Google Search Console News & Updates for December 2024

Google Search Console Launches 24-Hour Performance View and Data Freshness Improvements

18 hours ago

Google Search Console has introduced a '24 hours' view in performance reports, allowing users to monitor recent content performance with metrics like clicks, impressions, and average CTR. This view offers hourly granularity and displays data in the user's local timezone. Additionally, data freshness has improved, reducing average data delay by nearly 50%. These updates will be gradually rolled out across all properties.

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Google Search Console Insights Removes Google Analytics Integration

2 days ago

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Google has announced a major update to Search Console Insights, removing Google Analytics data integration to focus solely on Search Console metrics. Initially launched in June 2020, the tool combined data from both platforms. This change raises concerns about its effectiveness, as it now operates exclusively with Search Console data, resulting in a more focused but potentially limited approach to search performance analysis.

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Google Explains Googlebot's Crawling Process in Latest Search Central Update

9 days ago

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Googlebot crawls web pages to make them available in Google Search results. Crawling involves discovering new and updated web pages and downloading them. Modern web pages use technologies like JavaScript and CSS, which Googlebot also processes. This affects the site's crawl budget, which can be managed by minimizing resources, hosting resources on different hostnames, and using cache-busting parameters cautiously.

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Google Search Console Rolls Out Recommendations Feature Globally

16 days ago

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Google has fully deployed its recommendations section in Search Console, offering website optimization opportunities and actionable improvement suggestions. It analyzes data points like indexing performance, crawling patterns, content serving metrics, structured data implementation, sitemap management, and trending queries. Accessible through the Search Console overview page, it provides regular updates, dynamic suggestions, and site-specific recommendations.

Why Google is Hiding Results Count in Search

17 days ago

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Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, explained that Google has made it harder to find the results count in searches because it can be a distraction and researchers should use Google Trends for more accurate data. He mentioned that result counts are broad estimates and not necessarily indicative of interest or popularity. Google has been testing removing the results count completely, but it remains available under the "Tools" menu.

Google Discontinues Page Experience Report in Search Console

24 days ago

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Google announced it will remove the Page Experience report from Search Console to reduce clutter and simplify navigation. The core functionality remains accessible through other tools. Users can still monitor page experience metrics via the Core Web Vitals and HTTPS status reports. Google stresses the importance of page experience for site optimization and recommends using the individual reports for monitoring.

Google Search Console Adds Dotted Lines for Partial Data in Performance Report

1 months ago

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Google Search Console may be introducing a new feature where the most recent, unfinalized data appears as dotted lines in the performance report charts. Previously, Google included a disclaimer for this partial data, but the dotted line design seems to be a new addition. Users have reported seeing these changes and shared their observations on social media, indicating ongoing UI updates by Google.

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Google Search Console Makes Filters Sticky for Better User Experience

2 months ago

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Google has updated its Search Console to improve Performance report filters. The new sticky filters remain active across Search results, Discover, and Google News reports, ensuring cross-report consistency. A new "reset filters" option allows users to clear all filters with one click. This community-driven update enhances data analysis efficiency and showcases Google's responsiveness to user feedback.

Google Fixes Search Console Reporting Error for Product Snippets

2 months ago

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Google has addressed a logging error affecting Search Console reporting for product snippets from August 13, 2024, to September 20, 2024. The error caused inflated numbers in performance and impressions reports but did not reflect actual changes in clicks or impressions. This resolution is crucial for webmasters and SEO professionals who rely on accurate data. Users should consider this when analyzing performance for the affected period.

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