Beyond 1,000 queries: Breaking through the Google Search Console row limits

January 25, 2024 / Search Engine Optimization / by Kathy Alice

Google Search Console is an indispensable tool for SEOs and webmasters. But the larger the site, the less complete the data that is available to you in GSC. In both the Performances and Pages reports, you can only get up to 1,000 rows for any metric. 1,000 queries is just a drop in the bucket for sites that regularly rank for hundreds of thousands of keywords, even small sites often rank for more than 1,000 keywords. Additionally if your site has more than 1,000 pages the row limits are an issue there as well, you won’t be able see complete performance and indexation data for all your pages.

Fortunately, there are a number of ways to work around the row limits in GSC. Here are six to consider:

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Why is my Core Web Vitals report not updating in Google Search Console?

May 9, 2023 / Core Web Vitals / by Kathy Alice

Does this sound familiar? 

You implemented one or more fixes that should improve your Core Web Vitals metrics. Day after day, you monitor the Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console, but nothing changes. You were so sure that you significantly improved your site’s LCP (or CLS), but now with the reports continuing to show no improvement you start questioning yourself.

Why are the Core Web Vitals reports not updating in Google Search Console?

The fact is, while the Core Web Vitals (CWV) reports can be helpful in identifying fixes, they are not ideal for getting quick feedback on the impact of your fixes. Because the CWV report is an aggregation of the previous 28 days of data, it can be slow to update. 

If you are serious about improving your CWV metrics, you’ll need to have a good understanding of how the GSC CWV report works, as well as having some alternative ways to monitor your progress.

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Why Doesn’t GSC Live URL Test Show a 301 for Redirects?

January 6, 2023 / Search Engine Optimization / by Kathy Alice

Since it was introduced in 2018, Google Search Console’s URL Inspection Tool has been an indispensable aid to webmasters and SEOs, helping them understand the indexation status of their site’s URLs. One handy feature of the URL Inspector is the Live URL Test button, allowing you to test your current version of your page as Google would see it.

But when I used Live Test to test some redirects, I found that it reported a HTTP Status Code 200 instead of a 301 (redirect) which confused me greatly!

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