Google I/O 2018 - What sessions should SEOs and Webmasters watch live ?
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Tuesday, May 08, 2018
Google I/O 2018is starting today in
California, to an international audience of 7,000+ developers. It will run until Thursday night.
It is our annual developers festival, where product announcements are made, new APIs and
frameworks are introduced, and Product Managers present the latest from Google.
However, you don't have to physically attend the event to take advantage of this once-a-year
opportunity: many conferences and talks are live streamed on YouTube for anyone to watch. You will
find the full-event schedule on theGoogle I/O 2018 site.
Dozens upon dozens of talks will take place over the next 3 days. We have hand picked the talks
that we think will be the most interesting for webmasters and SEO professionals. Each link shared
will bring you to pages with more details about each talk, and you will find out how to tune in to
the live stream. All times are California time (PCT). We might add other sessions to this list.
Tuesday, May 8th
3pm- Web Security post Spectre/Meltdown, with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer -more info.
5pm- Dru Knox and Stephan Somogyi talk about building a seamless web with Chrome -more info.
Wednesday, May 9th
9.30am- Ewa Gasperowicz and Addy Osmani talk about Web Performance and increasing
control over the loading experience -more info.
10.30am- Alberto Medina and Thierry Muller will explain how to make a WordPress site
progressive -more info.
11.30am- Rob Dodson and Dominic Mazzoni will cover "What's new in web accessibility" -more info.
3.30pm- Michael Bleigh will introduce how to leverage AMP in Firebase for a blazing
fast website -more info.
4.30pm- Rick Viscomi and Vinamrata Singal will introduce the latest with Lighthouse
and Chrome UX Report for Web Performance -more info.
Thursday, May 10th
8.30am- John Mueller and Tom Greenaway will talk about building Search-friendly
JavaScript websites -more info.
9.30am- Build e-commerce sites for the modern web with AMP, PWA, and more, with Adam
Greenberg and Rowan Merewood -more info.
12.30pm- Session on "Building a successful web presence with Google Search" by John
Mueller and Mariya Moeva -more info.
We hope you can make the time to watch the talks online, and participate in the excitement of I/O!
The videos will also be available on Youtube after the event, in case you can't tune in live.
Posted byVincent Courson,
Search Outreach Specialist, and the Google Webmasters team
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It will run until Thursday night.\nIt is our annual developers festival, where product announcements are made, new APIs and\nframeworks are introduced, and Product Managers present the latest from Google.\n\n\nHowever, you don't have to physically attend the event to take advantage of this once-a-year\nopportunity: many conferences and talks are live streamed on YouTube for anyone to watch. You will\nfind the full-event schedule on the\n[Google I/O 2018 site](https://events.google.com/io/schedule).\n\n\nDozens upon dozens of talks will take place over the next 3 days. We have hand picked the talks\nthat we think will be the most interesting for webmasters and SEO professionals. Each link shared\nwill bring you to pages with more details about each talk, and you will find out how to tune in to\nthe live stream. All times are California time (PCT). We might add other sessions to this list.\n\n\n**Tuesday, May 8th**\n\n- **3pm** - Web Security post Spectre/Meltdown, with Emily Schechter and Chris Palmer - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=cc6ef17f-243c-451b-9e18-a50bdf959158&topic=web).\n- **5pm** - Dru Knox and Stephan Somogyi talk about building a seamless web with Chrome - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=f4839672-8ab3-49be-ba2b-df5be6ff908f&topic=web).\n\n**Wednesday, May 9th**\n\n- **9.30am** - Ewa Gasperowicz and Addy Osmani talk about Web Performance and increasing control over the loading experience - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=5ca0e495-8409-4279-a4d9-8b5306e75e62&topic=web).\n- **10.30am** - Alberto Medina and Thierry Muller will explain how to make a WordPress site progressive - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=8735be7c-d42d-4fab-abfe-69e48a624261&topic=web).\n- **11.30am** - Rob Dodson and Dominic Mazzoni will cover \"What's new in web accessibility\" - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=851d5519-9bd8-4431-aa2e-fca6c1e41dd3&topic=web).\n- **3.30pm** - Michael Bleigh will introduce how to leverage AMP in Firebase for a blazing fast website - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=d93e965b-3896-4923-8e57-84914fcee763&topic=web).\n- **4.30pm** - Rick Viscomi and Vinamrata Singal will introduce the latest with Lighthouse and Chrome UX Report for Web Performance - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=2524b9ad-2777-4b3c-951d-4b8accedfd53&topic=web).\n\n**Thursday, May 10th**\n\n- **8.30am** - John Mueller and Tom Greenaway will talk about building Search-friendly JavaScript websites - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-10&sid=e8a0d2f7-1eb2-4dc9-a69c-3f28d460b61f).\n- **9.30am** - Build e-commerce sites for the modern web with AMP, PWA, and more, with Adam Greenberg and Rowan Merewood - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=90159532-d4bd-4a46-97c5-77ecac04b246&topic=web).\n- **12.30pm** - Session on \"Building a successful web presence with Google Search\" by John Mueller and Mariya Moeva - [more info](https://events.google.com/io/schedule/?section=may-8&sid=844d803c-ce5b-4dd6-a918-c8fbd95611ac&topic=web).\n\n\nThis list is only a sample of the content at this year's Google I/O, and there might be many more\nthat are interesting to you! To find out about those other talks, check out the\n[full list of web sessions](https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=web&type=sessions),\nbut also the\n[sessions about Design](https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=design),\nthe\n[Cloud sessions](https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=cloud),\nthe\n[machine learning sessions](https://events.google.com/io/schedule?section=may-8&topic=machinelearning%26ai&type=sessions),\nand more.\n\n\nWe hope you can make the time to watch the talks online, and participate in the excitement of I/O!\nThe videos will also be available on Youtube after the event, in case you can't tune in live.\n\n\nPosted by [Vincent Courson](https://twitter.com/VincentCourson),\nSearch Outreach Specialist, and the Google Webmasters team"]]
