All in One SEO makes it really easy to see if your content has been indexed or not, and why it’s not been indexed.

Checking the Index Status in ​Search Statistics

To check whether your content has been indexed by Google, click on ​Search Statistics in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the SEO Statistics tab.

Scroll down to the Content Performance table. Here you’ll see a column for Indexed with icons in the column to denote the status.

When you hover over the icon in the Indexed column you’ll see a popup showing details of the index status in Google.

This popup includes the following details of the index status:

• Whether this content is indexed or not.
• When Google last crawled this content.
• Which user agent Google used to crawl this content (by default, Google uses their mobile user agent).
• Whether crawling is allowed or not.
• Whether indexing is allowed or not.
• Whether the content was successfully fetched.
• The canonical URL set for this content and the canonical URL Google used when indexing this content.

If there’s a problem with Google indexing your content then you’ll see either an orange or red icon. Hover over the icon to see the details of the problem.

Checking the Index Status on the All Posts Screen

You can also check the index status of your content on the All Posts screen.

You’ll see the AIOSEO Details column shows the same Index Status icon and when you hover over the icon, you’ll see the popup with the details.

You can learn more about the AIOSEO Details column in our article on Using the AIOSEO Details column here.

If you do, then our Search Statistics reports will help you understand which content is doing well and which is not.

Here we’ll provide an introduction to the features in Search Statistics.

Tutorial Video

Check out our video on Search Statistics here:

Search Statistics Dashboard

The Search Statistics Dashboard provides a central location where you can find an overview of how your content is doing on Google.

To view the Dashboard, click on Search Statistics in the All in One SEO menu.

On the Dashboard, you’ll see overviews of the SEO Statistics, Keyword Positions, Keyword Rankings, and Content Performance. There’s also the Post Optimizations widget which also appears on the WordPress Dashboard and the All in One SEO Dashboard. Each of these are discussed below.

You’ll also see a date range selector in the top right corner of the Dashboard where you can select the date range you want to see statistics for.

The date range will default to the previous seven days from yesterday. Click on the date range to change it. This will update all of the reports in Search Statistics.

SEO Statistics Widget

This widget shows an overview of the Search Impressions, Total Clicks, Average Click Through Rate (CTR), and Average Position for all content on your site for the date range set.

The statistics here are gathered from the Performance report in Google Search Console.

• Search Impressions is how many times a user saw a link to your site in Google search results.
• Total Clicks is how many times a user clicked through to your site from Google search results.
• Average CTR is the percentage of impressions that resulted in a click.
• Average Position is the average position of your site in Google search results, based on its highest position whenever it appeared in a search.

You can mouse over the graph to see details over time.

Click on the Open Report link to go to the full report on the SEO Statistics tab.

Keyword Positions Widget

This widget shows the average position of your keywords in Google search results for the date range set.

You can mouse over the graph to see details of the position of your keywords in increments as shown below.

You can click on the graph legend items (shown below) to remove that range from the graph. Click on the graph legend items again to add that range back to the graph.

Click on the Open Report link to go to the full report on the Keyword Rankings tab.

Keyword Rankings Widget

This widget shows the Top Keywords and Winning / Losing which are the search terms that have seen the biggest changes of position in Google search results for the date range set.

On the Winning / Losing tab, you can mouse over the green or red number to see a description of the change in position as shown below.

Click on the Open Report link to go to the full report on the Keyword Rankings tab.

Post Optimizations Widget

This is the same as the AIOSEO Overview widget that is displayed on the WordPress Dashboard and the All in One SEO Dashboard.

You can learn about this widget in our Dashboard Widgets article here.

Content Performance Widget

This widget shows a detailed report of the Top Pages, Top Losing, and Top Winning which is the content on your site that has seen the biggest changes of position in Google search results for the date range set.

The Top Pages tab shows the content that received the most clicks.

The Top Losing tab shows the content that saw the biggest negative ranking change in Google during the period set.

The Top Winning tab shows the content that saw the biggest positive ranking change in Google during the period set.

In these reports, you can see the following information:

• Title – This is the title of your content.
• TruSEO Score – This is the TruSEO score for your content.
• Indexed – This shows the index status in Google. You can learn about this feature in our Index Status article here.
• Clicks – How many times a user clicked through to your content from Google search results.
• Impressions – How many times a user saw a link to your content in Google search results.
• Position – The average position of your content in Google search results, based on its highest position whenever it appeared in a search.
• Difference – This shows the change in position of your content in Google search results for the period set.

You can mouse over the title of the content to see links to View or Edit the content as shown below:

You can mouse over the green or red numbers in the Diff column to see a description of the change as shown below.

Click on the Open Report link to go to the full report on the SEO Statistics tab.

SEO Statistics Reports

The SEO Statistics tab shows the SEO Statistics graph and the Content Performance report.

