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Google Search Console 'Mobile Usability' is showing that I have only 72 "usable" posts and zero "not usable" posts.
My site actually has 225 posts that are indexed by Go
Hey Andrew,
Google searched your questions... see screen print below...
Here are the links to those support documents: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203#63;hl=en
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9063469#63;hl=en
Hope you find this helpful.
Many thanks for your support, as always, Trish.
I'm aware of the information in those pages and have been researching to try and find an answer to my question. But I can't find it in those reports.
I should have included these screenshots with my initial question.
Why has google successfully indexed 223 of my posts in screenshot GSCHWHWa, and only 73 of my posts in screenshot GSCHWHWb (mobile usability)?
Is this discrepancy something I should be concerned about?
Many thanks,
Andrew
I'm no Google expert by any sense of the imagination Andrew.
Have found the following documentation that MIGHT offer you an explanation, if you haven't already come across this already: https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/mobile-first-indexing
Thanks once again, Trish.
I'm surprised how difficult it is to get a simple answer to the question.... "Is this discrepancy something I should be concerned about?'
Maybe there is something really simple that I am missing!
Have a great day :-)
Andrew
Was hoping the documentation would be able to answer that question for you.
I tend not to fret about Google like so many others.
My content is written for the visitors, not Google. Sometimes Rank Math is able to correct my structure, and sometimes I ignore their warning too.
If you're looking for something to be concerned with, focus on creating unique and helpful content so Google will love your site.
Remember too, build it and they will come does NOT work. You need to be out there sharing your content on your social media.
When you create and share unique and helpful content, others will help you spread the word by sharing what you post.
I've just had a look at "Breadcrumbs."
It's reporting 74 "Valid" and zero "invalid."
Again, my question is Why? Why not all 225 of my pages?
I suggest posting the question in the gsc community. You may get a direct / most relevant answer
Femi
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Why is gsc mobile usability showing less indexed posts?
Google Search Console 'Mobile Usability' is showing that I have only 72 "usable" posts and zero "not usable" posts.
My site actually has 225 posts that are indexed by Go
Hey Andrew,
Google searched your questions... see screen print below...
Here are the links to those support documents: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203#63;hl=en
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9063469#63;hl=en
Hope you find this helpful.
Many thanks for your support, as always, Trish.
I'm aware of the information in those pages and have been researching to try and find an answer to my question. But I can't find it in those reports.
I should have included these screenshots with my initial question.
Why has google successfully indexed 223 of my posts in screenshot GSCHWHWa, and only 73 of my posts in screenshot GSCHWHWb (mobile usability)?
Is this discrepancy something I should be concerned about?
Many thanks,
Andrew
I'm no Google expert by any sense of the imagination Andrew.
Have found the following documentation that MIGHT offer you an explanation, if you haven't already come across this already: https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/mobile-first-indexing
Thanks once again, Trish.
I'm surprised how difficult it is to get a simple answer to the question.... "Is this discrepancy something I should be concerned about?'
Maybe there is something really simple that I am missing!
Have a great day :-)
Andrew
Was hoping the documentation would be able to answer that question for you.
I tend not to fret about Google like so many others.
My content is written for the visitors, not Google. Sometimes Rank Math is able to correct my structure, and sometimes I ignore their warning too.
If you're looking for something to be concerned with, focus on creating unique and helpful content so Google will love your site.
Remember too, build it and they will come does NOT work. You need to be out there sharing your content on your social media.
When you create and share unique and helpful content, others will help you spread the word by sharing what you post.
I've just had a look at "Breadcrumbs."
It's reporting 74 "Valid" and zero "invalid."
Again, my question is Why? Why not all 225 of my pages?
I suggest posting the question in the gsc community. You may get a direct / most relevant answer
Femi
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When I do a google search for keywords to see where my posts are ranking, I see that Google is not using my 'meta description' for my snippet.
Is there somewhere I can g
Friend, what Google show to searchers depend on what searchers is looking for. If your page is chosen, any portion of your page can be shown or a portion of a page with an internal link to that page.
The only way to mandate Google to show any portion of your article is to ensure that the quality of your content is better than any of your competitors. Google only show snippet that is whole and complete in answering the searchers questions.
Do you agree with me?
Regards
John
I’ve come to learn recently that the search engines choose whatever they want from our article to show people, regardless of what we add to our descriptions. Sometimes it shows the first few lines of the article. Other times they’ll create little bulletpoints of main topics from the article. I never fully understand how they are able to pull random info from our articles and highlight it - but I think it’s their way of showing people what would be most eye catching and clickable.
Thanks for the information.
It does seem that they can pull whatever they want from our articles.
I'm sure they do it for our benefit :-)
Cheers
Hello Andrew,
Let me share some light on this, Google will be the one to decide what to show in the search results depending on the user's search, it may extract a different snippet from your article to what Google thinks is appropriate to what the user typed in the Search box, not necessarily what you set in the meta description.
But still, it is a good SEO practice to define a meta description and put your keywords in the meta description.
For some reason, I thought we had some control over this.
But now I know this is not the case.
Thanks for the clarification.
Hey
I asked this question before, it is up to Google to decide which meta description snippet best suit its users to display, so it is not mandatory.
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Why wont google show my meta discription in search results?
When I do a google search for keywords to see where my posts are ranking, I see that Google is not using my 'meta description' for my snippet.
Is there somewhere I can g
Friend, what Google show to searchers depend on what searchers is looking for. If your page is chosen, any portion of your page can be shown or a portion of a page with an internal link to that page.
The only way to mandate Google to show any portion of your article is to ensure that the quality of your content is better than any of your competitors. Google only show snippet that is whole and complete in answering the searchers questions.
Do you agree with me?
Regards
John
I’ve come to learn recently that the search engines choose whatever they want from our article to show people, regardless of what we add to our descriptions. Sometimes it shows the first few lines of the article. Other times they’ll create little bulletpoints of main topics from the article. I never fully understand how they are able to pull random info from our articles and highlight it - but I think it’s their way of showing people what would be most eye catching and clickable.
Thanks for the information.
It does seem that they can pull whatever they want from our articles.
I'm sure they do it for our benefit :-)
Cheers
Hello Andrew,
Let me share some light on this, Google will be the one to decide what to show in the search results depending on the user's search, it may extract a different snippet from your article to what Google thinks is appropriate to what the user typed in the Search box, not necessarily what you set in the meta description.
But still, it is a good SEO practice to define a meta description and put your keywords in the meta description.
For some reason, I thought we had some control over this.
But now I know this is not the case.
Thanks for the clarification.
Hey
I asked this question before, it is up to Google to decide which meta description snippet best suit its users to display, so it is not mandatory.
See more comments
Trish got you covered.