Lots of missing main keywords from Search Console
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Hello Moz Community,
A while back I noticed in Google Search Console that the volume of impressions and clicks dropped off a cliff. I also noticed that this was for primary head keywords that generally had a decent volume of impression share.
The natural initial reaction was 'oh, I must have lost those rankings' but upon checking I realized these rankings are still in existence. Admittedly most are page 2 or 3, but still within the confines of being captured in GSC.
Is there a logical reason why these keywords have just gone from search console?
An example keyword would be something like 'online football management game' and the website is https://www.worldelitesoccer.com
There is 0 queries in my search console data that includes the word 'football'.
Thanks,
Ben
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Thanks David,
Interesting, you basically confirmed my immediate suspicion as we did indeed move to https not that long ago. I ended up asking this question because I tried to validate https version of the URL, got through the whole process and verified the listing and then it never appeared in my console view.
Any way, I tried a second time just now and its all looking good - must have been some gremlins in the system.
Appreciate the help.
Ben
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Hi Ben,
It sounds like you've recently moved to https or added www. to your URLs.
The reason data in your existing Search Console account fell of a cliff is because that specific version of the URL is no longer getting any impressions in Google search.
You will need to create and verify a new Search Console account for the URL that is now being used: https://www.worldelitesoccer.com
This new account will show all the data you are looking for.
One other thing, you should also setup 301 redirects from:
https://worldelitesoccer.com
http://worldelitesoccer.com
to
https://www.worldelitesoccer.comCheers,
David
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