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Google Search Console Index Coverage report delayed
Dec
Google has confirmed that the Search Console index coverage report, also the page indexing report, are now delayed about two weeks. Google confirmed the issue and is working to resolve the issue, but said this only impacts reporting and that crawling; indexing and ranking of websites are not impacted.
Page indexing report. The page indexing report shows you which pages Google can find and index on your site, and learn about any indexing problems encountered. You can also submit “fixes” to that report to see if Google confirms your fix actually worked. But since that report is now two weeks delayed, you won’t be able to confirm your fix worked until the report updates.
What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of one of my reports showing it was last updated on November 17th, note – some are seeing the 18th:
What Google said. Google confirmed the issue and posted on LinkedIn:
“FYI – Page indexing report delays We’re currently experiencing longer than usual delays in the Search Console Index Coverage report. This only affects reporting, not crawling, indexing, or ranking of websites. We’ll update here once this issue is resolved. Thanks for your patience!”
Why we care. I know it is the first of the month and many of you have to prepare client reports. I suspect this report will catch up in the coming days but until then, if your reporting depends on the page indexing report, then you will have to also delay your reporting to your clients and stakeholders.
Until then, do know this is a reporting glitch only.
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