Google updated its Search Status Dashboard to offer more timely and actionable information about search incidents affecting indexing and serving. The change helps site owners diagnose issues and reduces uncertainty during outages.
What to watch
- Incident transparency: clearer timelines and severity labels for outages and degradations.
- Guidance: recommended steps for site owners during incidents.
- Status correlation: linking incidents to specific subsystems like indexing, indexing queue, or serving.
How to respond as a site owner
- Monitor Search Console and your server metrics.
- Communicate with stakeholders about expected impacts.
- Follow Google’s guidance on recovery steps and avoid hasty large-scale changes during incidents.
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