Google Search Console Annotations for SEO Tests

Easily mark important milestones, campaigns, or site changes directly on your performance graphs. Stay informed about Google algorithm updates and their potential impact on your metrics.

What are annotations for Google Search Console?

Annotations in Google Search Console are user-created notes that can be added to performance reports. They allow you to mark important events or changes that might impact search performance, such as site updates, new content launches, or marketing campaigns.

These annotations make it easy to correlate specific actions with changes in search traffic. By using annotations, you can better understand how various factors affect their site’s visibility and traffic in Google search results.

Why are annotations helpful for SEO testing?

Annotations in Google Search Console provide a clear record of SEO changes and their effects.

For example, when you implement a site-wide internal linking structure change, you can make a note of the date when you made these changes.

Similarly, if you optimize your title tags across product categories, an annotation will let you measure the exact impact on click-through rates over time.

Annotations are also valuable during algorithm updates. We also show Google’s algorithmic updates on the timeline next to your notes. By marking known update dates, you can distinguish between the effects of Google’s changes and your SEO efforts. This prevents misattribution of traffic changes and allows for more informed decision-making.

How to use SEO Gets to easily track annotations in GSC.

Step 1: Once you have logged into your SEO Gets account and selected your website of choice, click on the date that you wish to add your annotation.

Step 2: Make any notes and make sure the date is correct. Click save.

Boom voila. finished.

Step 3: Hover over the date to see any of the annotations or Google Core updates for that date.

Step 4: You can toggle the annotations on or off with these selectors at the top right corner of your website’s dashboard.

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