Google began sending out warnings to many website owners for collecting passwords on sites that are unsecured. The warnings are related to Google Chrome’s upcoming change that will show some types of non-https webpages as being not secure beginning this month. Many webmasters reported receiving the emails, Glenn Gabe shared one he received: Google also […]
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Google Search Console Updates for Both AMP & Rich Cards
Google has made some changes to both AMP and Rich Cards that will affect how Google is reporting the numbers within Google Search Console. Google noted the changes on the Data Anomalies page, where they report on updates and issues within Google Search Console that can impact reporting. Unfortunately, with this particular update, they did […]
Google Expands Features of Property Sets in Search Console
When Google launched Property Sets in Google Search Console, while webmasters were happy to see Google doing something to address the issue of sites being spread across multiple properties – such as https and http as well as www and non-www – the lack of features that could be viewed with Property Sets was pretty […]
Google Removing “Content Keywords” from Search Console
Google will be removing the “Content Keywords” section from Google Search Console, removing Google’s tracking of the keywords they see as most popular on your pages and site overall. Content Keywords is a combined report that lists the most common keywords within a site, including variants, and reports it within Search Console. This feature will […]
Google Search Console Adds New AMP Reports in Search Analytics
Ever since Google launched AMP in the “ten blue links” of the Google search results, the reporting in Google Search Console’s Search Analytics would not track it properly. But they have now launched new AMP reporting that allows site owners to get detailed AMP reports. Site owners can switch between two AMP specific reports. The […]
Google Fixes Manual Action Issue in Search Console
If you have been waiting to file a reconsideration request because the manual action is not showing up in Google Search Console, you should be good to file it now. Google has fixed the bug that prevented manual actions from showing up in Search Console, which also affected the ability for site owners to then […]
Google’s Manual Actions Not Showing Up In Google Search Console
If you are waiting for a manual action to show up in Google Search Console, you might be waiting a bit. There is currently an issue where manual actions are not showing up as expected. The issue seemed to start on October 19th, so just under a week ago, when there seemed to be an […]
Recovering From Accidental Site Removal via Google Search Console Remove URL Tool
On a somewhat regular basis, site owners report in the Google Webmaster Help Forums about using the Remove URL tool for website cleanup, only to inadvertently remove the entire site (or most of it) from the Google search results. Yes, Google does take those Remove URL requests pretty seriously, and removes those URLs (or the […]
Google Changes AMP Reporting in Search Console
If you have suddenly noticed a drop in the number of errors in Google Search Console for AMP, you didn’t accidentally change something. Google has updated the error reporting in Search Console to prepare for Google showing AMP in the main search results. The change in reporting is made with the upcoming addition of AMP […]
Some Removed Users Being Reauthorized in Google Search Console
Last week we reported that some users were receiving many new user verification emails from Google Search Console, for users previously added to the account as a result of Google re-running verification checks. It was described as an issue on Google’s end, but it seems it could also have some unintended consequences. It seems that when some […]