The Google Search Console Benefits

 A couple of days ago, I routinely checked my blog RHTTC55 e-Magazine. At the Blogger (Blogspot) dashboard menu under "Setting," I scrolled down to "Crawler and Indexing" then clicked at "Google Search Console" and found some issues brought up by the console, namely the mobile usability.  

My blog, RHTTC55, is not mobile responsive, and it adversely affected the traffic to the blog due to the following issues. 

• The text is too small to read
• Clickable  elements too close together
• Viewport not set to device-width
• Use incompatible plug-in

I checked into my cellphone and my laptop right away.  I clicked into the blogger dashboard and studied the "Theme" at the left side menu.   I scrolled down and selected "Theme," then clicked customize and switched the default desktop-first indexing to mobile-first indexing and previewed it before saving it.  Now it is good, and it is mobile responsive. I checked again with my cellphone. The issue is fixed, and I gave feedback to the Google search console updating that the fix started.  I am surprised by Google's prompt reply saying problems are resolved. This conversation happened at the Google Search Console.  

I appreciate it very much for this feedback because it helps me fix the issues and improve my reach out to both desktop and mobile users.  My friends, are you aware that Google has switched its focus from desktop search to mobile search setting? 

Note:

Google: We'll be switching to mobile-first indexing for all websites starting September 2020.

Google Search Console is free, but it is an invaluable tool and service offered by Google.  It helps us monitor,  maintain, and troubleshoot our site's presence in Google Search results. We don't have to sign up for it.  Just signing in with our Google account will do. Google Search Console offers us tools and reports for the following:

• Google finds and crawls our site and confirms to us accordingly.
• Index our blog/site, fix indexing problems and request new or updated content re-index.
• Provide Google Search traffic data for our blogsite: 
• How often our blog/site appears in Google Search, 
• Which search queries show our blog/site, 
• How often do searchers click through?
• Provide alerts when Google encounters indexing, spam, or other issues on our site.
• Show us which blog/sites link to our blog/site.
• Troubleshoot issues for AMP, mobile usability, and other search features.

My friends make good use of this priceless tool.  It is perfect.