Google updates Search Console's report on video indexing

A sitemap filter option and daily video impressions are now included in Google's revised Search Console Video indexing report.

Google Search Console Updates

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•To offer more thorough insights into the performance of videos in search results, Google enhanced the Search Console Video Indexing Report.

•A new sitemap filter tool helps the updated report to concentrate on the most significant video pages, as well as daily video impressions that are organised by page.

•These changes are a result of Google's continuous work to assist website owners and content producers in understanding and enhancing the visibility of their videos in search results.

The Search Console Video indexing report is getting an update from Google that aims to give publishers and content producers more in-depth knowledge of how their videos fare in search results.

More thorough data on video impressions and the option to filter data by sitemap will both be present in the revised report.

Impression of  video

Screenshot from:

developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/v ideo-indexing-report-update, January 2023.

By including daily video impressions in the Video indexing report, Google is making it simpler to comprehend how well videos work.

These impressions are grouped by page, so each time the same page appears on a search result page or Discover session, that appearance counts as one impression.

Although URLs are not used to group video search appearances, the Search performance report does. If numerous pages are displayed as search results, only one impression is recorded.

This suggests that the Search performance report might display less impressions than the Video indexing report.

Filter Sitemap

Screenshot from: developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/v ideo-indexing-report-update, January 2023.

To aid website owners and content producers in concentrating on the video pages that matter most to them, Google is introducing a new element to the Video Indexing Report.

With the help of this feature, the report can be filtered to only display video pages that are listed in a particular sitemap. This has an impact on all report elements, including the chart, chart totals, issue list, and exports.

As a Result

Google continues to work on improving its Search Console Video indexing report in order to make it simpler for website owners and content producers to understand and raise the visibility of their videos in search results.

Website owners may choose their video material more intelligently thanks to the enhanced report's fresh insights.