Google Webmaster Tools Adds Change Percentages To Query Report

Oct 5, 2010 - 7:33 am 1 by

A few months ago, Google added impression and click data to Google Webmaster Tools. It was very cool, but today, it seems like Google quietly launched percent change and position change over time to those reports.

Here is a screen shot:

google query percent

As you can see, next to each column it shows the percent or rank change over time. I assume the change data is based on the date range you selected compared to an equal previous date range.

Pretty cool!

Also, @davidburgess00 noticed the parameter handing has it's own tab now. Here is his screen shot:

Webmaster Tools - Settings
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Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld & Google Webmaster Help.

 

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