Google has mounted the problems with the Search Console hyperlink report we reported a couple of weeks in the past. The difficulty was the variety of hyperlinks being reported dropped drastically for some web site house owners.
Resolved. The difficulty is now resolved. I seen the hyperlinks growing within the report this morning, after which John Mueller, Google’s Search Advocate, confirmed, saying, “Yeah, I feel it must be okay now.”
Reporting glitch solely. Google wished to make clear that this was “only a reporting factor.” The hyperlink report didn’t affect any precise rating, indexing, or crawling of your web site. It simply was a problem with the variety of hyperlinks Google displayed within the Search Console hyperlink report.
John wrote, “FWIW, it doesn’t have something to do with how search outcomes work.”
What it appears like. Here’s a screenshot from my hyperlink report exhibiting a rise within the variety of hyperlinks being reported by Google in comparison with the earlier quantity. I ought to add the quantity continues to be very low in comparison with historic information for this web site.
Right here is the report from a few weeks in the past:
The screenshot above is from this week, however the screenshot beneath is from July 2022:
If we return to August 2018, you’ll be able to see it reported 2.5 million hyperlinks:
Why we care. Once more, this repair didn’t repair any particular rating points. It solely mounted the hyperlink report in Google Search Console. These of you who monitor hyperlinks this manner can return into the report and hopefully they may discover the variety of hyperlinks being reported extra interesting.
