https://gadschangehistory.com/?product=Search%20Console&range=alltime Changes to Search Console, from Google Ads Change History. en-us info@brandonmangan.com (Brandon Mangan) Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:48:19 GMT https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-31-genai-reports-control-worldwide/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-31-genai-reports-control-worldwide/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Effective Aug 31, 2026. Google added notes to its June announcement and help pages stating that as of August 31, 2026 the Generative AI performance reports and the Search generative AI control are available to all websites worldwide. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/06/gen-ai-performance-reports — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-24-new-owner-email-notifications/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-24-new-owner-email-notifications/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Many property owners received 'new owner' emails from Search Console on August 24, 2026 referring to users who already had owner access, an apparent notification bug rather than an access change. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-new-owner-emails-41932.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-21-crawl-stats-missing-aug-15-16/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-21-crawl-stats-missing-aug-15-16/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement The Crawl stats report showed a two-day gap for August 15 and 16, 2026 across properties, with data after August 15 displayed as August 18. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-crawl-stats-missing-41923.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-17-discover-genai-logging-error-august-13/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-08-17-discover-genai-logging-error-august-13/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google logged two anomalies: a logging error reduced Discover clicks and impressions (and Generative AI in Discover impressions) for August 13, 2026, and reduced Generative AI in Search impressions for August 13-17, 2026; the Search AI data was restored on August 21. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-29-platform-properties-global/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-29-platform-properties-global/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Google announced platform properties are available to everyone worldwide and published a guide on analyzing social and video content performance in Search Console, covering query groups, the 24-hour filter, cross-platform exports and annotations. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/07/platform-properties-social-video-guide — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-27-robots-txt-recrawl-errors/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-27-robots-txt-recrawl-errors/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools Site owners reported that the request-a-recrawl action in the robots.txt report threw errors across multiple properties while working for others. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-request-indexing-robots-txt-41761.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-07-platform-properties/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-07-07-platform-properties/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch A new property type lets creators and site owners, even without a website, verify a social or video account through platform authorization and see Performance, Insights and Achievements reports for their posts on Google Search, Discover and News. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/07/search-console-social-video-platforms — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-30-discover-genai-logging-error-june-24/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-30-discover-genai-logging-error-june-24/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google logged a data anomaly: a logging error caused a decrease in clicks and impressions on the Discover Performance report and lower reported impressions in the Generative AI in Discover report for June 24, 2026. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-26-page-indexing-delay-june-2026/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-26-page-indexing-delay-june-2026/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement The Page indexing report stopped updating after June 11, 2026, running two or more weeks behind; Google fixed it in early July but the report continued to update in weekly snapshots rather than daily through late July. Source: https://searchengineland.com/page-indexing-report-in-google-search-console-delayed-481210 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-23-genai-reports-expanded-regions/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-23-genai-reports-expanded-regions/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Site owners in India and other countries began seeing the Generative AI performance reports, and from July 9 the Search generative AI control also appeared for some non-UK sites, ahead of the worldwide rollout on August 31, 2026. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-performance-report-expands-41549.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-03-search-generative-ai-control/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-03-search-generative-ai-control/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch A new Settings > Search generative AI control lets property owners include (default) or exclude their site's links and content from AI Overviews, AI Mode and generative AI features in Discover, with child properties able to inherit the parent's setting; exclusion is not a ranking signal. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/16908024 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-03-generative-ai-performance-reports/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-06-03-generative-ai-performance-reports/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch New reports show impressions from generative AI features (AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search, and generative AI features in Discover) by page, country, device (Search only) and date at hourly to monthly granularity; no clicks or queries are reported. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/06/gen-ai-performance-reports — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-27-discover-logging-error-may-21/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-27-discover-logging-error-may-21/ Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google logged another Discover data anomaly: a logging error caused a decrease in clicks and impressions in the Discover Performance report for May 21, 2026; data logging only. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-21-links-report-broke/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-21-links-report-broke/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement The Links report broke for many properties in May 2026, showing zero external links or steep drops; Google first reverted the report to an earlier data state, then fully refreshed it with current link data on June 12, 2026. