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Google Search Console for Beginners


Google Search Console

Google Search Console helps you track the performance of your website easily. With Google Search Console, you can improve your website's weak areas. It provides information on how Google crawls, indexes, and serves websites.
Every time your site has an error, the Google search console sends you an email informing you about the issue.


                           

Google search Console



Features of Search Console:
  • Monitor indexing and crawling.

  • Identify and fix errors.
  • Overview of search performance.
  • Request indexing of updated pages.
  • Review internal and external links.

Google Search Console improves search performance and improves traffic to your website.


Get Started on Google Search Console

  • Sign into your Google account.
  • Go to Google Search Console.
  • Click on " Add a Property".
  • Choose "Website" from the drop-down menu and enter the URL.
  • Click " Continue".
  • Verify your website ownership (HTML file upload, domain name provider, HTML tag, GA tracking code, or GTM container snippet).
  • Add both http:// and https://, as separate sites.

    Verify your ownership

    Verification gives you specific user control over a specific property. Verifying Site ownership makes Google know you are a site owner, webmaster, or authorized user.

    • HTML file upload: Upload a verification HTML file to a specific location of your website.
    • Domain name provider: Sign into your domain registrar (Eg. GoDaddy), and verify your site directly from GSC or add a DNS TXT or CNAME record.
    • HTML Tag: Add a <meta> tag to the <HEAD> section of a page's HTML code.

    • GA Tracking Code: Copy the GA tracking code that you use on your site. (You need “edit” permission in GA for this option.).
    • GTM Snippet Code: Copy the GTM container snippet code associated with your site. (You need View, Edit, and Manage container-level permissions in GTM for this option.)

      To know more about Search Engine Optimization, Please refer to my previous blog on On-Page SEO .



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