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If you want to see it in the screenshot you gave me, I would imagine you would need a specific Google Analytics for the TLD. If that's not possible, you can also try to check out this article which I found (It's not by me, but when I searched your query this is what came out).
Aside from that, I'm not sure what else could work if you want to see how many views per TLD. If you want a full dashboard on your TLD, the method above might work although it is dated.
When you say TLD, you mean top-level domain correct?
like .com, .net, .ca, etc correct?
If your traffic is redirecting on your new domain from the indexed old domain, that's fine.
However, if you're worried about duplicate content because the old site has the same content as the new site, that can be a problem if the same page is being indexed on two different domains.
You can tell Google that your domain has changed in the old search console.
1. Make sure both domains are setup in Google Search Console.
2. Set up a permanent redirect on the old site's .htaccess file, redirecting every page to the new site.
3. Search "Google change of address" in Google. The first link above should be from Google Support. Click on that and they will give you a link to the old search console.
4. In the old search console, go to the gear on the far right and click on that. You will see "change of address".
5. Be patient. It can take months before those old URLs are gone from Google.
It's hard to see how relevant those side links are because of the language, and Google Translate has done a horrible job on that one, but the key I think is to make sure those links are VERY relevant, not just somewhat relevant.
Ask yourself if someone reading the article would also read all 30 articles on the side bar.
If the answer is no, then you might want to refine your silo into subsilos that are even more relevant.
I'll use cars as an example because that's what I know.
Example:
Top level categories: Cars, SUVs, Convertibles, Trucks.
If someone is looking for a new convertible, and I write about convertibles, I don't want to have 30 articles on convertibles on the sidebar at that point, I want a few articles on the TYPE of convertible the person is reading about. So if the article is about Affordable Convertibles, then I won't put an article in the sidebar about Porsche convertibles. They may be the same subject, but the user reading Affordable Convertibles won't have any interest.
So make sure you drill down your categories using subcategories that get closer and closer to the user's actual question and needs, then show only articles in that narrow category in the sidebar.
I would go to Behaviour -- Site Content -- then enter my TLD in the search box, like ".whatever".
That should give you all of the views for content.whatever.
Just wanted to update quickly. The mistakes in the email links as well as the links to the two company sites proved to be the problem. After recrawling the sites, the 7,000+ errors are gone.
It's interesting because I was about to get very upset with Moz, thinking their bot had caused me half a day of headaches for nothing. Turned out they picked up an error before any other system did that would likely have done a lot of damage given that they were all contact links meant to improve transparency.
Hopefully, we caught and fixed the problem in time. In any case, thanks for your help effectdigital.
I've just come up on something....
In an attempt three days ago to be more transparent (it's a news site), we added "send me an email" links to each author's bio as well as links to the Company and the Agency in the footer.
Except these links weren't inserted correctly in the footer, and half the authors didn't get the right links either.
So instead of it being a "mailto" link, it was just the email which when you hovered over was the url of the page with the author email at the end... the same thing that's happening in the errors.
Same for the footer links. They weren't done correctly and sending users to OURSITE.com/AGENCY1 instead of AGENCY1's website. I've made the changes and put in the correct links. I have asked for a recrawl to see if that changes anything.
Other update here..
I've checked about 50 of these errors and they all say the same stats about the problem URL page.
307 words, 22 Page Authority.
I don't know if it matters, just putting it out there.
True, but it's as if something is creating faux URLs of a current article. Adding company names and emails to the end of the URL... It's very weird.
The referring URL in this case is the original url without the added element in the permalink.
So
URL: OURSITE.com/the-article/COMPANY1
Referring URL: OURSITE.com/the-article/
Does that give any more info?
There are numerous aspects that go into page speed.
When you run an analysis, whether in Pingdom, GTMetrix, or Google Page Speed, you will get insights about what is slowing down your site. These are the aspects you want to focus on. The best I find is GTMetrix. It gives you a step by step list of everything slowing down your site. Then, you can research each point and find ways to improve them. That said, here are a few areas to check:
1. Are you running the highest version of Wordpress and PHPadmin. You want at least 7.0 or higher for PHP admin, and you want to be using Wordpress 5.0.