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-links-report-broke-41371.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-13-discover-logging-error-may-7-8/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-13-discover-logging-error-may-7-8/ Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google logged a data anomaly: a logging error caused a decrease in reported clicks and impressions in the Discover Performance report from May 7 until May 8, 2026; data logging only. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-08-faq-rich-result-report-removal/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-05-08-faq-rich-result-report-removal/ Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleDeprecation Effective May 7, 2026. FAQ rich results stopped appearing in Google Search on May 7, 2026; Google said the FAQ search appearance, rich result report and Rich Results Test support would be dropped in June 2026, with Search Console API support removed in August 2026. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-27-back-button-hijacking-warnings/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-27-back-button-hijacking-warnings/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsolePolicy Effective Jun 15, 2026. Ahead of the June 15, 2026 enforcement date for the new back button hijacking spam policy (added April 13, 2026), Google sent Search Console messages with sample URLs to affected site owners. Source: https://ppc.land/google-starts-sending-search-console-warnings-for-back-button-hijacking/ — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-16-job-listing-logging-error/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-16-job-listing-logging-error/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Effective Apr 27, 2026. A logging error prevented Search Console from reporting impressions and clicks for the 'Job listing' and 'Job details' search appearance types from April 16 until April 27, 2026; data logging only. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-15-impressions-collection-email-bug/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-15-impressions-collection-email-bug/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Owners of long-verified properties received emails stating Google 'started collecting Google Search impressions for your website' on April 12, 2026; Google confirmed the notifications were sent in error. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-email-bug-confirmed-41161.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-13-ai-contribution-pilot/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-13-ai-contribution-pilot/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Links to an 'AI contribution pilot' appeared in Google's Search Console support documentation, indicating a limited test of AI-related reporting ahead of the generative AI performance reports announced in June 2026. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-ai-contribution-41153.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-03-impressions-logging-error-2025-2026/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-04-03-impressions-logging-error-2025-2026/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Effective Apr 27, 2026. A logging error prevented Search Console from accurately reporting impressions from May 13, 2025 until April 27, 2026; only impressions, CTR and average position were affected, not clicks. Google marked the issue resolved on May 4, 2026 and historical data was not restated. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-03-11-branded-queries-rollout/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-03-11-branded-queries-rollout/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Google said the branded queries filter announced in November 2025 is now rolling out to all eligible sites over the coming weeks; it is limited to top-level properties, not URL-prefix paths or subdomains. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/branded-queries-filter-rolling-out-in-search-console-41064.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-28-bulk-export-missing-two-days/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-28-bulk-export-missing-two-days/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google logged a data anomaly: due to a technical issue two days (February 28 and March 1, 2026) are missing from BigQuery bulk data exports for some properties and will not be recovered; failed exports were reported for over a week in early March. Source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-23-page-indexing-missing-pre-dec-15/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-23-page-indexing-missing-pre-dec-15/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement All properties temporarily showed no Page indexing data before December 15, 2025, with only the most recent weeks visible, a Google-side reporting bug. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-page-indexing-report-missing-data-40976.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-18-ai-configuration-everyone/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-02-18-ai-configuration-everyone/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Google announced on LinkedIn that the AI-powered configuration feature in the Performance report, launched as a limited experiment in December 2025, is now available to everyone. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-ai-powered-configuration-live-40943.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-01-05-links-report-fewer-links/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2026-01-05-links-report-fewer-links/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement In early January 2026 the Links report showed far fewer external links for many sites (over 50% lower in some cases), an apparent reporting bug rather than a change in the link graph. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-links-report-fewer-links-40698.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-16-performance-report-delays-fixed/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-16-performance-report-delays-fixed/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Throughout early December 2025 Performance reports lagged by 50-70+ hours instead of the usual few hours; the backlog cleared on December 15-16, 2025 and normal freshness returned. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-performance-reports-delays-fixed-466290 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-10-weekly-monthly-views/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-10-weekly-monthly-views/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI A new granularity selector (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) on Search results, Google News and Discover Performance charts smooths daily fluctuations and aligns period comparisons; export file and tab names, headers and sort order change with the chosen granularity. