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Open Search Console, then add and verify ownership of your site. You'll need to prove that you are the owner of your website, because Search Console shows information about your site that only site owners should see, and allows you to make changes that can affect how your site appears on Google. Understand how to get the most out of help.
About Search Console. Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.
To tell Search Console that you fixed an issue: Fix all instances of the issue on your site. If you missed a fix, validation will stop when Google finds a single remaining instance of that issue. Open the issue details page of the issue that you fixed. Click the issue in the issues list in your report.
Get started. If you're ready to spend more time digging into Search Console's reports, learning how Google Search works, and redesigning your site, you can really analyze and customize your site's performance on Google Search. This track assumes that you are familiar with basic SEO practices and terms. Understand how Google works with your site.
Configuring the report. The default view of the report shows the click and impression data for your site in Google Search results for the past three months. Choose which metrics to see by selecting tabs above the chart. Metrics are the numbers to show (clicks, impressions, position, CTR).
Search Console Educational Resources. Google Search Central Get more in touch with your audience by using best practices to make it easier for search engines to crawl, index, and understand your content. Google Search Central Help Community. Connect with other SEOs, site owners, and product experts in the Google Search Central help community.
New Search Console user: If you verify your matching website after you add or claim your profile, click Get verified. Then, you can instantly edit your profile and connect with customers. If an eligible business manages 10 or more profiles for locations of the same business, that business might be able to use bulk verification.
Check Search Console whenever you make important site changes to monitor your site’s behavior in Google Search. Adding new content to your site: Test that Google can access your pages using the URL Inspection tool. Tell Google which pages to crawl by updating your sitemap. Tell Google which pages not to crawl using robots.txt or noindex tags.
Open Search Console using the same Google account that has edit access to your property in Google Analytics, and add or select the property to verify. Choose Google Analytics in the verification details page for your site and click Verify. If verification fails, see Potential errors below to troubleshoot the issue.
Type the fully-qualified URL to inspect in the inspection search bar at the top of any Search Console screen. The URL must be in the currently opened property. Click an Inspect link next to a page URL in most reports. Sometimes you need to hover over the URL to see this option. Open the URL Inspection Tool.