2. Your server speed and the quality of your host will play a bigger role than anything else in the speed of your site. Check with your hosting company if your server can handle your site. With hosting, quality is a lot more important than price. You can get cheap, shared hosting from an unreliable supplier, but you will get the site speed that goes with it. You want a server that's located in the country where most of your traffic will come from, and you never want it to be "just good enough". It's like towing with a truck. If you need to tow 5,000 pounds, you'll want a truck that can tow at least 7,500 pounds with ease. Not sure if that makes sense, but the point is, make sure your server is capable of towing a lot more than your current site.
If you're not sure which hosts are best, do some online research. I won't name names here, but there are 3 or 4 hosting companies that are constantly head and shoulders above the rest.
3. Your images also play a huge role in your site speed. Make sure they are optimized. Again, Page Speed and GTMetrix will let you know how big of a role your images are playing in your slow site.
4. Research Leverage Browser Caching.
5. Research "slow wordpress site". There is a guide available that helps you go step by step to improve speed.
Site speed is a range of factors. There can be hundreds of factors hurting your site but the four above are the major ones. Don't worry too much about your theme. It plays a role, but no theme can be fast if the host is slow, the images are too big, you don't enable Leverage Browser Caching and your Wordpress and PHP versions aren't up to date.
As for your plugins, there is a plugin that checks which of your plugins are slowing down your site the most called P3, but I wouldn't recommend it. It caused a few problems on our site when we ran it. That said, the rule of thumb with plugins is delete anything you don't use, don't use two plugins that do the same thing, and make sure you use reliable plugins that have good reviews and are updated regularly.
It's hard to see how relevant those side links are because of the language, and Google Translate has done a horrible job on that one, but the key I think is to make sure those links are VERY relevant, not just somewhat relevant.
Ask yourself if someone reading the article would also read all 30 articles on the side bar.
If the answer is no, then you might want to refine your silo into subsilos that are even more relevant.
I'll use cars as an example because that's what I know.
Example:
Top level categories: Cars, SUVs, Convertibles, Trucks.
If someone is looking for a new convertible, and I write about convertibles, I don't want to have 30 articles on convertibles on the sidebar at that point, I want a few articles on the TYPE of convertible the person is reading about. So if the article is about Affordable Convertibles, then I won't put an article in the sidebar about Porsche convertibles. They may be the same subject, but the user reading Affordable Convertibles won't have any interest.
So make sure you drill down your categories using subcategories that get closer and closer to the user's actual question and needs, then show only articles in that narrow category in the sidebar.
I've just come up on something....
In an attempt three days ago to be more transparent (it's a news site), we added "send me an email" links to each author's bio as well as links to the Company and the Agency in the footer.
Except these links weren't inserted correctly in the footer, and half the authors didn't get the right links either.
So instead of it being a "mailto" link, it was just the email which when you hovered over was the url of the page with the author email at the end... the same thing that's happening in the errors.
Same for the footer links. They weren't done correctly and sending users to OURSITE.com/AGENCY1 instead of AGENCY1's website. I've made the changes and put in the correct links. I have asked for a recrawl to see if that changes anything.
I would go to Behaviour -- Site Content -- then enter my TLD in the search box, like ".whatever".
That should give you all of the views for content.whatever.
Just wanted to update quickly. The mistakes in the email links as well as the links to the two company sites proved to be the problem. After recrawling the sites, the 7,000+ errors are gone.
It's interesting because I was about to get very upset with Moz, thinking their bot had caused me half a day of headaches for nothing. Turned out they picked up an error before any other system did that would likely have done a lot of damage given that they were all contact links meant to improve transparency.
Hopefully, we caught and fixed the problem in time. In any case, thanks for your help effectdigital.