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/weekly-monthly-views-search-console — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-08-social-channels-insights/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-08-social-channels-insights/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch For a limited set of sites, the Insights report can include Google Search performance (reach, top content, queries, audience countries) for social channels Search Console automatically associated with the website. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/social-channels-search-console — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-04-ai-powered-configuration/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-04-ai-powered-configuration/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch Users can describe an analysis in natural language and Search Console applies the matching filters, date comparisons and metrics in the Search results Performance report; it cannot sort or export. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/12/ai-powered-configuration — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-01-page-indexing-delay-nov-2025/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-12-01-page-indexing-delay-nov-2025/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement The Page indexing report stopped updating around November 17-18, 2025; Google confirmed 'longer than usual delays' on LinkedIn, stressing only reporting was affected, and the report caught up on December 17, 2025. Source: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-reports-search-console-page-indexing-report-delays/562198/ — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-20-branded-queries-filter/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-20-branded-queries-filter/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI A new filter in the Search results Performance report splits queries into Branded (brand name, variants, misspellings, brand-specific products) and Non-branded, plus an Insights card showing the click breakdown; classification is AI-assisted rather than regex-based. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/search-console-branded-filter — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-17-custom-annotations/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-17-custom-annotations/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Users can right-click a Performance chart to add a dated note of up to 120 characters; annotations are visible to everyone with access to the property, capped at 200 per property and deleted after 500 days. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/custom-chart-annotations — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-12-shipping-returns-without-merchant-center/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-12-shipping-returns-without-merchant-center/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch The 'Shipping and returns' configuration in Search Console settings was expanded to all sites Google identifies as online merchants, and Google added organization-level shipping policy structured data as an alternative. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/more-ways-to-share-shipping — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-05-practice-problems-removal-announced/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-05-practice-problems-removal-announced/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleDeprecation As part of simplifying the results page, Google said that starting January 2026 it would remove support in Search Console and the Search Console API for structured data types being phased out, notably practice problems; Dataset markup was clarified as used only by Dataset Search. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/update-on-our-efforts — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-04-api-search-appearance-filter-bug/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-11-04-api-search-appearance-filter-bug/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools A confirmed API bug caused notEquals and notContains operators on the searchAppearance dimension to return only the excluded rows instead of excluding them. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-api-bug-search-appearance-40367.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-27-query-groups/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-27-query-groups/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch A new 'Queries leading to your site' card groups similar queries (misspellings, rephrasings, languages) using AI, showing group clicks, top/trending-up/trending-down groups, and drill-down to the Performance report. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/10/search-console-query-groups — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-23-performance-report-stuck-oct-19/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-23-performance-report-stuck-oct-19/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Search Console Performance data froze at October 19-20, 2025 for all properties in date-range views while the 24-hour view kept updating; Google's Daniel Waisberg confirmed the issue on October 24 and said data was catching up. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-performance-report-stuck-40311.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-20-crawl-stats-missing-oct-14/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-10-20-crawl-stats-missing-oct-14/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement The Crawl stats report showed a one-day gap for October 14, 2025 across properties, a Google-side reporting issue rather than a crawling change. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-crawl-stats-missing-day-40290.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-15-num-100-impressions-shift/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-15-num-100-impressions-shift/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement After Google removed the ability to show 100 results per page (around September 12, 2025), many properties saw desktop impressions fall sharply and average position improve in Search Console, consistent with bot-driven scraping no longer registering impressions. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-reporting-off-40106.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-15-achievements-section/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-15-achievements-section/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Achievements, previously delivered only by email, gained a dedicated page linked from the bottom of the Search Console navigation where site owners can review click milestones. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-adds-achievements-section-461987 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-09-deprecated-structured-data-removed/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-09-09-deprecated-structured-data-removed/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleDeprecation Effective Sep 9, 2025. Course Info, Claim Review, Estimated Salary, Learning Video, Special Announcement and Vehicle Listing were removed from Search Console rich result reporting, the Rich Results Test and search appearance filters starting September 9, 2025. