VercatusSearch Console completeness and attribution limits
Search Console's Search Analytics returns the top rows for a query, sorted by clicks, and Google states it does not guarantee to return every row (rowLimit 1–25,000; the interface shows fewer). Some queries are withheld for privacy. When results are grouped by page, data is aggregated to the canonical URL, so a duplicate or non-canonical URL can show no metrics although users saw its content under the canonical. Absence from an export therefore means not observed in this dataset, not zero impressions.
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- 2Google Search Central · 2022A deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limitsdevelopers.google.com
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