Preferred domain google search console

Key Takeaway Domain Properties is a handy feature that makes Google Search Console more accessible and provides ways to maximize its functionality. Like many Google tools and platforms, Search Console will continue to receive a fair share of updates in the upcoming months, helping it become an even more effective SEO tool. … [Read more...] about Domain Properties Update Now Available on Google Search Console

Verify the Site Is Yours: Non-HTML Options If you’d prefer to verify your website without using HTML code or files, Google has a few other methods you can use. The first is by signing into your domain name provider. Selecting this option from the “Verify this Property” page will bring you to a list of domain name providers. If you don’t see yours, select “Other” to create a DNS TXT reference or CNAME record for your provider. Simply sign into your domain provider and Google will verify your site this way. … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Google Search Console in 5 Easy Steps

Truth is for years Google has been saying you don't need this setting - you can just use redirects or other methods to communicate the preferred domain to Google. Now Google is saying the same thing "You can find detailed explanations on how to tell us your preference in the Consolidate duplicate URLs help center article. Here are some of the options available to you:" … [Read more...] about Google Removes Preferred Domain Setting From Search Console

Old Search Console to be out of action by 2019: This month, Mueller informed us that the team was planning to phase out the old version of Search Console by the end of 2019.Consolidating your website traffic on canonical URLs: This month, Google has also decided that data in the Performance report is to be consolidated to canonical URLs. The benefits are that it “unifies all search metrics for a single piece of content into a single URL”, however, it would be nice to have the option to access the raw data as well (this toggle is being phased out on April 10).Planned move to Domain Properties: In November 2018, Google started giving invite-only access to a new Domain Properties feature that will give a more comprehensive view of domains in Search Console and will replace Property Sets.Search Console stats in SERPs: In October 2018, Google started to show metrics from the Performance report directly in SERPs.User management: In August 2018, Google launched a more … [Read more...] about The Latest Google Search Console Updates: What You Need to Know

For instance, if I click on the ‘Short meta descriptions’ link, I’ll be able to see the 14 URLs and their respective meta descriptions. I can then go into each one of these pages in my own CMS and add lengthier, more pertinent text. … [Read more...] about Google Search Console: a complete overview