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New Google Crawl Stats Report – First Impressions

There is a new Google Crawl Stats report that is replacing the old one, and providing a lot more actionable data. The link to the new report is here: https://search.google.com/search-console/settings/crawl-stats Alternatively you can go to Google Search Console -> Settings…

  • November 24, 2020
  • Matt Jackson
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Crawl Rate Removed from Google Search Console

Google has now removed the link to the crawl rate report in Google Search Console. UPDATE: They are replacing it with the new Crawl Stats report, and removing the legacy report after 19th Jan 2021. Here is a link to…

  • November 24, 2020
  • Matt Jackson
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New Performance Report Colours in Google Search Console

Google has updated the colours used in the Google Search Console Performance Report. The new impressions colour is Purple, and the new Average Position colour is Orange. Previously (see image below) the Impressions colour was Light Green, and the Average…

  • January 27, 2020
  • Matt Jackson
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Robots.txt Tester Google Search Console

The option may have vanished in the new Google Search Console view, but the robots.txt tester is still alive and well! It's an essential part of developing websites, to monitor and change the urls that Googlebot can access. Here is…

  • December 9, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

So you've noindexed a page... ...and Google told you about it. Who cares right? Well that's all fine, as long as you did it on purpose. Let's briefly go over why this may be a problem. Why is this a…

  • September 20, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Duplicate without user-selected canonical – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Duplicate pages and no canonical tag? You're asking for SEO problems! Perhaps this is simply some forgotten page on your site. But if it's an important page, then fixing this should be your #1 priority. Why is this a problem?…

  • September 20, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt – Should you care?

Almost everyone who runs a website of any size will have this message in Google Search Console. It's a constant yellow stain on anyone who likes to run things without errors. But is it worth fixing? That depends on the…

  • September 20, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Submitted URL Not Found (404 Error) – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

This is a common error where the Sitemap isn't automatically generated, or it has to be manually updated / refreshed. Essentially, it means that the sitemap contains a URL that is missing (providing a 404 not found error). When does…

  • September 19, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Submitted URL Blocked by Robots.txt – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

The yellow errors in the Coverage section of Google Search Console continue! This time I'll cover how to find and fix the "Submitted URL Blocked by Robots.txt" issue.

  • August 20, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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Submitted URL marked “noindex” – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Here is how your fix the "Submitted URL marked 'noindex'" error in the Google Search Console. When Google says "Submitted" this will usually refer to your Sitemap. The sitemap is entered into the Google search console page called "Sitemaps" here:…

  • August 1, 2019
  • Matt Jackson
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