Webmasters can now check real-time issues with crawling, indexing, or serving via a new Google Search dashboard at status.search.google.com.
New Dashboard Reveals Search System Disruptions
Google has officially introduced a status dashboard dedicated to Google Search, providing visibility into outages or technical disruptions across its core systems: crawling, indexing, and serving.
“As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most current status of systems which impact Search,” Google said in the launch announcement. This includes major processes such as crawling websites, indexing pages, and delivering search results.
How Google’s Search Dashboard Works
The dashboard displays . A widespread issue refers to a systemic problem that affects a significant number of websites or users. These issues are typically evident externally and internally flagged by Google’s site reliability engineers (SREs).
Once confirmed, Google aims to publish an incident on the dashboard within one hour. Updates follow within 12 hours, managed manually by global teams—not automated systems—to ensure accuracy and clarity.
Transparency Around Rare Disruptions
Although disruptions in Google Search are rare, this dashboard marks a step toward greater transparency. “While system disruptions are infrequent, we want to be transparent when they happen,” Google stated.
Historically, webmasters and SEOs relied on social media or community forums to identify indexing or crawling problems. Now, official confirmation is just a click away—similar to Google Ads and other product dashboards.
Why It Matters to Site Owners
Until now, diagnosing search-related issues often meant speculation or delayed communication. With this dashboard, publishers and SEO professionals get timely validation of whether Google’s systems are at fault, helping guide their response strategy.
This move aligns with Google’s broader push for transparency across its platforms and brings much-needed visibility to search infrastructure performance.
