That can make Google Search Console itself seem like a required step to ranking on Google. But you don’t actually have to submit your sitemap to be included in Google search results.

Google has uploaded a new logo for Google Search Console. The logo looks like a variation of an analytics logo with a magnifying glass, with blue, green, yellow and a smidge of red in the logo.

Search Console still categorizes individual issues as error, warning, or good. What’s changing is these classifications are now implied through color and icons rather than a text label.

In fact, there are still several tools in Search Console that are not yet migrated. In 2019, Google revamped the Search Console messages into a bell icon in its own panel.

In fact, there are still several tools in Search Console that are not yet migrated. In 2019, Google revamped the Search Console messages into a bell icon in its own panel.