Google Search Console is a free web service by Google for webmasters. It allows you to check indexing status and optimize visibility of websites.
Key features include:
- Search Analytics: See the queries that bring users to your site and analyze impressions, clicks, and position in Google Search.
- Index Coverage: Submit sitemaps and individual URLs for crawling and review index coverage to ensure Google has the freshest view of your site.
- Issue Alerts: Receive email alerts when Google identifies issues on your site and see the affected URLs.
- URL Inspection: The URL Inspection tool provides detailed crawl, index, and serving information about your pages directly from the Google index.
- AMP Monitoring: Monitor, test, and track your AMP pages.
- Core Web Vitals: Monitor your site's Core Web Vitals on mobile and desktop.
- Rich Results Monitoring: Monitor and improve your rich results (recipes, jobs, etc.).
Use cases:
- Troubleshooting indexing issues.
- Understanding search traffic and optimizing content.
- Improving website performance and user experience.
- Monitoring and fixing mobile usability issues.
- Ensuring structured data is implemented correctly.
