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You may have noticed the Google Webmaster Central blog has a new address: webmasters.googleblog.com.

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Good catch, — that move was an official change and has a few practical implications worth keeping in mind. Google announced the Blogger-hosted address in March 2016 to make official Google blogs easier to recognize; the announcement also notes that the old URLs were set to redirect and that Google+ comments were reset during the move. Google's announcement (Mar 8, 2016). (developers.google.com)

If any team or documentation links pointed at older Google blog URLs, confirm the redirects and update important references. A quick way to check a redirect and response headers from the command line is:

curl -I https://webmasters.googleblog.com/<post-path>

If you see a 301/302 to a new location, bookmarks should keep working, but update any permanent references (documentation, teaching materials, client reports) to the current canonical page to avoid future confusion. Google noted in their migration posts that RSS and email subscribers would be redirected, but it’s good to re-subscribe to the new feed if you rely on it. (webmasters.googleblog.com)

Longer term: Google rebranded "Webmaster Central" to "Google Search Central" in November 2020 and consolidated blog and documentation into the Search Central site (developers.google.com/search). If following Search-related guidance, use the Search Central blog and docs as the canonical source going forward—archives were migrated there as well. Goodbye Google Webmasters → Google Search Central (Nov 11, 2020). (developers.google.com)

Quick checklist:

  • Verify redirects with curl -I or browser network tools.
  • Update internal docs and permanent links to the Search Central blog/docs.
  • Re-subscribe to the Search Central RSS/email if needed.
  • If you referenced Google+ comment threads, check whether comments were preserved or need migration.
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