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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 causeโ€‹

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 itโ€‹

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 impactโ€‹

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 templateโ€‹

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 GetReportForCrawl($crawlId: ObjectID!, $reportTemplateCode: String!) {
getCrawl(id: $crawlId) {
reportsByCode(
input: {
reportTypeCodes: Basic
reportTemplateCodes: [$reportTemplateCode]
}
) {
rows {
nodes {
... on CrawlUrls {
pageTitle
url
description
foundAtUrl
desktopUrl
searchConsoleDesktopClicks
deeprank
level
separateMobile
mobileReciprocate
amphtml
amphtmlReciprocate
searchConsoleDesktopImpressions
searchConsoleDesktopCtr
searchConsoleDesktopPosition
foundInGoogleAnalytics
foundInGoogleSearchConsole
foundInBacklinks
foundInList
foundInLogSummary
foundInWebCrawl
foundInSitemap
}
}
}
}
}
}

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