Movement Detection
Detect shifts in visibility with minimal noise.
Movement detection is the set of views and cues that make “something changed” obvious without adding heavy analytics UI.
Where to look
- Project trend chart (
/sites/<propertyId>) for the broad shape. - Change tables (Queries/Pages/etc.) for “what drove it”.
- Overlays for timing context (deployments, traffic).
Practical workflow
- Identify the change window (date range).
- Check whether the movement is broad or isolated:
- broad: many queries/pages shift together
- isolated: one query cluster or one template/page type
- Cross-check overlays:
- GA4: did traffic shift with visibility?
- Vercel: did a deploy align with the change?
- Bing: did engines move together?