Monitoring and debugging

Short rooms that train one skill at a time: read a quick lesson, then answer questions to earn CTF points. Log in or join free to play.

• Easy25 min · 7 questions Search Console Performance Report Read clicks, impressions, CTR and position the way Google calculates them. Members only
• Medium30 min · 6 questions Page Indexing and URL Inspection Find out why a URL is or is not in Google's index, and what to do about it. Members only
• Medium35 min · 6 questions Diagnosing a Search Traffic Drop Work out whether a drop is technical, seasonal, algorithmic or a tracking glitch. Members only
• Hard40 min · 7 questions Manual Actions, Security and Hacked Sites Recognise penalties and security warnings, clean up, and ask Google to review. Members only
• Hard45 min · 7 questions GA4 and Log File Analysis for SEO Measure organic traffic in GA4 and read server logs to see real Googlebot activity. Members only

Full scenarios: you get a brief and your own practice website, optimise whole pages and watch them rank in a practice search results page. A lab passes only when your fix is really in place. Log in or join free to start one.

• Intermediate30 min · 15 coins Triage the Page indexing report Search Console says the main service page is excluded by noindex, the guides are blocked by robots.txt and the sitemap is full of errors. Confirm each one and fix the cause. Members only
• Intermediate25 min · 15 coins Server errors, a redirect loop and soft 404s Search Console reports a server error on the pricing page, a redirect error on the offers page and soft 404s on retired products. Find and fix each cause. Members only
• Advanced60 min · 40 coins Capstone: diagnose a traffic drop from Search Console Read a Page indexing report and a Security issues warning, trace every reason back to the site, and fix noindex, robots.txt, duplicate URLs, a soft 404, hacked spam pages and the sitemap. Members only