Google Search Console

New Google Crawl Stats Report – First Impressions

Matt Jackson — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:22:40 +0000

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 -> Crawl stats (open report) First Impressions After having an initial look around, it feels […]

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Crawl Rate Removed from Google Search Console

Matt Jackson — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:04:10 +0000

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 the new report: https://search.google.com/search-console/settings/crawl-stats It had previously been linked under the “Legacy tools and reports” […]

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New Performance Report Colours in Google Search Console

Matt Jackson — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:28:09 +0000

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 Position colour was Purple. After having looked at the old colours over many years, I’m […]

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Robots.txt Tester Google Search Console

Matt Jackson — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:43:48 +0000

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 the link if you’re just looking for the tool: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool What is the robots.txt tester […]

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Excluded by NoIndex Tag – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Matt Jackson — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:39:23 +0000

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 problem? The “noindex” robots meta tag tells Google to “not index” this web page. To […]

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Duplicate without user-selected canonical – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Matt Jackson — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:15:00 +0000

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? If you have two very similar pages, then the canonical tag is used to tell […]

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Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt – Should you care?

Matt Jackson — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:54:36 +0000

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 reason behind it, let’s investigate. When is this not a problem? Now as an ecommerce […]

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Submitted URL Not Found (404 Error) – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Matt Jackson — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:53:48 +0000

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 this occur? This problem can occur when: You delete an old page, without updating the […]

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Submitted URL Blocked by Robots.txt – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Matt Jackson — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:45:13 +0000

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. Why is this an error? This is not just an error, it can potentially be a HUGE SEO issue, and is one to fix immediately. The robots.txt […]

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Submitted URL marked “noindex” – Fixing Google Search Console Errors

Matt Jackson — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:57:41 +0000

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: The error is telling you that you have one or more pages in your sitemap […]

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