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Google made some reporting changes within Search Console. No changes have been made to crawling, indexing or rankings!
The search engine changed how it displays errors within some of the Search Console reports. Now it only shows valid or invalid information, rather than errors, valid with warnings and valid.
Google said the URLs or items in the Search Console report will no longer be grouped in status categories such as Valid, Warning, or Error. They will now be classified into two broader statuses that will reflect if the URLS or items are valid or not.
Invalid Vs. Valid
According to Google, invalid means there’s a critical issue in the page or items. Not invalid means that the item might still have warnings, but no critical issues. Google explained that the implications for valid and invalid states differ by report type.
“Grouping the top-level item (a rich result for the rich result reports, a page or URL for the other reports) into two groups: pages or items with critical issues are labelled something like invalid; pages or items without critical issues are labelled something like valid. We think this new grouping will make it easier to see quickly which issues affect your site’s appearance on Google, in order to help you prioritize your fixes.” – Google said in the announcement.
Here’s a first look:
Photo Source: developers.google.com
Google also said that these changes will also be reflected in the URL inspection tool and the API. The URL inspection tool will show these changes immediately, while the API changes are yet to arrive.
In their help document, Google said that the impacted reports impacted by these changes are:
Core Web Vitals
Mobile Usability
AMP report
Rich results report
URL inspection tool
These changes are made to help you understand reports better and prioritize issues easier.
We’re simplifying the way we classify pages, items, and issues in Search Console reports. We hope this will help you focus on critical issues that affect your visibility in Search, and will help you better prioritize your work. Learn more at https://t.co/17fv54LhCb pic.twitter.com/8qnwX3kZ6X — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) June 15, 2022