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/06/simplifying-search-results — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-08-28-android-app-search-appearance-bug/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-08-28-android-app-search-appearance-bug/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Site owners reported that the 'Android App' search appearance filter in the Performance report stopped showing impressions and clicks in late August 2025 while app traffic continued. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-performance-report-search-appearance-android-app-bug-40014.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-21-new-logo/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-21-new-logo/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Google retired the long-standing toolbox icon for a new design combining a magnifying glass with bar-chart elements, meant to reflect Search Console's mission of helping publishers and creators grow on Google. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/new-google-search-console-logo-39799.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-16-24-hour-comparison/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-16-24-hour-comparison/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Two comparison options were added to the 24-hour view: last 24 hours vs. the previous 24 hours, and last 24 hours vs. the same day one week earlier, shown as hourly overlays across Search, Discover and News reports. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-adds-24-hour-comparison-views-to-performance-reports-458804 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-15-api-incomplete-data-metadata/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-15-api-incomplete-data-metadata/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools A new metadata field in Search Analytics API responses reports first_incomplete_date and first_incomplete_hour so developers know when a request includes fresh, not-yet-final data. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-analytics-api-incomplete-data-points-39760.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-08-discussion-forum-search-appearance/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-07-08-discussion-forum-search-appearance/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Pages using DiscussionForumPosting or SocialMediaPosting structured data can now be filtered as 'Discussion forums' in Performance reports to track clicks, impressions and position for forum rich results. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-search-console-adds-discussion-forums-search-appearance-filter-458262 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-06-30-insights-integrated/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-06-30-insights-integrated/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleLaunch The new Insights report replaced the standalone Search Console Insights beta, bringing clicks and impressions trends, top and trending pages and queries, and Achievements into the main product with deeper Performance report integration. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/06/search-console-insights — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-06-16-ai-mode-counted-in-performance/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-06-16-ai-mode-counted-in-performance/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleMeasurement Google updated its AI features documentation to state that AI Mode clicks and impressions are included in Search Console Performance report totals; the data is not broken out by a dedicated filter. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/updates — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-05-14-annotations-test/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-05-14-annotations-test/ Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Some properties started seeing an 'Add annotation' option on Performance report charts, a long-requested feature that Google later launched as custom annotations in November 2025. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-add-annotation-39405.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-29-discover-desktop-device-hack/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-29-discover-desktop-device-hack/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI A URL parameter trick let site owners view Discover Performance data split by desktop and mobile before Google closed it, signalling that a device breakdown for the Discover report was in the works ahead of Discover on desktop. Source: https://searchengineland.com/google-disables-discover-performance-report-hack-to-get-desktop-data-454755 — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-28-api-stuck-april-22/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-28-api-stuck-april-22/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools The Search Console API, BigQuery bulk exports and third-party tools stopped receiving data after April 22, 2025 for roughly a week while the web interface stayed current. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-api-stuck-39315.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-09-search-analytics-api-hourly/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-04-09-search-analytics-api-hourly/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools Google added an HOUR dimension and an HOURLY_ALL dataState to the Search Analytics API, returning up to 10 days of hourly clicks, impressions, CTR and position, a wider window than the UI's 24-hour view. Source: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/04/san-hourly-data — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-02-25-api-export-delay/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-02-25-api-export-delay/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleAPI & Tools Data served by the Search Console API and the bulk data export lagged the UI by several days starting around February 21, 2025, breaking Looker Studio and third-party dashboards. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-api-delayed-38960.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-01-29-last-updated-30-minute/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-01-29-last-updated-30-minute/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI The 'last updated' indicator on Performance reports started displaying half-hour granularity (for example '3.5 hours ago') instead of whole hours. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-30-mins-38818.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-01-07-hourly-data-export/ https://gadschangehistory.com/changes/2025-01-07-hourly-data-export/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT Search ConsoleReporting & UI Google made the export button available for the 24-hour hourly view of the Performance report, one of the most requested follow-ups to the December 2024 launch of the view. Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-now-exports-performance-reports-hourly-data-38697.html — From Google Ads Change History by Brandon Mangan, https://gadschangehistory.com