Google Search Console issues with AMP
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Since 15-Jan the Google Search Console has been reporting increasing numbers of AMP issues, currently on 42 files and all with exactly the same issues. I haven’t ever involved myself with AMP settings and have certainly not changed anything. Should I be concerned? Can I resolve them?
Error The parent tag of tag ‘html’ must be ‘!doctype’
Error The attribute tabindex is missing or incorrect, but required by the attribute ‘on’
Error A mandatory attribute is missing from an HTML tag
Error A tag on this page requires an AMP component ‘script’ tag, which is missing
Error A mandatory AMP HTML tag is missing from this document
Error Tag found outside the document head which is only allowed as a direct child of the document head
Error Only amp-boilerplate and amp-custom ‘style’ tags are allowed, and only in the document head
Error Custom JavaScript is not allowed
Error Tag or text which is only allowed inside the body section found outside of the body section
Error The attribute role is missing or incorrect, but required by the attribute ‘on’WP.com: Yes
Correct account: YesThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
You don’t need to be concerned about these errors, no.
Tools like Search Console checks your site against a set of arbitrary rules, but those rules don’t take into consideration your hosting setup, and the unique requirements of your site to work correctly. They can also change the rules whenever they want, so that a site that had no errors yesterday, suddenly has a bunch today :)
All the items mentioned above are for stuff your site needs to work properly, and none of those will actually prevent the AMP versions of your pages to work. They’re just not configured the way Google feels is the best. But none of them are stuff you have the ability to address yourself as it would require changes to the software itself.
That said, our company is one of the core contributors to the official WordPress AMP plugin, which is also used to power AMP on your WordPress.com site, and we’re constantly working with Google to improve the way AMP works on WordPress.com, so should a change on Google’s end require a major update to AMP, you can rest assured we’ll take care of that for you on our end :)
Let me know if you have any questions about this.
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Noticed the exact same AMP issues, that started on the same day on my site (I’m using Hemmingway Rewritten theme).
Thanks for answer!
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Do I need to take any action to eliminate the errors shown in the screenshot ?
You wrote on 15-1-2022 that you were fixing errors, today is 23-2-2022 and I saw that all the messages on my site were in errors. I’m worried because 90% of my site visitors are from mobile devices.
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Let me know if you have any questions about this.
pages disappear from google’s electronic cache
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Hi @annachurasheva,
As I don’t understand Russian I can’t read the full errors there, but based on the English words appearing in places referring to website code, these are the typical errors Google Search Console shows for any site.
As I explained above, you don’t need to worry about these. If your site is working on mobile and is coming up in online searches using mobile phones, then everything is working as it should. The fact that Google shows errors just means the site isn’t following Google’s arbitrary rules, but it doesn’t mean anything is broken.
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Now you were able to explain to me that you do not need to take into account
the requirements for the layout of the site from the company that is No. 1 in the search engine and results output.Previously, the layout of the wordpress site structure did not conflict with the requirements of Google.
Can I assume that YOU are simply not able to solve this issue? I was satisfied with the AMP layout because it was a priority when issuing results for mobile devices. -
follow the link below
my site that I was able to make up without errors in AMP format. I’m sorry that I have to look for solutions that will take me away from the wordpress service…
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I have the exact same problem since January. My AMP was flawless for my site to that point. As a result my traffic has dropped since i lost 500 to 1200 impressions every day. I get 90 AMP errors in Google Search Console every day without ever changing anything. This is not acceptable. I am working for 4 years on my site and especially hard on the SEO. So losing traffic because of things that aren’t in my control makes me mad.
When will this be fixed?
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@cinemediatech, can you share a link to the site, the exact errors, and the affected pages?
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I appreciate that your question was not addressed to me, but I have posted a link to my own site, and a list of the errors. It seems to me that 100% of AMP pages generated from WordPress.com users are going to manifest the same errors.
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@Supernovia the error messages are identical to the OP. At the moment these errors are present on 85 pages on my site. Everything began on January 15th, just like with the OP.
