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Mobile/AMP Pages with Desktop Search Clicks

Mobile/ AMP pages which received desktop clicks in Google Search Console during the report period

Priority: Low

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

Mobile or AMP alternates which receive desktop clicks may indicate that there is an issue with the mobile configuration or the desktop version of these pages.

If users are presented with wrong version of your website this may impact negatively the user experience e.g. if users see the mobile versions of pages when using desktop search.

How do you fix it​

Review these pages to ensure that they have been configured correctly for mobile devices.

You can use tools like Mobile Friendly Test to understand your pages are configured correctly for mobile devices.

What is the positive impact​

Pages that are well optimised and configured correctly for mobile devices results in good user experience and higher rankings in search engine results pages which translates into more visits and 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
            desktopUrl
            searchConsoleDesktopClicks
            deeprank
            level
            separateMobile
            mobileReciprocate
            amphtml
            amphtmlReciprocate
            searchConsoleDesktopImpressions
            searchConsoleDesktopCtr
            searchConsoleDesktopPosition
            foundInGoogleAnalytics
            foundInGoogleSearchConsole
            foundInBacklinks
            foundInList
            foundInLogSummary
            foundInWebCrawl
            foundInSitemap
          }
          totalCount
          pageInfo {
            endCursor
            hasNextPage
          }
        }
     }
   }

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