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Reason No. of Video pages
Video outside the viewport 1
Property www.yorkvilleu.ca
Reason No. of Video pages
Video outside the viewport 36
Video not found on host service 3
Indexing Issues
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Issue
Recommendation
Make the Videos Responsive: The YouTube iframes are currently set with fixed width and height,
resulting in significant portions of the video being cropped on mobile devices. To address this issue,
make the videos responsive by setting the width to 100% and adjusting the height and aspect ratio
accordingly. Below is an example of the CSS code block for this adjustment.
For better video indexing, it's recommended to position the video within the first fold of the page.
This placement ensures it's immediately visible to users without requiring them to scroll.
On certain pages, YouTube embedded videos are displayed in a popup with both the width and
height set to 100%. This causes issues due to the original video's excessive height, leading to the
"Video too tall" error reported in GSC.
Run Videos on the Page: Instead of using popups, open and run the video on the page itself.
Adjust Video Styling: Instead of giving 100% width and height to the video iframe, use the following
styling elements
The error "Video not found on host server" has been detected on some URLs, possibly due to latency
or technical glitches. However, upon re-verifying via a "Live page test" on GSC, the error disappeared.
It's recommended to wait for the next crawl, as these errors are likely to be automatically corrected
then.
Code
element.style {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
aspect-ratio: 16/9;
}
element.style {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
aspect-ratio: 16/9;
}
YU-TFS - More information
Reason
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9495631#indexing_status
Description
The video must appear in the viewport when loading the page to be considered for indexing. Move the video so that
the entire video is inside the renderable area of the page and seen when the page loads.
Use the live URL test to examine the screenshot and see the page as Google sees it.
The video vertical size is too large to be considered for indexing. Decrease the height of the video so that it's smaller than
1080px.
The specified video is missing from the hosting service, or is on a private hosting service that isn't reachable by Google's
crawler. Visit the service using the video ID to confirm, and then update your page with the proper ID or URL for your
video hosting service.
quirements
com/webmasters/answer/9495631#indexing_requirements
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