If you have a business website/app. So I strongly recommend using google search console. If not, you can’t figure out your real traffic and you can’t handle your appearance on the search engine result page.
What is GSC (Google Search console)
Google Search Console is the webmaster tool name of google.
What is Google Search Console?
Google Search Console is a web service by Google which allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites. Until 20 May 2015, the service was called Google Webmaster Tools. In January 2018, Google introduced a new version of the search console, with changes to the user interface. In September of 2019, old Search Console reports, including the home and dashboard pages, were removed.
How to set up google search console
Visit GSC (Google Search Console)
Search ‘Google search console and visit. (https://search.google.com)
Below is the landing page and you can start with google sign-in!
Add & Verify your site.
Let’s add your site. There are 2 options ‘Domain’ and ‘URL prefix’.
What is difference between domain and url prefix?
You can register your service by domain and URL prefix. In short, ‘Domain option’ need approval thru DNS and you can gather data by domain. ‘Url prefix’ can approve by simple method(HTML code, ga verification…) and gather by prefixed URL.
How to use GSC
Time needed: 5 minutes.
How to use Google Search Console (GSC)?
- Request indexing
First, you need to submit sitemap.xml. and if you have any new page you can request an index by each URL.
- Check coverage
You can find how many URLs are indexed on google.
- Find traffic
You can see what’s going on on your site with google. How many times appeared on google search, with what keyword, from where, etc.
- Monitoring SEO Health
Check ‘core web vitals’. Google said it is getting more important.
Final Thoughts
JUDT DO IT
Must use GSC. Handle appearance on google and figure out traffic.
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