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Desktop Pages with Mobile Search Clicks

Separate desktop pages which received mobile clicks in Search Analytics of Google Search Console during the report period

Priority: Low

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

The desktop pages may provide a poorer user-experience for users on a mobile device than the separate mobile alternate of the desktop page.

How do you fix it​

The mobile configuration should be reviewed to ensure the mobile alternates can be discovered, and the mobile alternate canonicalizes back to the desktop page.

What is the positive impact​

Search engine referrals on from mobile search results will land on the mobile alternate which should be an improved experience resulting in an increase in conversions.

How to fetch the data for this report template​

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:

query GetReportStatForCrawl(
    $crawlId: ObjectID!
    $reportTemplateCode: String!
    $after: String
   ) {
      getReportStat(
        input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode}
      ) {
        crawlUrls(after: $after, reportType: Basic) {
          nodes {
            pageTitle
            url
            description
            foundAtUrl
            searchConsoleMobileClicks
            deeprank
            level
            separateDesktop
            mobileReciprocate
            searchConsoleMobileImpressions
            searchConsoleMobileCtr
            searchConsoleMobilePosition
            foundInGoogleAnalytics
            foundInGoogleSearchConsole
            foundInBacklinks
            foundInList
            foundInLogSummary
            foundInWebCrawl
            foundInSitemap
          }
          totalCount
          pageInfo {
            endCursor
            hasNextPage
          }
        }
     }
   }

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