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87.7%
87.7% -- share of sites with search console impressions decline for Google Search Console (2025-09)
87.7% of analyzed websites saw a decline in reported impressions in Google Search Console after the removal of the &num=100 parameter.
- Based on a sample of 319 websites analyzed following Google's removal of the &num=100 parameter
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87.7%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-09
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319
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
LOCOMOTIVE Agency (Tyler Gargula)
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https://savvypartner.com/googles-removal-of-the-num100-parameter-what-it-means-for-seo-and-search-co… ↗
Source Article
Google’s num=100 Removal: Why Your Search Console Data Just Dropped and What to Do Next
Google has quietly made a major change to how search data is reported — and the SEO world is feeling the ripple effects. The removal of the &num=100
parameter, which previously allowed Search Console and rank tracking tools to pull 100 search results per page, has caused a significant shake-up in re…
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LOCOMOTIVE Agency (Tyler Gargula)
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Methodology
Analysis of 319 websites by Tyler Gargula (LOCOMOTIVE Agency) following Google's removal of the &num=100 parameter
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Google Search Console: 87.7% share of sites with search console impressions decline. Source: LOCOMOTIVE Agency (Tyler Gargula) (2025-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gsc-impressions-decline-num100-removal
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