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If you have sites on HTTP, Google has begin sending out notices to site owners that their sites will be flagged as “not secure” in Chrome beginning in October 2017. So what does this mean?  If your site has any form – which would include things such as a comment form – then Google will […]

If you have noticed changes in Google Search Console reporting with impressions and position data, that is to be expected.  Google made some changes to make searches with lower positions more accurate, which is reflected in the changes. Google has posted an update in their Data Anomalies list, as well as including a notation when […]

If you add a new domain to Google Search Console when the ownership of the domain is transferred, any manual actions attached to the domain will show up in Google Search Console. @CyrusShepard @methode yes – they're visible in the new accounts (but old messages generally not) — John ☆.o(≧▽≦)o.☆ (@JohnMu) April 24, 2017 Many site […]

Many SEOs are reporting error messages when attempting to submit URLs to Google Search Console for indexing. When attempting to submit a URL using the fetch and submit tool, it shows “An error has occurred.  Please try again later.” This does not seem to be affecting all accounts, as some are reporting that some sites […]

If you are wanting to analyze links that Google knows about linking to your site, you might have a difficult time.  Google has dropped both external and internal links from displaying within Google Search Console. Instead, affected users are seeing empty results. This problem has been ongoing since Friday. Both Gary Illyes and John Mueller […]

Google has often said that there is only a selection of URLs that will show as links when viewing the report in Google Search Console.  But John Mueller made an interesting comment about the differences in links between small and large sites, and in the links they show. We don’t have any strict guidelines on […]

Does personalization impact the search positions shown in Search Analytics within Google Search Console?  It does, but it is definitely something that confuses many site owners when they cannot match up what Search Analytics reports for positioning info with what they see in the live search results.  Google takes into account the search results for […]

Many people hate when 404 errors pop up in their Google Search Console account.  While this is something we most often see when a site is hacked, the 404 error report can also be a treasure trove of information when doing a site redesign, URL structure change or when going from http to https, to […]