Search Console Messages Migration Completed: Expect More Messages

The Google Search Central Twitter account announced that they have finished migration of all the messages into the new Search Console interface, and with it, to look out for more messages coming in, in the messages panel.

The New Google Search Console is not really that new anymore as it has been launched in 2018. However, not everything has been completely migrated over to the new platform. One of these is the messages.

Now that the messages migration has been completed, expect to see more messages coming in, which can be accessed in the bell icon in the control panel.

With the migration completed, not only will you see messages on site issues, monthly search console reports, your will also be able to see spam reports, among others.

There are two types of messages that Search Console sends:

• Property messages are sent to all appropriate users for a property (for example, a warning about a new indexing issue). The message panel contains all property messages sent in the past year, whether or not you had access to the property in Search Console during that time.
• User messages are sent only to a specific user (for example, if your permission level changes).

Are you also one of those types that do not read all the messages that come in? With the migration done, this means a lot more unread messages can accumulate in your inbox.

To mark messages as read or unread:

Single messages

Mark an open message as unread using the mail icon at the top of the message, or by using the bulk action checkbox in message list view.

Marking multiple messages as read or unread

Select one or more messages in the message list view, then choose a status (read or unread) to assign all selected messages.

In addition, when looking for particular messages, you can also set a filter. Filter messages by type using the dropdown selection box above the list. Choose a message type to filter by.

Check out more details on the Search Console Message Panel here.