Unsupported Hreflang Links Reported in Hreflang to Non-200
Release Date: April 24th 2024
Unsupported hreflang attributes on anchor links where the target URL was a 4xx were being reported in the Hreflang to Non-200 URLs report. These are now being filtered so only valid hreflangs links to non-200 URLs are reported. You may see a reduction in this report if you had any instances of the unsupported hreflang links.
Identified Language Improvements
Release Date: April 17th 2024
Our algorithm for detecting the language of a page has been improved by ignoring hidden text which should result in fewer false positive errors in the Hreflang and Page Language Conflict report.
Sticky Table Headers
Release Date: April 16th 2024
Where possible, we've made the table headers in reports sticky for long tables, so they remain visible as you scroll.
Changed Metrics Reports
Release Date: April 9th 2024
We've added 5 new reports to help you track changes to key metrics on your pages:
- Availability:
- Pages with Changed Status Code
- Discoverability > Internal Linking:
- Pages with Changed Level
- Rankability > Page Content:
- Pages with Changed Title
- Pages with Changed Description
- Pages with Changed H1 Tags (available in Rankability > Page Content)
Note: We made a slight tweak to these reports on April 10th, to ensure we don't report on content changes (title, description and H1s) from pages which were non-200 or became non-200, only changes on a page that was consistently a 200 status. We also don't report level changes on pages that were previously orphans, or became orphans, only on pages that were consistently found in the web crawl via internal links. You may, therefore, see a slight drop in your reports as a result.
In each of the reports, you'll see the current value, with the value from the previous crawl struck out. The URL details view will display any changes (e.g. title and description).
You'll also find new charts showing the trends for changed metrics on the SEO Overview Dashboard, and Rankability > Page Content Dashboards.
Changed metrics trend graph from the SEO Overview Dashboard in Analyze.
Changed metrics trend graph from the Page Content Overview Dashboard in Analyze.
Monitor Category Score Templates
Release Date: April 9th 2024
To help make creating dashboards even easier, we’ve added new templates for category health score dashboards to Monitor.
When creating a dashboard, where previously there was an option for SEO or Accessibility Health Score, you now also have the following options:
| Technical SEO | Accessibility |
|---|---|
| SEO Health Scores | Accessibility Health Scores |
| Indexability Score | Level A Score |
| Discoverability Score | Level AA Score |
| Rankability Score | Level AAA Score |
| Experience Score | Best Practices Score |
The first option will then show the overall health score, and the scores for the individual categories. Choosing one of the categories, will show the scores for subcategories within that category.
Rel Links on Pages Found in List Sources Restored
Release Date: April 8th 2024
A bug was fixed where Rel links (canonical, hreflang, mobile alternates) were being dropped for pages found in list crawls. You may have seen a reduction in rel links reported between Feb 5th and April 8th 2024 for URLs which were not found in the web crawl (linked internally).
Report Row Height Fixed for Custom Extractions
Release Date: April 8th 2024
We fixed a bug that was causing excessive row heights for custom extraction reports.
Retry Rendering when Chrome Crashes
Release Date April 4th 2024
Occassionally, Chrome would crash while rendering complex pages and be misreported as Empty pages with no content. We’ve implemented a retry function when this happens to reduce the error. If affected, you may see a reduction in Empty Page report.
Storing Duplicate Links Bug Fix
Release Date April 4th 2024
We identified an issue that, in some cases, caused Lumar to store duplicate records of mobile alternate links, inflating the number of URLs. This mostly affected the All Pages report but also impacted other reports, including ‘Non-Indexable Pages’ and ‘Valid Mobile/AMP Pages.’
This issue has now been fixed, so all new crawls will have the correct data. If you do see some crawls that have been affected, please contact support or your Customer Success Manager and we will correct them for you. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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