing, AI & Pitfalls - Transcript" (13 October 2026), "PDFs in Search: Indexing, AI & Pitfalls" (13 October 2026, 25 minutes), and "Do sitemaps still matter? - Transcript" (1 October 2026).
How often does Search Off the Record publish?
Search Off the Record publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 100 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Search Off the Record?
Booking probability for Search Off the Record is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Search Off the Record requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Search Off the Record's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Search Off the Record?
The strongest fits for Search Off the Record are IT Services & Software Development. Search Off the Record has a technology audience.
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Google hosts Search Off the Record, a technology podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Search Off the Record
PDFs in Search: Indexing, AI & Pitfalls
Oct 13, 202625 minShould you publish your content as a PDF or stick strictly to standard HTML? Does Google treat PDF files differently when it comes to indexing, ranking, and AI search features? In this episode of Search Off the Record...
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Do sitemaps still matter?
Oct 1, 202626 minSitemaps have been a core element of web development and search engine optimization for two decades, yet Search Console warnings like "Couldn't fetch" continue to generate concern among site owners. Are XML sitemaps...
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Should you block your Search result pages?
Jul 30, 202629 minIs your website's internal search feature secretly acting as an open invitation for crawling lots and lots? In this episode of Search off the Record, Martin Splitt and John Mueller pull back the curtain on how internal...
Search Off the Record
How to read the Indexing Report
Jul 16, 202632 minShould you panic when your Search Console indexing report is showing pages that aren't indexed? Is a 404 error code always a sign of a broken website? In this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin Splitt and John...
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Should I use markdown for my site?
Jun 15, 202626 minShould you convert your website into Markdown to help Large Language Models (LLMs) understand your content better? Is "llms.txt" worth the effort for SEO? In this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin Splitt and John...
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Vibe Coding - yay or nay?
May 7, 202634 minIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin Splitt and John Mueller from Google's Search Relations team dive deep into the world of AI-assisted development. They explore the reality of "Vibe Coding", the process of...
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How AI Is Changing Google Search and SEO
May 1, 202633 minIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin speaks with Nikola Todorovic (director of Software Engineering at Google Search) about how AI is changing Google Search. They discuss the evolution from traditional...
Search Off the Record
Analysing Robots.txt at scale with HTTP Archive and BigQuery - transcript
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Analysing Robots.txt at scale with HTTP Archive and BigQuery
Apr 23, 202628 minIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin and Gary turn a simple robots.txt question into a data‑driven deep dive using HTTP Archive, WebPageTest, custom JavaScript metrics, and BigQuery. They explore how...
Search Off the Record
Are websites getting "fat"? Page weight, HTML size & Googlebot limits explained - transcript
Mar 30, 2026—
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Are websites getting "fat"? Page weight, HTML size & Googlebot limits explained
Mar 30, 202632 minIn this episode of Search Off the Record, Gary and Martin dig into what "page size" and "page weight" actually mean for developers, users, and search engines. They discuss exploding web page sizes: median mobile...
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Google crawlers behind the scenes
Mar 12, 202625 minDevelopers often talk about Googlebot as if it were a single program you could just run as "googlebot.exe", but that is not how Google's crawling actually works. In this episode of Search Off the Record, Martin and Gary...
Recent guests
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Danny Sullivan
Adjunct Associate Professor, Consultant Forensic and Adult Psychiatrist, ACSO Australia
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Allan Scott
Engine Development Manager, Tom Walkinshaw Racing
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Elizabeth Tucker
Distinguished Service Professor of English, Textile Arts Center of Madison
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Dave Smart
Pacific Tigers Head Men's Basketball Coach, Pacific
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