What is the "UPDATE" indicate in the Google Search Console Query Reports?
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We recently noticed an update note in the Google Search Console that happened on April 27th. Does this denote an algorithm update?
Any feedback or article would really be helpful.
Thanks!
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If you hover over the line you'll get a "Learn More" link. After much fiddling with the mouse and buttons you can get to it and it will detail all the recent updates.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6211453#search_analytics
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Thanks Eric. This was a very helpful response however I just one other question. John Mueller noted that "local results in Search (which are now all counted as URL impressions)." Does this include clicks as well? We saw one of our local clicks experience a huge increase in both impressions/clicks. However John Mueller didn't say anything about clicks.
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It means that Google updated the data on April 27th. John Mueller from Google wrote about it here.
It is related to how Search Console reports & calculates clicks and impressions in Search Analytics.
"As a result, you may see a change in the click, impression, and CTR values shown there. For most sites, this change will be minimal. A significant part of this change will affect website properties with associated mobile app properties. Specifically, it involves accounting for clicks and impressions only to the associated application property rather than to the website. Other changes include how we count links shown in the Knowledge Panel, in various Rich Snippets, and in the local results in Search (which are now all counted as URL impressions)."
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