GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE

How to Use Google Search Console


Google Search Console is a free web service by Google that enables you to monitor your site's performance in Google Search and allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize the visibility of their websites. GSC(formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a free platform for anyone with a website to monitor how Google views their site and optimize its organic presence. That includes viewing your referring domains, mobile site performance, rich search results, and highest-traffic queries and pages. 


How to add your website to Google Search Console. 

  1. 1. Sign into your Google account. Make sure you’re using your business (not personal) account if it’s a business website.
  2. 2. Go to Google search console.
  3. 3. Click “Add a property.”
  4. 4. Choose “Website” from the drop-down menu and enter the URL of your site. Make sure you’re using the exact URL that appears in the browser bar.
  5. 5. Click “Continue.”
  6. 6. Pick a way to verify you own your website (HTML file upload, domain name provider, HTML tag, GA tracking code, or GTM container snippet).
  7. 7.If your site supports both http:// and https://, add both as separate sites. You must also add each domain (for example, hubspot.com, blog.hubspot.com, and www.panjiyaratech.com).

What is Google Search Console?

The Google Search Console, provided by Google, is a free tool for publishers. It allows publishers to easily track the performance, ranking, user experience, and more of their websites.

For those of you with a blog or website, harness the power of Google through the formidable Google Search Console. With this tool, you can gain insights into the organic traffic flowing to your site.

For example, find out how many users visited your site on a particular day, discover which keywords led users to your site, and much more. This tool is not only informative but also empowers you to enhance the SEO of your website. You can learn which pages of your site are being indexed by Google.

Moreover, you can identify and address any errors on your site. Additionally, you have the ability to remove a specific URL from Google search results. It's like having a magic wand for your website!

If you're the proud owner of a blog or website, check out this article on how to submit your site to Google Search Console - because who wouldn't want to be on Google's radar?


How to Use Google Search Console

  1. 1. Identify your highest-traffic pages
  2. 2. Identify your highest-CTR queries
  3. 3. Find your average CTR
  4. 4. Monitor your CTR over time
  5. 5. Monitor your impressions over time
  6. 6. Monitor your average position over time
  7. 7. Identify ranking increases and decreases
  8. 8. Identify your highest-traffic queries
  9. 9. Compare your site’s search performance across desktop, mobile, and tablet
  10. 10. Compare your site’s search performance across different countries
  11. 11. Learn how many of your pages have been indexed
  12. 12. Learn which pages haven’t been indexed and why
  13. 13. Monitor total number of indexed pages and indexing errors
  14. 14. Identify mobile usability issues
  15. 15. Learn how many total backlinks your site has
  16. 16. Identify which URLs have the most backlinks
  17. 17. Identify which sites link to you the most
  18. 18. Identify the most popular anchor text for external links
  19. 19. Identify which pages have the most internal links
  20. 20. Learn how many total internal links your site has
  21. 21. Find and fix AMP errors
  22. 22. See Google how Google views a URL
  1. 23. Identify your highest-traffic pages

URL Inspection

Through URL Inspection, you have the power to get your latest masterpiece indexed by the almighty Google. It's like giving your post a VIP pass to the search engine party. Not only that, but you can also play detective and unveil the status of all your website pages or URLs. Think of it as Google's version of a health checkup for your online presence – no white coat required.

Ever wondered if a particular URL made it to Google's exclusive index or if any of your web pages are having a secret party malfunction? Well, fear not! URL Inspection is here to spill the beans.

To grant your new post access to the Google VIP lounge, simply slide your URL into the URL Inspection tool, and then hit 'Request Indexing' – it's like sending an invitation to Google's indexing team. You'll be shouting, 'Index me, Google!' in no time. Just remember, no velvet ropes are involved, but the results are equally glamorous!