Sunsetting the generic rich results search appearance on Search Console
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Over the last few years, we have been hard at work adding more and more specific rich results search appearances to the Search Console Performance
reports. Today we have 19 supported search
appearance types to help website owners understand how their websites perform in Google Search.
A few years ago we created a generic "Rich results" search appearance group that included multiple rich result types, including those that didn't
have their own breakout row on Search Console. This is not required anymore, since we now have breakouts for most rich result types, for example:
Event, FAQ,
HowTo, and more.
In addition, we realize that grouping data for rich results is not ideal, as each type may have a significantly different behavior. Therefore we decided to
sunset the Rich result search appearance.
We’ll keep investing in adding more rich result types to Search Console, and hope the reports will continue being a source of insights for you.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["Google Search Console is sunsetting the generic \"Rich results\" search appearance in favor of individual, specific rich result type reports."],["This change only impacts reporting within Search Console and will not affect website traffic or search performance."],["The \"Rich results\" search appearance will be supported until August 1, 2021, after which it will be removed from Search Console and the API."],["Google continues to invest in expanding rich result type reporting in Search Console to provide more granular insights for website owners."]]],[]]
