If you have ever wondered about whether or not disavowed links would continue to show up in Google Search Console’s Link Report, the answer is yes. While most who deal with links all the time are aware of it, those who might only be doing link removals on a smaller scale on a single site […]
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Search Analytics Data in Google Search Console Not Updating
If you have been wondering why you aren’t seeing any updated Search Analytics data in Google Search Console, you aren’t alone. It seems that it stopped updating on November 3, 2015. Even if you change the date to “Last 7 days”, it will default back to Oct 28 – Nov 3. Everything else in Google […]
Update on Image Search Reporting Issues in Google Search Console
A week and a half ago, we reported that Google had added an issue to their Google Search Console Data Anomalies page. The issue was specifically for image search results and caused lower than expected impression and click data. Google has now updated this issue to include an end date and states that the reporting […]
Webmasters Can Have 1000 Sites in Google Search Console
If you are under the impression that you can still only have 100 sites listed in Google Search Console, you will be happy to know they have raised that ceiling limit. The new limit is about 1000 websites or so, according to Gary Illyes from Google. @pedrodias not sure. I think it's one thousand give […]
Google Search Console 404 Errors When Viewing Reports
Google Search Console is having some issues this morning with 404s. I noticed this earlier this morning and tweeted about it, but haven’t heard a response. So @googlewmc is throwing a ton of 404 errors this morning. cc @methode @johnmu — Jennifer Slegg (@jenstar) October 26, 2015 The 404 errors are not happening on every […]
Google Image Search Reporting Issues in Search Console
Google updated their Data Anomalies page within Google Search Console to include information about a reporting issue for image search. On October 6, Google is reporting lower impressions and click data for image search results, and they note this is particularly apparent for sites with a lot of traffic coming from image search. October 6 […]
Google Looking for Feedback on Search Console’s Content Keywords Feature
John Mueller from Google is looking for some interesting feedback from Google Search Console users specifically around the “Content Keywords” section. It seems that they are looking to not only find out what people think is most useful, but also how people might be confusing what it is actually telling webmasters. Here is a quick […]
Google Search Console Updates Data Anomalies Page
Google Search Console has made a small change to their Data Anomalies page in order to split different types of reporting into separate drop down menus. Prior to the change, the Data Anomalies page just listed “Search Analytics Report” but now it includes three additional sections. The added ones are “Mobile Usability Report”, “Blocked Resources […]
Google Still Looking to Add Featured Snippets Info to Search Console
Google is still looking to add data regarding featured snippets into Google Search Console, according to Gary Illyes from Google. Illyes was asked during the Q&A portion of his keynote about what users might expect to see added to the Google Search Console in the near future. Ever since featured snippets began to be more […]
Google Rank Issues with Competing Websites on Same Search Console Account?
If you have ever hesitated about adding any websites to your Google Search Console account because you don’t want Google to “connect the dots” between multiple sites sharing the same market area, in case Google splits ranks between the two. John Mueller addressed it in today’s Google Webmaster Hangouts. The question was specifically whether the […]