Joint Petition for Google Search Console Improvements

Sign the petition
At the Google Search Central Live in Zurich, we were encouraged to let the SEO team know what changes we wanted/needed in Search Console.

I've decided to launch a joint initiative to carry more weight and be heard. So I've created this landing page to make the request together and sign it. Additionally, within the signature form, you can also suggest changes.

For now, the changes we're requesting are:

Hreflang Auditor

This is nothing new—in fact, we already had it in Search Console. Today, there are many projects with doubts about whether Google is correctly interpreting their internationalization, and having this back in Search Console would be a big plus.

Robots.txt Tester

Although alternatives exist, having an official robots.txt tester provided guarantees and would be a great addition to Search Console. Like the hreflang auditor, this is something we already had in the old Search Console assets and would like to have back.

Regex in URL Removals

It's a temporary measure that lasts approximately 6 months, and precisely because of that, it's sometimes a good tool to use as a patch while removing specific pages. Sometimes it can even be due to a virus like the japanese keyword hack.

Cache:

Although the URL Inspection tool works quite well and there are many hacks to discover cached versions, many SEOs found this feature very useful.

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