Google: Search Console

Google updates Search Console API infrastructure

The API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 6, 2020 at 7:12 am ET

Google Search Console adds image license structured data support

Now you can debug your image license markup in the Rich Results test tool or in Search...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 30, 2020 at 8:53 am ET

Bing’s new URL Inspection tool: What it does and why to use it

A quick side-by-side of Bing vs Google's URL Inspection...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 30, 2020 at 7:43 am ET

Google’s tools now recognize “Web Story”

As Web Stories become more popular, Google now supports labeling them as such in Google Search Console and its testing...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 28, 2020 at 8:40 am ET

News filter added to Google Search Console performance report

You can now filter your News traffic in Google's performance...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 21, 2020 at 9:19 am ET

Google Rich Results Test tool now out of beta

Google is deprecating the old Structured Data Testing...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 7, 2020 at 10:38 am ET

Regular expression filter support coming to Google Search Console performance reports

This new support is mentioned in the Google help documents but does not seem to be live...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 6, 2020 at 9:37 am ET

Google updated guidelines to say spam reports are not for manual actions

Google only uses spam reports to improve its spam prevention...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 3, 2020 at 9:25 am ET

Google tests showing Analytics data in Search Console with ‘Insights’

With deeper integration with Google Analytics, Search Console can show you beyond the search results page how users are interacting with your...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 29, 2020 at 11:30 am ET

Video: Daniel Waisberg from Google on Search Console and the Search Relations Team

Daniel has a rich history in the search industry, even writing here at Search Engine Land for years before working at...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 22, 2020 at 9:19 am ET

Google webspam report: Cracking down on renegade linking practices, auto-generated content

“More than 25 billion pages we discover each day are spammy,” the company...

George Nguyen | Jun 9, 2020 at 4:11 pm ET

Google Search Console performance report gets recipe filters

Use these new reports to see how well your recipe markup is performing in Google...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 9, 2020 at 3:09 pm ET

Core Web Vitals report replaces Speed report in Google Search Console: What you need to know

If you are looking for the speed report in Google Search Console, it is no longer named...

Barry Schwartz | May 27, 2020 at 9:05 am ET

Google Search Console adds new guided recipes reports

Get your recipe markup in order with these new Google...

Barry Schwartz | May 19, 2020 at 7:58 am ET

Google Discover performance reports data issue

You may see a significant decline in your Google Discover traffic in Google Search Console, this may be a reporting...

Barry Schwartz | May 18, 2020 at 4:16 pm ET

Google Search Console API to stop supporting HTTP and JSON-RPC requests

Many SEOs are still using these methods, so please check your implementations so they do not...

Barry Schwartz | May 15, 2020 at 9:14 am ET

Google Search Console now supports SpecialAnnouncement schema

The Rich Results Test tool now also supports SpecialAnnouncement...

George Nguyen | May 5, 2020 at 10:24 am ET

Mixed Directives: A reminder that robots.txt files are handled by subdomain and protocol, including www/non-www and http/https [Case Study]

Since robots.txt files impact crawling, it’s important for site owners to understand how they are treated by search engines. Columnist Glenn...

Glenn Gabe | Apr 28, 2020 at 8:56 am ET

Google Search Console reports may have changed

Google's AMP, Mobile Usability, Speed, all rich result reports have been...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 27, 2020 at 3:50 pm ET

Google testing Question Hub in the U.S. for COVID-related queries

Initially launching in India and other regions where Google had content gaps, Google is now testing this in the...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 22, 2020 at 8:01 am ET