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Is there a way to conduct a site:mysite.com search without it adding impressions to the Search Console > Search Analytics report?

When I do this search it adds a spike to the impressions contaminating the real number.

Is there a way to search when testing where a single page ranks, without adding it as an impression?

I found an old article (https://moz.com/ugc/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-google-search-parameters) listing search query params, one of which was &adtest=off which I hoped might do what I was looking for. But no.

I've tried a private browsing window... and no.

Edit: Since Google changed the title of Webmaster Tools there are now two things:

1) Google Analytics > Aquisition > Search Console > Queries

2) Search Console > Search Traffic > Search Analytics > Pages/Queries/etc.,

I'm asking about 2).

GLCoder
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You can exclude site operator queries in the performance report with filters in GSC.

  1. Navigate to GSC > Performance > Queries
  2. Add new query filter
  3. Exclude queries containing "site:"

You can see clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position of an individual page by adding a page filter for "URL is exactly". The results show only that page's performance minus site operator queries.

Dan Froehlich
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To prevent internal traffic from affecting your data, you can use a filter to filter out traffic by IP address.

You can find the public IP address you are currently using by searching "what is my ip address" .

To create an IP address filter:

  1. Follow the instructions to create a new filter for your view.

  2. Leave the Filter Type as Predefined.

  3. Click the Select filter type drop-down menu and select Exclude.

  4. Click the Select source or destination drop-down menu and select traffic from the IP addresses.

  5. Click the Select expression drop-down menu and select the appropriate expression.

  6. Enter the IP address or a regular expression.

norcal johnny
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