Google Search Console

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Google Search Console is a web service by Google which allows webmasters to check indexing status, search queries, crawling errors and optimize visibility of their websites.[1]

Until 20 May 2015, the service was called Google Webmaster Tools.[2] 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.[3]

Features

The service includes tools that let webmasters

  • Submit and check a sitemap.[4]
  • Check the crawl rate, and view statistics about when Googlebot accesses a particular site.[5]
  • Write and check a robots.txt file to help discover pages that are blocked in robots.txt accidentally.[6]
  • List internal and external pages that link to the website.
  • Get a list of links which Googlebot had difficulty in crawling, including the error that Googlebot received when accessing the URLs in question.
  • Set a preferred domain (e.g. prefer example.com over www.example.com or vice versa), which determines how the site URL is displayed in SERPs.
  • Highlight to Google Search elements of structured data which are used to enrich search hit entries (released in December 2012 as Google Data Highlighter).[7]
  • View site speed reports from the Chrome User Experience Report.
  • Page Experience Report including - Core Web Vitals, and HTTPS.[8]
  • Receive notifications from Google for manual penalties.[9][10]
  • Provide access to an API to add, change and delete listings and list crawl errors.[11]
  • Check the security issues if there are any with the website. (Hacked Site or Malware Attacks)
  • Add or remove the property owners and associates of the web property.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Linking Google Analytics to Webmaster Tools" (in en). https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2011/02/linking-google-analytics-to-webmaster. 
  2. ↑ "Announcing Google Search Console - the new Webmaster Tools". http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.in/2015/05/announcing-google-search-console-new.html. 
  3. ↑ "Saying goodbye to the old Search Console". https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/09/goodbye-old-search-console.html. 
  4. ↑ "SEO Starter Guide: The Basics | Google Search Central" (in en). https://developers.google.com/search/docs/beginner/seo-starter-guide. 
  5. ↑ "Crawl Stats report - Search Console Help". https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9679690?hl=en. 
  6. ↑ "How To Use Search Console | Google Search Central" (in en). https://developers.google.com/search/docs/beginner/search-console. 
  7. ↑ Boudreaux, Ryan (2013-06-18). "How to use Google Data Highlighter, part 1". http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/web-designer/how-to-use-google-data-highlighter-part-1/. 
  8. ↑ "Page Experience report - Search Console Help". https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/10218333?hl=en. 
  9. ↑ DeMers, Jayson. "3 Steps to Take When You Suspect an Algorithmic Penalty From Google". searchenginejournal.com. http://www.searchenginejournal.com/3-steps-take-suspect-algorithmic-penalty-google/86549/. 
  10. ↑ Cutts, Matt. "View manual webspam actions in Webmaster Tools". http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/08/manual-actions-viewer.html. 
  11. ↑ "Webmaster Tools API | Google Developers". https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/. 

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