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Google Search Console: "Could Not Determine the Prominent Video" Error

Lord Of The Wix · Oct 25, 2026

The Video Indexing Report in Google Search Console shows you how many pages on your site that Google detected a video on. The report also shows you how many of those pages are indexed.


You may sometimes see a "Google could not determine the prominent video on the page" error in the Video Indexing Report. This error means that Google has found one or more videos on your page, but it can't determine which is the most important video.


A screenshot of the could not determine the prominent video error

Fixing this error is important because complete video structured data is what makes video pages queryable by NLWeb and quotable by AI engines.


Some reasons why Google might not be able to determine the prominent video on your page include:



If you think that any of these issues apply to your video, we recommend fixing the issue and then requesting reindexing for the page.


Want to learn more?


You can find more information in Google's article about the Video Indexing Report.


This article is credited to the Wix team - https://support.wix.com/ and we thank them for that!

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