The Makeup of a Current Report and a Legacy Tool
In recent years, Google has updated its way to optimize searches. Through the development of Google Search Console, marketers can use different tools to better optimize their return on investment. These revisions include the addition of more current report tools, along with the legacy tools that already existed. Current report tools involve an overview page, performance reports, a URL inspection tool, a core web vitals report, and many other tools. In comparison, the older legacy tools include URL parameters, international targeting tools, data highlighter tools and a few more. The legacy tools, “do not yet have a full replacement in new Search Console” but can still be used (“Legacy Tools and Reports”).
The Benefits of Each Report Type
There are benefits to each of the types of report tools. For example, with a more updated website design, current reports are more user friendly and easier to navigate. Marketers can efficiently and effectively analyze keywords, performance, clicks and other important metrics. They can compare between other competing websites to determine what area of their marketing strategy needs improvement. This can also help optimize their return on advertising spent. They can also pull demographic information, including location, to better optimize spending of advertisements. Comparatively, legacy tools are important for clarifying URL history. You can track Google’s crawl rate across your site, extract data from template pages on your site, or test the syntax of your URL. While these may be outdated tools, they are still useful for achieving these more specific goals.
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