Google Search Console Releases Recommendations for Web Performance

Google Search Central announced a new feature in the Search Console called recommendations on August 5, 2024. This feature can suggest optimization actions for account owners to help improve their online presence in search results.

Overview of Search Console Recommendations

In its documentation, Google explains that this feature gathers data from impressions, indexing, and crawling available in the Search Console.

The purpose of this feature is to allow users to easily access this data and receive site optimization suggestions for future improvements. The hope is that users will be able to enhance their site performance with the provided recommendations.

Some of the optimization efforts recommended by the Search Console recommendations feature include adding sitemaps, using structured data, fixing issues, optimizing traffic, managing performance effectively, and monitoring trending queries and pages.

Feature Still in Experimental Phase

Some sites may not yet see this feature in their Search Console due to its experimental status. Google will be rolling out this feature gradually over the next few months.

The feature will be located in the Summary section of the Search Console dashboard. It is important to note that recommendations will only be provided when there are actionable items or potentially beneficial suggestions for content implementation.

Additionally, these recommendations are optional. It means you can choose whether or not to act on them. Users can also explore the recommendations in more detail.

As Search Console periodically updates its recommendations, some previously given suggestions may be replaced with new ones.