Google new Search Console

  • Resolved Grzegorz.Janoszka

    (@grzegorzjanoszka)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,
    Thanks for the great plugin. I got yesterday an email from Google to beta test the new “search console”. It has a session “Enhancements” which shows that my site https://paleosmak.pl has no enhancements.
    The Enhancements are mentioned here:
    https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/search-gallery
    and one of them is breadcrumbs. In the option of SEO Framework I have enabled the breadcrumbs and indeed I see some json output about breadcrumbs in posts.

    Google however claims there are no enhancements at all.
    Is it a bug of this new search console? It’s beta still.

    How do I enable to other enhancements like carousel, logo, searchbox, socials and so on?

    Thank you in advance for looking into that.

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi @grzegorzjanoszka,

    That there are no enhancements visible is indeed a bug.
    I believe this new console was introduced as the old console couldn’t nicely integrate the structured data visually.

    If you go to the old version (you can switch back via messages), you’ll find the enhancements under “Search Appearance -> Structured Data”.

    Carousels:
    Google chooses what’s to be displayed in carousels, and they mainly choose authoritative sources. You can, for example, increase your chances of having your posts highlighted with the Articles extension.

    Logo and Social:
    This can be set up via the Schema settings. The display of which is influenced by proximity and popularity of the business.
    You can add onto that with the Local SEO extension, and the planned Organization/Corporate extension.

    Searchbox:
    TSF can output a “Sitelinks Searchbox” helper script, the option is found in the Schema settings.
    If your site is large (number of pages) and popular (number of backlinks) enough, then the search box might be displayed above/under the “Sitelinks”.
    I was under the impression that this also influenced Google Chrome’s Address Bar, you can hit the spacebar after entering the domain to see if it works.

    And so on…
    There are many forms of structured data that can be implemented. I want to cover most of them with TSF and its extensions. My main goal with them is that they are “white-hat” and easy to use. But, this requires a lot of time to do right.

    In any case, keep an eye on our GitHub page to find out what’s in the making.

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter Grzegorz.Janoszka

    (@grzegorzjanoszka)

    Awesome! Just one questions – I keep my WP in Polish for the viewers of my page, but I keep lost at the translation of your plugin. Someone spent much time translating it, but I would prefer it in English. Is it possible to add a switch to disable translations for your plugin? You say to look for something in the config, but I have no idea how it was translated ??
    Thank you for the previous answer – indeed the old console shows something.

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi @grzegorzjanoszka,

    WordPress 4.7 added user profile languages. This means that each user can set its own admin language, without affecting the site language.
    You can set your preferred admin language in your profile edit screen.

    For completeness, the plugin translations are initialized here.

    Thread Starter Grzegorz.Janoszka

    (@grzegorzjanoszka)

    Ha, how could I not know it. Thank you so much!

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