Introduction:
Chances are you own a website if you are familiar with Google Search Console. Well, to be quite specific, it is like a wand that gives your website that extra sparkle in the great big world wide web. But do you know what, Google Search Console is not static – the tool is changing all the time. So this article is kind of like taking you on a little friendly tour through what’s new and what’s new and exciting that Google has to offer with this truly amazing tool.
Understanding Google Search Console:
Let me start with the definition of what Google Search Console actually is. For those not acquainted with the term Analytics, it is much like having a control panel for your website’s performance on Google. A kind of progress check for your website; it gives an idea of what rank that particular site has in Google.
Now, let’s talk about updates!
Mobile-Friendly Enhancements:
This is the world web and many people surf it through their phones. Google understands this and that is why they place a lot of emphasis on mobile compatible websites. To make it simple, Google Search Console’s recent update is centered on confirming that your site is awesomely responsive to the mobile view. It’s like giving your website a comfy pair of sneakers – the mobile world, where consumers traffic and shop online.
Core Web Vitals:
Let us assume that you are in a restaurant and the food that you ordered is delayed greatly before it is served to you. Frustrating, right? Well, Google feels the same way about slow sites. The Core Web Vitals report in Search Console assists in determining how quickly and effectively a site is operating. This is important because, wait for it, Google and its users prefer responsive websites, you know who!
Security Issues Alerts:
Much like how you do not leave your front door of your house open for anyone to walk right into your house, your website cannot be left open for anyone to access. In other words, ‘Security Issues Alerts’ in Google Search Console can be described as security personnel in your website. It alerts you of those problems that can have an impact on your site or any of your visitors in one way or the other. I could call it, ‘The superhero in charge of supervising your website all day and night’.
Insights from Google Search Console:Things that I learned today from Google Search Console and Top 1 feature I wish was available.
Now that we’ve peeked into the updates, let’s explore the insights Google Search Console provides:
Search Performance:
Sometimes you may have that feeling, did you ever think who all are visiting your website or what all these people are typing in search engines. Google search console as the name may elicit indicates the breakdown of your status as a site in the search engine. This is very useful in knowing on which page your visitors tend to spend most of their time, the keywords that people use in accessing your page and even the country they come from. Okay, how about this: It was like having a secret agent secretly telling me the gist of it, regarding the audience/user population.
Index Coverage:
In other words, if you are having a library and certain books are missing from the shelf. That’s not good, right? The Index Coverage report of the Google Search Console assists in knowing whether or not Google can crawl all the pages on the site. It tells you, if there are issues that prevent some pages of the WWW from being indexed by Google. Recall the example used in the scenario that before going home you have to make sure that all the books you have are on the shelf where everyone can find them!
Conclusion:
When it comes to the optimization of the website presence in globalization, more often than not you can’t count on the help of friends or a shoulder to lean on like a Google Search Console. Its latest information and efficient reports help to keep a proper condition of the website, to defend it from potential risks, and to manage its performance. Therefore, don’t be hesitant to declare your Website’s report card and use the recommendations to bring attention to the staggering vastness of cyberspace.
