Google Search Console Clicks Go to Hidden Terms Says New Study

Published: July 14, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

Most SEOs consider Google Search Console (GSC) their source of truth and trust the data to be accurate. What if I told you that GSC doesn\u2019t tell you all of the keywords you\u2019re getting traffic from? In fact, the tool doesn\u2019t show a term for nearly half the clicks.

These instances of hidden terms account for 46.08% of all clicks in our study. The study includes one month of data across 146,741 websites and nearly 9 billion total clicks.

Google Updates Help Docs in wake of Stox\u2019s Study.

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-anonymizes-tons-of-queries-33735.html

GA4 supports Urchin Tracking Parameters (UTM) UTM Term, UTM Content, Conversion and Bounce Rate metrics\xa0

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-analytics-4-gains-utm-term-utm-content-conversion-bounce-rate-33744.html

Google My Business App has ceased functioning

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-my-business-app-no-longer-available-33743.html

Google Maps App suggested as way to be able to message customer

There is no such thing as a ratio of nofollow to follow links in Google Rankings.\xa0

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ratio-of-follow-to-nofollow-links-33711.html

Is the type of CMS used to build a site a ranking factor?

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/does-the-cms-matter-for-search-rankings/457580/

Massive set of updates and bug fixes released with WordPress 6.0.1

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-6-0-1-maintenance-update-released-with-multiple-bug-fixes/457471/#close

Google Data Studio and how to use it

https://searchengineland.com/google-data-studio-258871


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