# Search Console defines Image, Video, News search types

Published: 2026-09-30T02:18:19.825Z · Source: Search Console performance report help (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7576553)
Source date: 2026-09-30
Flags: spotted via documentation change (exact edit date unconfirmed) — AEO Wire watch
Entities: search-console, google

Google's Search Console performance report help page now gives its Image, Video, and News search-type filters their own one-line definitions: traffic from the Google Images tab, the Google Videos tab, and the Google News tab plus the news search results view, respectively. AEO Wire's documentation watch flagged the omission on 2026-09-24, when only the "Web" filter's split into text-based and multimodal search had been spelled out; Google does not date individual help-page edits, so the exact change date is unconfirmed.

Why it matters: It closes a definitional gap AEO Wire flagged on 2026-09-24 — three search-type filters that previously had no inline description now do, giving site owners a first-party basis for reading search-type breakdowns in performance data.

## What this answers

**Does Google's Search Console define what traffic counts as "Image" or "Video" search type?**

Yes — its performance report help page now states Image search type traffic comes from the Google Images tab, Video from the Google Videos tab, and News from the Google News tab and the news search results view.


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