Notifications
When you add a site in Yandex.Webmaster or verify your site management rights in the service, you receive access to information about changes to the site in search results. For example, you can find out which pages appeared in search results or disappeared from them.
To receive notifications about changes, set up notifications for each individual topic:
| Subject | Description |
|---|---|
| Global messages and news for webmasters from services | Notifications about important changes in the service and invitations to webinars. |
| Subject | Description |
|---|---|
| Global messages and news for webmasters from services | Notifications about important changes in the service and invitations to webinars. |
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Weekly site summary | The service prepared a summary of changes for the site: Yandex.Webmaster offers a brief and complete summary. Notifications are sent only by email. The summary is generated for the period from Monday to Sunday.
Summary contents Full summary contents |
| Search index update | Updates to the search engine database and indexed pages. |
| Main mirror update | The robot chose a different URL as the main site mirror. |
| Fatal errors | One of the periodic site checks revealed problems. For solutions, see the Site diagnostics section. |
| Critical issues | |
| Possible issues | |
| Recommendations | The service prepared suggestions for improving the site's representation in search results. For more information, see the Site diagnostics section. |
| Changes in the robots.txt file | The file contents changed since it was last accessed by the robot. For the file change history, see the Robots.txt analysis section. |
| Requests from Yandex.Metrica | A Yandex.Metrica user requested confirmation for linking the tag to the site. |
| Crawling by Yandex.Metrica tags isn't enabled. | The site is linked to the Yandex.Metrica counter, but page crawling is not enabled yet. For more information, see Indexing a site with the Yandex.Metrica tag. The first notification comes a day after the linking request is confirmed. |
| Updated list of pages that may appear in search based on Yandex.Metrica data | Yandex.Webmaster updated the examples of pages. To view them, go to . |
| Site reviews | A Yandex user wrote a review for your site. Yandex.Webmaster regularly checks for new reviews. To view your reviews, go to . |
| SQI update | Yandex.Webmaster recalculated the site quality index. To learn more about where you can view the SQI, see How do I find out a site's SQI?. |
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Weekly site summary | The service prepared a summary of changes for the site: Yandex.Webmaster offers a brief and complete summary. Notifications are sent only by email. The summary is generated for the period from Monday to Sunday.
Summary contents Full summary contents |
| Search index update | Updates to the search engine database and indexed pages. |
| Main mirror update | The robot chose a different URL as the main site mirror. |
| Fatal errors | One of the periodic site checks revealed problems. For solutions, see the Site diagnostics section. |
| Critical issues | |
| Possible issues | |
| Recommendations | The service prepared suggestions for improving the site's representation in search results. For more information, see the Site diagnostics section. |
| Changes in the robots.txt file | The file contents changed since it was last accessed by the robot. For the file change history, see the Robots.txt analysis section. |
| Requests from Yandex.Metrica | A Yandex.Metrica user requested confirmation for linking the tag to the site. |
| Crawling by Yandex.Metrica tags isn't enabled. | The site is linked to the Yandex.Metrica counter, but page crawling is not enabled yet. For more information, see Indexing a site with the Yandex.Metrica tag. The first notification comes a day after the linking request is confirmed. |
| Updated list of pages that may appear in search based on Yandex.Metrica data | Yandex.Webmaster updated the examples of pages. To view them, go to . |
| Site reviews | A Yandex user wrote a review for your site. Yandex.Webmaster regularly checks for new reviews. To view your reviews, go to . |
| SQI update | Yandex.Webmaster recalculated the site quality index. To learn more about where you can view the SQI, see How do I find out a site's SQI?. |
In Yandex.Webmaster, you can track website pages you consider important and get notifications about changes to them in search.
