The new Search Console: a sneak peek at two experimental features
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Search Console was
initially launched
with just four reports more than a decade ago. Today, the product includes more than two dozen
reports and tools covering AMP, structured data, and live testing tools, all designed to help
improve your site's performance on Google Search.
Now we have decided to embark on an extensive redesign to better serve you, our users. Our hope is
that this redesign will provide you with:
More actionable insights - We will now group the identified issues by what we
suspect is the common "root-cause" to help you find where you should fix your code. We organize
these issues into tasks that have a state (similar to bug tracking systems) so you can easily
see whether the issue is still open, whether Google has detected your fix, and track the
progress of re-processing the affected pages.
Better support of your organizational workflow - As we talked to many
organizations, we've learned that multiple people are typically involved in implementing,
diagnosing, and fixing issues. This is why we are introducing sharing functionality that allows
you to pick-up an action item and share it with other people in your group, like developers who
will get references to the code in question.
Faster feedback loops between you and Google - We've built a mechanism to allow
you to iterate quickly on your fixes, and not waste time waiting for Google to recrawl your
site, only to tell you later that it's not fixed yet. Rather, we'll provide on-the-spot testing
of fixes and are automatically speeding up crawling once we see things are ok. Similarly, the
testing tools will include code snippets and a search preview - so you can quickly see where
your issues are, confirm you've fixed them, and see how the pages will look on Search.
In the next few weeks, we're releasing two exciting BETA features from the new Search Console to a
small set of users—Index Coverage report and AMP fixing flow.
The new Index Coverage report shows the count of indexed pages, information about why some pages
could not be indexed, along with example pages and tips on how to fix indexing issues. It also
enables a simple sitemap submission flow, and the capability to filter all Index Coverage data to
any of the submitted sitemaps.
Here's a peek of our new Index Coverage report:
The new AMP fixing flow
The new AMP fixing experience starts with the AMP Issues report. This report shows the current AMP
issues affecting your site, grouped by the underlying error. Drill down into an issue to get more
details, including sample affected pages. After you fix the underlying issue, click a button to
verify your fix, and have Google recrawl the pages affected by that issue. Google will notify you
of the progress of the recrawl, and will update the report as your fixes are validated.
As we start to experiment with these new features, some users will be introduced to the new
redesign through the coming weeks.
Posted by John Mueller and the Search Console Team
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003eGoogle Search Console has been redesigned to provide more actionable insights, better support organizational workflow, and faster feedback loops.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe redesign includes new BETA features like the Index Coverage report and AMP fixing flow, offering detailed insights and simplified site management.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe Index Coverage report provides data on indexed pages, indexing issues, and sitemap submission, along with troubleshooting tips.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe AMP fixing flow helps identify and resolve AMP errors, enabling verification and recrawling for faster issue resolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe new Search Console features will be gradually rolled out to users in the coming weeks as part of a BETA program.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["Search Console is undergoing a redesign to provide users with more actionable insights, better organizational workflow support, and faster feedback loops with Google. This includes grouping issues by root cause, sharing functionality for team collaboration, and on-the-spot testing of fixes. New beta features include the Index Coverage report, showing indexed page counts and indexing issues, and a streamlined AMP fixing flow that allows for fix verification and recrawl progress tracking. These new features will be trialed by some users over the next weeks.\n"],null,["# The new Search Console: a sneak peek at two experimental features\n\nTuesday, August 01, 2017\n\n\nSearch Console was\n[initially launched](https://sitemaps.blogspot.com/2005/11/more-stats)\nwith just four reports more than a decade ago. Today, the product includes more than two dozen\nreports and tools covering AMP, structured data, and live testing tools, all designed to help\nimprove your site's performance on Google Search.\n\n\nNow we have decided to embark on an extensive redesign to better serve you, our users. Our hope is\nthat this redesign will provide you with:\n\n- **More actionable insights** - We will now group the identified issues by what we suspect is the common \"root-cause\" to help you find where you should fix your code. We organize these issues into tasks that have a state (similar to bug tracking systems) so you can easily see whether the issue is still open, whether Google has detected your fix, and track the progress of re-processing the affected pages.\n- **Better support of your organizational workflow** - As we talked to many organizations, we've learned that multiple people are typically involved in implementing, diagnosing, and fixing issues. This is why we are introducing sharing functionality that allows you to pick-up an action item and share it with other people in your group, like developers who will get references to the code in question.\n- **Faster feedback loops between you and Google** - We've built a mechanism to allow you to iterate quickly on your fixes, and not waste time waiting for Google to recrawl your site, only to tell you later that it's not fixed yet. Rather, we'll provide on-the-spot testing of fixes and are automatically speeding up crawling once we see things are ok. Similarly, the testing tools will include code snippets and a search preview - so you can quickly see where your issues are, confirm you've fixed them, and see how the pages will look on Search.\n\n\nIn the next few weeks, we're releasing two exciting BETA features from the new Search Console to a\nsmall set of users---Index Coverage report and AMP fixing flow.\n\n\nThe new Index Coverage report shows the count of indexed pages, information about why some pages\ncould not be indexed, along with example pages and tips on how to fix indexing issues. It also\nenables a simple sitemap submission flow, and the capability to filter all Index Coverage data to\nany of the submitted sitemaps.\n\n\nHere's a peek of our new Index Coverage report:\n\nThe new AMP fixing flow\n-----------------------\n\n\nThe new AMP fixing experience starts with the AMP Issues report. This report shows the current AMP\nissues affecting your site, grouped by the underlying error. Drill down into an issue to get more\ndetails, including sample affected pages. After you fix the underlying issue, click a button to\nverify your fix, and have Google recrawl the pages affected by that issue. Google will notify you\nof the progress of the recrawl, and will update the report as your fixes are validated.\n\n\nAs we start to experiment with these new features, some users will be introduced to the new\nredesign through the coming weeks.\n\nPosted by [John Mueller](https://johnmu.com/) and the Search Console Team"]]
