Google Search Console

[Focus]

Hi everyone, is anyone else experiencing a significant decrease in link count on Google Search Console out of nowhere? It might be a bug, first time I've seen this.

[feetpics]

I think some bug is happening, mine is showing 0 links all of a sudden since a few days ago

[mopek1]

The console has shown me inaccurate stats for a few months now. I don't use it as often as I used to.

[Focus]

I've heard that they plan to remove that section anyway and keep the information for internal use.

[mopek1]

Originally Posted by Focus

I've heard that they plan to remove that section anyway and keep the information for internal use.

Remember when we used to see what exact keywords we were getting to specific pages on our sites?

[cosis]

Yes dropped a lot

[Focus]

Originally Posted by mopek1

Remember when we used to see what exact keywords we were getting to specific pages on our sites?

Yes, I remember! We used to see exact keywords for each page. And the HTML Improvements tool was great for fixing meta descriptions and title tags. Those were the good old days! Now, with AI overview, it's a whole new game.

[TheLegacy]

Originally Posted by Focus

Yes, I remember! We used to see exact keywords for each page. And the HTML Improvements tool was great for fixing meta descriptions and title tags. Those were the good old days! Now, with AI overview, it's a whole new game.

Have you looked on Google Search Console under Performance? Scroll down until you see a tab called Queries?

Also on Overview go to the top right where you see Search Console Insights it tells you stuff like:

Your most popular content
Top traffic channels
Google Search:: How visitors find your site on Google
Referring links from other websites


Stuff like that - there is a large amount of data that maybe they moved around but keep in mind that Search Console gets their info directly from Google which can be different than Google Analytics. Long story but if you're needing SEO and want to know more let me know.

[cordoba]

Adding my site to Google Console was the worst mistake I ever made. I was warned against it here, and within weeks my rankings plummetted. This was around the time of the Google HCU though.

[mopek1]

Originally Posted by cordoba

Adding my site to Google Console was the worst mistake I ever made. I was warned against it here, and within weeks my rankings plummetted. This was around the time of the Google HCU though.

Would you say the same for analytics?

[TheLegacy]

Originally Posted by cordoba

Adding my site to Google Console was the worst mistake I ever made. I was warned against it here, and within weeks my rankings plummetted. This was around the time of the Google HCU though.

That is very peculiar since the majority of clients I have with search console an analytics their DA goes up sometimes by 2 points in a few months but there are a lot o other things to do SEO wise for that to happen. Never have I seen a drop in ranking due to search console alone. Do it yourself SEO is never a good idea or using 3rd party SEO software

[Furious_Male]

It's reported as a bug. It should be fixed - https://www.seroundtable.com/google-...xed-37499.html

[PretjeNL]

Yep, same here...

I even have a few sites, when I search for the domain name on Google, I don't get the site but a link to the site's control panel

[O MARINA]

Originally Posted by cordoba

Adding my site to Google Console was the worst mistake I ever made. I was warned against it here, and within weeks my rankings plummetted. This was around the time of the Google HCU though.

Live and learn.

[grizzlytuna]

It looks like this issue has been solved
Is it really true that submitting your website to google search console could backfire on you?