Google Search Console is a free Google tool that helps you monitor and troubleshoot your website's appearance in search results.

🔎 What is Google Search Console

Google Search Console is a free Google tool that helps you monitor and troubleshoot your website's appearance in search results.

⚙️ How to set up GSC

• Sign in search console with a Google account
• Then you’ll see two options: Domain and URL prefix
• Choose Domain and enter your domain/subdomain
• If you don’t want to add your entire domain, you can choose URL prefix
• Finally you have to verify your ownership to be able to see any data in search console.

Have an existing Google Search Console account?

That’s great! Just make sure that your account is at the domain level (domain property) - not the website level. (Screenshot) If you don’t see “domain property” there, just move on with the tutorial.

<aside> 💡 Domain-level properties provide a deeper level of insight.

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Step 1: Add Property

Step 1.1: Visit https://search.google.com/search-console and then click “Add Property”

Step 1.2: Choose DOMAIN level property and type your domain without “www” (screenshot)