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Changes in the page title | The title specified in the title element changed. |
| Changes in the last crawl date | The robot visited a site page. |
| Changes in the page code | The robot accessed a site page, and the response code changed. |
| Changes in the page version in the search | The robot detected that the page content changed. The notification contains the date when the robot found out about the changes. |
| Changes in the search status | The page status changed. For example, the robot determined that the page is a low-demand page and excluded it from search results. |
| Changes in the description tag | The Description meta tag content changed. |
| Changes in the Canonical attribute | The reference to the page's canonical address changed. |
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Changes in the page title | The title specified in the title element changed. |
| Changes in the last crawl date | The robot visited a site page. |
| Changes in the page code | The robot accessed a site page, and the response code changed. |
| Changes in the page version in the search | The robot detected that the page content changed. The notification contains the date when the robot found out about the changes. |
| Changes in the search status | The page status changed. For example, the robot determined that the page is a low-demand page and excluded it from search results. |
| Changes in the description tag | The Description meta tag content changed. |
| Changes in the Canonical attribute | The reference to the page's canonical address changed. |
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Fatal errors | Turbo pages no longer meet the requirements and won't be shown in search results and other Yandex services. The basic or mobile site version is displayed instead. |
| Critical issues | Turbo pages no longer meet the requirements and won't be shown in search results and other Yandex services. The basic or mobile site version is displayed instead. Errors updating the Turbo pages source. |
| Warnings about errors on Turbo pages | The source for Turbo pages contains errors that may lead to incomplete display of Turbo pages in search results. |
| Subject | Event that triggers notifications |
|---|---|
| Fatal errors | Turbo pages no longer meet the requirements and won't be shown in search results and other Yandex services. The basic or mobile site version is displayed instead. |
| Critical issues | Turbo pages no longer meet the requirements and won't be shown in search results and other Yandex services. The basic or mobile site version is displayed instead. Errors updating the Turbo pages source. |
| Warnings about errors on Turbo pages | The source for Turbo pages contains errors that may lead to incomplete display of Turbo pages in search results. |
Configuring notifications
You can view notifications in the Yandex.Webmaster interface and in your email. Yandex.Webmaster lets you set up notifications for all sites you have access to, as well as for each site separately.
There are several notification statuses:
| Receive notifications (active status) | Don't receive notifications (inactive status) |
|---|---|
 : On the site. |  : On the site. |
 : By email. |  : By email. |
 : Push notifications in Yandex Browser and the Yandex mobile app*. |  : Push notifications in Yandex Browser and the Yandex mobile app*. |
 : Indicates that general settings apply. Displayed in the settings for the site |  : Indicates that general settings don't apply for a certain site. |
| Receive notifications (active status) | Don't receive notifications (inactive status) |
|---|---|
| : On the site. | : On the site. |
| : By email. | : By email. |
| : Push notifications in Yandex Browser and the Yandex mobile app*. | : Push notifications in Yandex Browser and the Yandex mobile app*. |
| : Indicates that general settings apply. Displayed in the settings for the site | : Indicates that general settings don't apply for a certain site. |
* This setting is available only for some message topics.
To switch between active, inactive and default statuses of notifications, click the status icon.
General notification settings
These settings apply to all sites verified in Yandex.Webmaster for the user.To change the way you receive notifications:
- Go to the Notifications page.
- Click Configure.
- In the Address for email notifications section, select the email address for receiving notifications from Yandex.Webmaster. The available addresses match those in your Yandex ID. To change the address, choose the address from the list and click the Change address button.How to specify an address that is not in the listSelect Other address from the list. The account settings open. Enter your email in the Add a backup address for restoring access and click Add address. Then confirm your access to it. After confirming refresh the settings in Yandex.Webmaster. The added email address appears in the list.
To receive notifications only in Yandex.Webmaster, choose No email notifications from the list. In this case, you won't receive notifications even if the message is in the active status.
- Choose a status for each notification topic.
Notification settings per site
Use these settings to change how you receive notifications or choose a set of notifications that differs from the general settings.
If you are subscribed to messages about all websites, but you only want to receive notifications about one or several certain websites, disable general notifications you don't need and set up messages for the desired website according to the instructions below.
- In Yandex.Webmaster, choose the site to set up notifications for.
Go to the page.
- On the Configure notifications for the site page, choose a status for each notification topic.
Here you can set up notifications about the site and the pages you consider important. By default, all topics have the
status. This means that general settings are enabled.
Viewing notifications in the service
To view messages, go to Notifications. By default, the list shows all messages. You can customize it.