Here are some of pages. If you want me to post links to all of the 85 pages i can do that.
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/04/far-cry-6-zensiert-entfernt-danny-trejo-deleted/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/bomann-tsg-708-test-spuelmaschine-review-eine-saubere-sache/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2019/12/09/ghostbusters-afterlife-erste-bilder-aus-der-geisterjaeger-fortsetzung-aufgetaucht/amp/https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/vampir-kracher-corbin-nash-mit-kultstars/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/xum1541-test-review-c64-floppy-disketten-kopieren/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/07/19/film-dvds-starten-unter-windows-10-nicht-abspielen-loesung/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/06/23/legendaeres-batman-comeback-kehrt-michael-keaton-fuer-the-flash-film-als-fledermaus-zurueck/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/auna-tt-931-pure-test-eine-traurige-angelegenheit/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/shiftphone-6mq-test-review-smartphone/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/gta-the-definitive-edition-gameplay-leak-remake-remaster-video/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/gta-the-definitive-edition-gameplay-leak-remake-remaster-video/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/05/13/auna-line-700-a-test-review-erfahrung/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/02/27/onforu-bluetooth-lautsprecher-on-yx03-hs-im-test-kleine-box-grosser-klang/amp/https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/defekte-blu-rays-das-sterben-der-scheibe/amp/
07.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/esmart-professional-tatenso-test/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/bioshock-isolation-release-leak-bioshock-4-infos/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/thrustmaster-t150-test-t150rs-review-lenkrad/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/inno3d-rtx-3060-test-review-twin-x2-nvidia/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/shiftphone-6mq-test-review-smartphone/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/xum1541-test-review-c64-floppy-disketten-kopieren/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/e-element-z-88-x-falcon-z88-im-test-mechanische-rgb-gaming-tastatur-zum-fairen-preis/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/hama-mic-usb-allround-tisch-mikrofon-test-review-139906-das-mittelmass-der-dinge/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/evil-dead-the-game-playstation-xbox-trailer-multiplayer/amp/https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/inno3d-rtx-3060-test-review-twin-x2-nvidia/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2018/08/10/cougar-ventar-gaming-tastatur-im-test-bunter-puma-auf-der-jagd/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/mafia-2-definitive-edition-remaster-enttaeuscht-verwoehnte-fans/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2019/04/20/the-many-saints-of-newark-erste-bilder-von-michael-gandolfini-als-tony-soprano/amp/
06.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/12/28/empire-gaming-warcry-test-p-hw1-review/amp/
05.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2021/08/02/ancheer-ebike-test-speedrid-review/amp/
05.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/sega-game-gear-micro-test-review/amp/
05.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2020/05/08/zippo-heatbank-9s-test-review-eleganter-handwaermer-mit-powerbank-funktion-zippo-x-nrg-chicago-huntsmen/amp/
05.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/leatherface-filmkritik-dosenfleisch-statt-delikatem-horror-happen/amp/
05.03.2022
https://cinemediatech.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/the-punisher-marvel-setzt-die-tv-serie-nach-staffel-2-ab/amp/ -
Everyone:
We are already aware of the issue related to AMP with some WordPress.com sites and we don’t need more examples.
AMP is an optional service on WordPress.com. AMP versions of your posts are available, and that non-AMP versions are also available in Google Search and loading quickly. While the errors will mean that an AMP-specific version won’t be stored in Google’s AMP cache, the non-AMP version of your site is still available.
If these errors are bothersome, you can choose to temporarily turn off AMP on your blog by going to Settings > Performance from your blog’s dashboard. You can read more about that here as well.
As AMP is mainly designed to increase the loading speed of your site on mobile devices, it won’t affect indexing your page by Google. But, an advantage of AMP being enabled is that your site’s results in Google will be marked by the AMP badge on mobile-based searches, allowing them to stand out more.
We will investigate this issue further, however we do not have a timeline for a resolution so don’t expect this to be fixed in the near future.
Hope that clarifies things.
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