What We Know About The New Copy URL Button Added To Google Search Console
- 29 April, 2020
- Jason Ferry
- SEO In UK
In their official webmasters account on Twitter, Google tweeted that they have implemented a small update on Search Console. The improvement will allow SEO UK professionals, publishers and other users to go to a URL and click a tool-tip style icon to copy it onto their clipboards.
This is the announcement:
Copy to Clipboard
This small update allows users to hover over an icon and copy the URL. While this might not look like a major piece of progress, it is still significant when it comes to improving user experience. It eliminates the potential hassle of unintentionally clicking while trying to highlight the entire URL.
This is what one user has to say about how this change enhanced their workflow:
The Waiting Game for the SEO Community and Publishers
It was said that a lot of users have been waiting for this update for a long time. Fili Wiese, an ex-Googler, even expressed his opinion about his request for such change years back.
Here’s another tweet from a publisher who’s also been waiting for this change to be released:
Takeaway
What is clear is that even small improvements can clearly have a significant impact on the productivity of users and even boost their interest in products and tools. And by adding the copy URL button on the Search Console, it’s evident that Google is really paying attention to how it can make user experience and workflow better for everyone.
What You Need To Know About Keeping Your Redirects Live
According to John Mueller’s repeated advice, redirects must be kept in place for a year. He even mentioned that it must remain live for “at least a year” now, not for about year. This is to make sure that those redirects are “reprocessed a few times”. Mueller stated that in several instances, the redirects are left in place for several years.
That said, it’s important to know how to properly test to ensure that the redirects are working properly over the minimum 12 month period. You may even consider setting up a system for determining the number of attempts GoogleBot makes on those URLs.
This is what Mueller said:
While you might not usually have control over the redirects, it is still necessary to consider these things:
Details in this blog were gathered from https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-console-copy-url/364606/ and https://www.seroundtable.com/google-redirects-reprocessed-a-few-times-29354.html.
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