As we reported final month, Google has now formally deprecated the Worldwide Concentrating on report in Google Search Console. Should you attempt to entry the report, Google will present you a message that claims “This report is not out there right here.”
Here’s a screenshot:
Google will proceed to help and use hreflang tags in your pages. Nevertheless, the flexibility to focus on search outcomes to particular international locations utilizing Search Console nation focusing on was decided to have little worth for the ecosystem, and is not supported, Google stated.
Here’s a screenshot of when the software labored:
I additionally did have John’s reminder about this in my e-newsletter final night time.
FYI – the worldwide focusing on software in Search Console shall be deprecated after September 22. If you would like to check out the hreflang stories, it will be good to obtain these asap. https://t.co/TOTLzXb8JN pic.twitter.com/tH09gBHMOe
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