Google Adds New HTTPS Report to Search Console

Google’s new HTTPS report will help users to find those lists of pages that are not being served as HTTPS , and why not.

Google said in the blog:
“One of the common requests we heard from you was to provide more information regarding the HTTPS status of the site and make it easier to understand which pages are not served over HTTPS, and why not.”

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Official Announcement of The Update

Google launched this report on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
The official announcement came from Search Central Blog.
It is currently rolling out and you will see this report in your search consoles in the next few months.

More Information On New HTTPS Report

You can find this new report in the page experience report in your search console.

Below is the list of errors which come under this report.

HTTP marked with canonical tag
HTTPS has invalid certificate
Sitemap points to HTTP
HTTPS has redirect
HTTPS URL is roboted
HTTPS not evaluated
Other issues

If you find any HTTPS errors in your site and wonder what to do to rectify it, then don’t panic.
Google has answers for what each error is and how to solve it.

Why Was This Report Required?

As we all know that HTTPS is a confirmed Google ranking signal.
Now when a website is encrypted with HTTPS it gives a boost in search rankings over HTTP sites.

Now think if you are facing any issue with this report Google is trying resolve the problems causing the HTTPS URL indexing failure by providing us a dedicated report to check the HTTP/HTTPS status of a page via Search Console.

Google said in this blog:

As a reminder, page experience is a set of signals that measure how users perceive the experience of interacting with a web page beyond its pure informational value, both on mobile and desktop devices.
It includes Core Web Vitals, which is a set of metrics that measure real-world user experience for loading performance, interactivity, and visual stability of the page, along with signals for mobile friendliness, intrusive interstitials, and HTTPS.
The HTTPS component ensures the safety and security of users on the web.

Final Thoughts

I think this new report is quite beneficial, we can which pages are serving with HTTPS and which pages are not and then could plan to fix those errors and improve your site on the search engine.