Google Search Console

Google Search Console helps us track how our website is performing in Google Search results. Other than giving insights on how well our website is doing in Google Search, it also helps webmasters understand how Google sees their website. Metrics generated from the reports of Google Search Console can help us improve our ranking in Google Search and improve user experience on our site’s pages.

Besides a check on our performance, Google Search Console will also send us instant email notifications in case it sees any errors while crawling our website. We can fix these problems readily and make sure all our site pages are crawled without errors to get a fair chance to appear in Google searches.

Google Search Console offers several sections, each with its own features. To start using it, we need to set up an account. Let’s see how it’s done.

Setting up an account

The first step is to set up an account on Google Search Console. When we go to Google Search Console, we can enter a website or web page that we want to track. In the case of a website, we’ll be asked to upload the HTML file of the website. Depending on whether the URL is a domain, website, or Blogger-hosted site, Search Console automatically verifies our ownership.

Overview page

Once the verification is complete, we are directed to the Overview page where we can see all the major analytics regarding our site in a go. Under the "Performance" section, we can see how well our website is performing in Google Search results. Under the Indexing section, we can see how well Google can find and index our webpages. The "Experience" section is where Google ranks the page experience, mobile usability, and other related factors for our website’s pages.

The "Enhancements" section gives us an overview of the structured data that Google found while crawling our website and whether it’s enough to give the pages a chance to appear in Rich ...