The SEO Statistics graph shows a larger version of the information displayed in the SEO Statistics widget seen on the Dashboard tab.

You can click on the graph legend below the graph to select which metrics to display in the graph.

You can mouse over the statistics to see more detail.

You can mouse over the graph to see details for that date.

On the bottom row of the graph you’ll see a Google icon.

This icon shows whenever Google made changes to their system which may impact rankings.

Click on the Google icon to see the details of the change they made, along with a Read More button which will take you to Google’s changelog.

The Content Performance table shows the same information as the Content Performance widget displayed on the Dashboard tab.

The table is paginated, displaying 10 items of content per page. You can search the table for your content title.

You can click on the Top Losing or Top Winning tabs to see only that content.

Keyword Rankings Reports

The Keyword Rankings tab shows the Keyword Positions graph along with the Keyword Performance table below.

The Keyword Positions graph shows a larger version of the information displayed in the Keyword Positions widget seen on the Dashboard tab.

You can click on the graph legend to select which metrics to display in the graph.

You can mouse over the statistics to see more detail.

You can mouse over the graph to see details for that date.

The Keyword Performance table below the graph shows detailed information about your content.

The table is paginated, displaying 10 items of content per page. You can search the table for your keyword.

You can click on the Top Losing or Top Winning tabs to see only that content.

You can click on the keyword to view the content for that keyword with itemized statistics as seen below.

Content Rankings Reports

The Content Rankings tab shows a detailed report of how your content is performing in Google search results.

By using this report, you can easily spot content decay and identify significant trends.

The Content Rankings report highlights many essential SEO and content marketing metrics, such as:

• TruSEO Score: This is the TruSEO score for your content.
• Indexed: This shows the index status in Google. You can learn about this feature in our Index Status article here.
• Last Updated On: This shows the date that this content was last updated. This helps you easily track the impact of any change you make on a particular page or post.
• Loss: This shows the rate at which your content is decaying. This is based on our proprietary content decay algorithm, which considers an article’s impressions and clickthrough rates (CTR), among other factors. 
• Drop (%): The percentage drop or gain in content decay points. 
• Performance Score: This is a visual overview of your content’s performance over the past 12 months.

When you click on a page or post in the report, you get detailed SEO data about that content.

You can view the Headline Analysis Score, TrueSEO score, page load speed, and a links report from Link Assistant.

You can also see an overview of the Google Page Indexing, SEO metadata, redirects, and SEO performance.

Lastly, there’s a Keywords table that shows information about how the keywords for this content are performing.

Detailed Search Statistics Reports

Search Statistics includes the ability to drill down into specific items of content so that you can see detailed statistics.

Click on the title of any post in either the Content Performance table, Keyword Performance table, or Content Ranking table and you’ll be taken to the Search Statistics reports for that post where you’ll see a number of widgets with detailed information about the post.

You can read about these reports in our article on Viewing Detailed Search Statistics For Your Content here.

Search Statistics Settings

Under the Settings tab of Search Statistics you can manage the connection to your Google Search Console account and select which post types you want included in Search Statistics.

You can learn more about the Search Statistics settings here.

Further Reading

Check out more articles on how to use the Search Statistics feature in All in One SEO here.

Search Statistics includes the ability to drill down into specific items of content so that you can see detailed statistics.

To get started, click on the title of any post in either the Content Performance table, Keyword Performance table, or Content Ranking table.

You’ll be taken to the Search Statistics reports for that post where you’ll see a number of widgets with detailed information about the post.

SEO Scores

The first widget on this screen is the SEO Scores widget.

This shows the TruSEO Score and Headline Analysis score for the post. These are for information only, to see the detailed analysis you’ll need to edit the post which you can do by clicking the Edit Post link at the top of the screen.

Speed Test

The Speed Test widget shows the time it took for Google’s PageSpeed testing tool to browse to the post from both desktop and mobile Chrome browsers. This is useful because Google considers page speed as a ranking factor.

Suggested Changes

The Suggested Changes widget shows the recommendations generated by our TruSEO content analysis to help you identify areas where the post can be optimized to improve rankings in search results.

To see a more detailed analysis, you’ll need to edit the post which you can do by clicking the Edit Post link at the top of the screen.

Link Assistant

If you’re using the Link Assistant feature in All in One SEO then this widget will show you the inbound links, outbound links, external links, affiliate links, and link suggestions for your post.

Click on the Linking Opportunities link to full report in Link Assistant.

Focus Keyphrase Trends

The Focus Keyphrase Trends widget shows how your focus keyphrase is trending over time for this post. This can help you monitor the impact of changes made to this post, such as updates to the content. As a result, you’ll be able to see which changes are having the most positive or negative impact on your page’s performance.

Redirects

If you’re using the Redirection Manager feature in All in One SEO then this widget will show you any redirect that is set for your post. You can click on the Manage Redirects link to open the Redirection Manager in All in One SEO.

If there are no redirects for the post then you’ll see an Add Redirect button which will open the Redirection Manager in All in One SEO so that you can add one.

Google Page Indexing

Here you can see whether Google has indexed this content or not.

You’ll see the following information in this widget:

• Whether this content is indexed or not.
• When Google last crawled this content.
• Which user agent Google used to crawl this content (by default, Google uses their mobile user agent).
• Whether crawling is allowed or not.
• Whether indexing is allowed or not.
• Whether the content was successfully fetched.
• The canonical URL set for this content and the canonical URL Google used when indexing this content.

If there’s a problem with Google indexing your content then you’ll see the details here.

SEO Meta

The SEO Meta widget shows the SEO title, meta description, Schema graphs, canonical URL, robots meta settings, and additional keyphrases for the post as set in All in One SEO on that post.

SEO Performance

The SEO Performance widget shows information similar to the SEO Statistics report in Search Statistics. The big difference is that the information in this report is specific to this post.

Just like the main SEO Statistics report, you can click on the graph legend below the graph to select which metrics to display in the graph. You can mouse over the statistics to see more detail. You can mouse over the graph to see details for that date.

On the bottom row of the graph you can see icons for Google, WordPress, and All in One SEO.

The Google icon shows whenever Google made changes to their system which may impact rankings. Click on the Google icon to see the details of the change they made, along with a Read More button which will take you to Google’s changelog.

The WordPress icon shows whenever you’ve made changes to the post. This relies on the Post Revisions feature that is part of WordPress. Click on the WordPress icon to see a View Revisions button which will take you to the Compare Revisions on the Edit Post screen for your post.

The All in One SEO icon shows whenever you’ve made changes to the SEO for your post. This relies on the SEO Revisions feature that is part of All in One SEO.

Click on the All in One SEO icon to see the details of the changes made, along with a View Revisions button which will show the WordPress user that made the change, the date and time that the change was made, a Compare link, the View Revision icon, and the Delete Revision icon.

Check out our article for more details on how to use the SEO Revisions feature here.

Keywords

The Keywords widget shows information similar to the Keyword Performance report in Search Statistics. The big difference is that the information in this report is specific to this post.

Just like the main Keyword Performance report, you can click on the Top Losing or Top Winning tabs to see only that content. You can click on the keyword to view the content for that keyword with itemized statistics as seen below.

For more information about the Search Statistics feature in All in One SEO, check out the article here.

Requirements

Before you get started, you’ll need to have a Google account to use Google Search Console. This can be a Gmail or Google Analytics account, or any other type of Google account.

If this is for your business, you may want to think about having a separate Google account for your business, rather than using your personal account.

Connecting to Your Google Search Console Account

To get started, click on Search Statistics in the All in One SEO menu, and then click on the Settings tab.

On the Settings screen, click the Connect button to start connecting to your Google Search Console account.

You’ll see the Choose an account screen from Google where you can select which Google account you want to use.

If you have multiple Google accounts then they’ll be listed and you can select the one that your Google Search Console account is linked to for your site.

You can also select Use another account and sign in with a different Google account.

Next, you’ll see an authorization screen where Google asks you to verify that you want All in One SEO to access your Google Search Console account to fetch statistics.

Click Allow to authorize the connection.

Finally, you’ll see a screen where you can select which site you want to connect to in Google Search Console.

Select the site from the drop down and click the Complete Connection button.

You’ll be returned to the Settings screen in All in One SEO where you’ll see a notice confirming that All in One SEO is fetching data from Google Search Console. This process may take some time to complete.

Disconnecting from Your Google Search Console Account

You can disconnect All in One SEO from your Google Search Console account by going to the Settings tab in Search Statistics.

You’ll see the Disconnect button. Click this to disconnect from your Google Search Console account.

Reconnecting With Your Google Search Console Account

You can reconnect All in One SEO with your Google Search Console account by going to the Settings tab in Search Statistics.

You’ll see the Reconnect button. Click this to reconnect with your Google Search Console account.

Further Reading

Check out more articles on how to use the Search Statistics feature in All in One SEO here.

Below is a list of Google permissions we ask and what All in One SEO uses them for.

View and manage Search Console data for your verified sites

AIOSEO uses this permission to allow you to select which site you want to track the data on. Each account may have multiple sites in Google Search Console and we need to be able to list them to allow you to select which one to track.

View Search Console data for your verified sites

AIOSEO uses this permission to connect with Google Search Console and pull the data into the Search Statistics screen inside the WordPress plugin and give you the insights you need to help your content rank higher.

Further Reading

Check out more articles on how to use the Search Statistics feature in All in One SEO here.