It will also tell you some technical problems that exist due to pages not being included. coverage report It replaces the old version of GSC's "Index Status Report". Note: Coverage reporting is more complex. I hope I can introduce some functions to you here. Below we will use the example of analyzing a real website ( an e-commerce website ) to teach you how to master and make full use of the coverage report.
How to find "bugs" in coverage reports At the top of the coverage report, there are four tabs: 1 mistake 2 Number of valid pages that received warnings 3 Valid web Samoa Email List pages 4 Excluded Error in coverage report Let's focus on the "Error" option first. As you can see in the picture above, this website has 54 errors. If you scroll down, you'll get a hint about each error: Error message There's a lot to understand here. To help you understand the "why" of each error, here are some simple definitions: " Submitted URL Seems to be a soft 404 " / "The URL has been submitted, but it seems to return a soft 404 error " Meaning:
The page was "not found" but provided an incorrect status code in the title. "redirect error " / "redirect error" Meaning: The page has a redirect (301/302). But it didn't work. " Submitted URL not found(404) " / " Submitted URL not found(404 ) " Meaning: HTTP status code (404). (If everything on the website is normal, you can ignore this prompt, usually it is a disconnected page.) “Submitted URL has crawl issue” / “The submitted URL has crawl issue” Meaning: This could mean a lot of different things, and you'll need to visit the page to see exactly what's going on. " Server errors(5xx) " / "Server errors (5xx)" Meaning: