Search Console

Search Console

The Search Console tab includes data from the Search Analyitcs and URL Inspection APIs when the SEO Spider is integrated with Google Search Console under ‘Configuration > API Access > Google Search Console’.

Please read our Google Search Console integration guide for more details. When integrated, the following data is collected.

Columns

This tab includes the following columns from Search Analytics by default.

• Clicks
• Impressions
• CTR
• Position

You can read more about the definition of each metric from Google.

Optionally, you can choose to ‘Enable URL Inspection’ alongside Search Analytics data, which provides Google index status data for up to 2,000 URLs per property a day. This includes the following columns for the URL Inspection API.

• Summary – A top level verdict on whether the URL is indexed and eligible to display in the Google search results. ‘URL is on Google’ means the URL has been indexed, can appear in Google Search results, and no problems were found with any enhancements found in the page (rich results, mobile, AMP). ‘URL is on Google, but has Issues’ means it has been indexed and can appear in Google Search results, but there are some problems with mobile usability, AMP or Rich results that might mean it doesn’t appear in an optimal way. ‘URL is not on Google’ means it is not indexed by Google and won’t appear in the search results. This filter can include non-indexable URLs (such as those that are ‘noindex’) as well as Indexable URLs that are able to be indexed.
• Coverage – A short, descriptive reason for the status of the URL, explaining why the URL is or isn’t on Google.
• Last Crawl – The last time this page was crawled by Google, in your local time. All information shown in this tool is derived from this last crawled version.
• Crawled As – The user agent type used for the crawl (desktop or mobile).
• Crawl Allowed – Indicates whether your site allowed Google to crawl (visit) the page or blocked it with a robots.txt rule.
• Page Fetch – Whether or not Google could actually get the page from your server. If crawling is not allowed, this field will show a failure.
• Indexing Allowed – Whether or not your page explicitly disallowed indexing. If indexing is disallowed, the reason is explained, and the page won’t appear in Google Search results.
• User-Declared Canonical – If your page explicitly declares a canonical URL, it will be shown here.
• Google-Selected Canonical – The page that Google selected as the canonical (authoritative) URL, when it found similar or duplicate pages on your site.
• Mobile Usability – Whether the page is mobile friendly or not.
• Mobile Usability Issues – If the ‘page is not mobile friendly’, this column will display a list of mobile usability errors.
• AMP Results – A verdict on whether the AMP URL is valid, invalid or has warnings. ‘Valid’ means the AMP URL is valid and indexed. ‘Invalid’ means the AMP URL has an error that will prevent it from being indexed. ‘Valid with warnings’ means the AMP URL can be indexed, but there are some issues that might prevent it from getting full features, or it uses tags or attributes that are deprecated, and might become invalid in the future.
• AMP Issues – If the URL has AMP issues, this column will display a list of AMP errors.
• Rich Results – A verdict on whether Rich results found on the page are valid, invalid or has warnings. ‘Valid’ means rich results have been found and are eligible for search. ‘Invalid’ means one or more rich results on the page has an error that will prevent it from being eligible for search. ‘Valid with warnings’ means the rich results on the page are eligible for search, but there are some issues that might prevent it from getting full features.
• Rich Results Types – A comma separated list of all rich result enhancements discovered on the page.
• Rich Results Types Errors – A comma separated list of all rich result enhancements discovered with an error on the page. To export specific errors discovered, use the ‘Bulk Export > URL Inspection > Rich Results’ export.
• Rich Results Warnings – A comma separated list of all rich result enhancements discovered with a warning on the page. To export specific warnings discovered, use the ‘Bulk Export > URL Inspection > Rich Results’ export.

You can read more about the the indexed URL results from Google.

Filters

This tab includes the following filters.

• Clicks Above 0 – This simply means the URL in question has 1 or more clicks.
• No Search Analytics Data – This means that the Search Analytics API didn’t return any data for the URLs in the crawl. So the URLs either didn’t receive any impressions, or perhaps the URLs in the crawl are just different to those in GSC for some reason.
• Non-Indexable with Search Analytics Data – URLs that are classed as non-indexable, but have Google Search Analytics data.
• Orphan URLs – URLs that have been discovered via Google Search Analytics, rather than internal links during a crawl. This filter requires ‘Crawl New URLs Discovered In Google Search Console’ to be enabled in the ‘Search Analytics’ tab of the Google Search Console configuration (‘Configuration > API Access > Google Search Console > Search Analytics ‘) and post ‘crawl analysis‘ to be populated. Please see our guide on how to find orphan pages.
• URL Is Not on Google – The URL is not indexed by Google and won’t appear in the search results. This filter can include non-indexable URLs (such as those that are ‘noindex’) as well as Indexable URLs that are able to be indexed. It’s a catch all filter for anything not on Google according to the API.
• Indexable URL Not Indexed – Indexable URLs found in the crawl that are not indexed by Google and won’t appear in the search results. This can include URLs that are unknown to Google, or those that have been discovered but not indexed, and more.
• URL is on Google, But Has Issues – The URL has been indexed and can appear in Google Search results, but there are some problems with mobile usability, AMP or Rich results that might mean it doesn’t appear in an optimal way.
• User-Declared Canonical Not Selected – Google has chosen to index a different URL to the one declared by the user in the HTML. Canonicals are hints, and sometimes Google does a great job of this, other times it’s less than ideal.
• Page Is Not Mobile Friendly – The page has issues on mobile devices.
• AMP URL Is Invalid – The AMP has an error that will prevent it from being indexed.
• Rich Result Invalid – The URL has an error with one or more rich result enhancements that will prevent the rich result from showing in the Google search results. To export specific errors discovered, use the ‘Bulk Export > URL Inspection > Rich Results’ export.

For more on using the URL Inspection API, please read our guide on ‘How To Automate the URL Inspection API‘.