Observed Signal · Apr 16, 2020 · Product Launch · Source: OnlineMarketing.de · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
Google Launches Webmaster Conference Lightning Talks
Google announced a new series on its Webmasters YouTube channel named Webmaster Conference Lightning Talks, featuring short conference-style talks from the Google Search team. The talks cover SEO topics such as links, JavaScript, HTTPS, structured data, and Google's Monitized Policy. Sessions are delivered in English with subtitles in multiple languages. The format mirrors traditional conferences and aims to provide insights on search marketing and SEO to SEOs, webmasters, publishers, and web developers. The series was planned to start in April 2020, as physical Webmaster conferences were canceled due to COVID-19. Viewers can subscribe to the Google Webmasters YouTube channel or watch the trailer and talks as they are published throughout the year.
Launch of a new Google-initiated educational series with limited immediate impact on the AdTech/MarTech ecosystem.
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- Google launches Webmaster Conference Lightning Talks on the Google Webmasters YouTube channel.
- Series features short conference-style talks delivered by the Google Search team.
- SEO topics covered include links, JavaScript, HTTPS, structured data, and Google's Monitized Policy.
- English talks include subtitles in Vietnamese, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Chinese, and English.
- Series starts in April 2020 due to COVID-19 cancelling physical Webmaster conferences.
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