John Mueller has announced on Google+ that they have added a great new feature to Google Search Console – a new severity rating for any blocked or unreachable resources on a webpage.

Here is how it looks:

It shows the severity of the issue – Low, Medium or High. According to Mueller, the rating is based on how much of the page is affected.

For those wondering about third party resources, it is giving a rating to them, although interestingly, one of the blocked third-party javascripts is rated as Medium in severity.  So Google isn’t giving a pass to third-party resources, even ones that are somewhat well known.

Here is an example of a third-party one:

This only seems to show up when you do a Fetch & Render.  The severity doesn’t show up in the Blocked Resources section of Google Search Console, even when you click through for more results, at least not yet.

This is a nice addition, especially for novice webmasters who might be struggling with a laundry list of blocked resources.  This will help them sort through which issues they should prioritize over others.