Two weeks after Google first confirmed an issue with the Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool, it is still not fully fixed. I will say that while I do see random complaints about the tool erroring out, I have not seen it error out myself. But still, Google’s John Mueller said the issues and errors are “still partially ongoing.”
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 28, 2022
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
