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Google Search Console has been steadily growing, catering to the primary goal of easing the important tasks easier. We will briefly mention the upcoming changes that Google is planning on implementing to its Search Console.
Google Formally Puts An End To Few Previous Search Console Features

Google Formally Puts An End To Few Previous Search Console Features

What Is Google Search Console?

To begin with, the Search Console, previously known as Google Webmaster tools, is a compilation of resources and tools, put together by Google, aiming to help techno-marketers, website owners, site administrators, and web developers, to monitor the performance of their website in the Google Search Index. Apart from providing the needed educational data, the Search Console also helps in optimizing the website visibility and keeps a check on the indexing status too. 

The New Changes

With the past year seeing the Search Console growing in its use, Google has probably vouched to take advantage of this increasing usability and make improvements to it. Google announced at the end of January 2019 that it would be making a couple of changes to its Search Console, which should be out for the public by the end of March 2019. 

1. Bye Bye To The Crawl Error Reports, API, & Sitemaps Data

The new Index Coverage report, Google assures that it is working on improving the way the errors are recognized & flagged. Apart from the crawl error reports & API, the sitemaps data are also going away from the old Search Console. Although the functionality of the sitemaps will still remain the same, Google is aiming at bringing in more information, especially about the images & videos to the new sitemaps report. 

2. Bid Adieu To Fetch As Google

Google now says to use the new URL inspection tool instead of Fetch as Google to check & review your website URLs. The new URL inspection tool provides an insight into the current indexing status and also keeps a live check on the URLs that have been changed recently by you. 

3. The User Management Is Gone Too

In addition to the aforementioned information that Google plans to replace with the new modifications, another revision has come to the User Management Interface, which will now be merged with the Settings section in the modified Search Console. 

4. It’s The Structured Data Dashboard Now!

Google is sending away the structured data dashboard too and plans on bringing in other dedicated reports to help get most of the data. Contemplating to give Rich Results to your website, the tech giant has added many reports to the Search Console like the Events, Jobs, Q & A, etc. 

5. Letting Go Of Other Old Elements

Google has confessed that by working to focus more on elements that are more important to the site owners, it took a hard step of letting go of some other features in the Search Console that include – 

  • HTML Suggestions 
  • Property Sets 
  • Android Apps 
  • Blocked Resources Report 

After having comprehensive testing in the beta mode, Google has started releasing its new Search Console reports to all its verified users. Although these changes may not be very clear to the common man, website owners may seek help from any renowned digital marketing agency or from techno-marketers to have a better idea of it.

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