Google Search Console Features & Options Explained In Detail

1. Performance Report

  • Shows website performance in Google Search results.
  • Key metrics:
    • Clicks (Users who clicked on your website from search results).
    • Impressions (Number of times your website appeared in search results).
    • CTR (Click-Through Rate) = (Clicks / Impressions) * 100%.
    • Average Position (Ranking position of your pages).
  • Filters:
    • Search Type: Web, Image, Video, News.
    • Date Range: Last 7 days, 28 days, 3 months, etc.
    • Queries: Keywords users searched.
    • Pages: Performance of individual pages.
    • Countries: User locations.
    • Devices: Mobile, Desktop, Tablet.

2. URL Inspection Tool

  • Checks if a URL is indexed by Google.
  • Shows indexing status, crawling issues, and structured data validation.
  • “Request Indexing” option for faster indexing.

3. Indexing

  • Pages:
    • Shows which pages are indexed or not.
    • Reports errors like “Crawled – currently not indexed” or “Discovered – not indexed.”
  • Sitemaps:
    • Submit XML sitemaps for better crawling.
    • View the last crawl date and errors.
  • Removals:
    • Temporarily remove URLs from Google Search.
    • Clear cached URLs from search results.

4. Experience (User Experience Reports)

  • Page Experience: Checks Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS).
  • Core Web Vitals: Measures page loading speed and interactivity.
  • Mobile Usability: Detects mobile-friendliness issues.

5. Enhancements

  • Breadcrumbs: Ensures structured breadcrumb navigation.
  • Sitelinks Search Box: Helps with internal search functionality.
  • Product Schema: Checks structured data for eCommerce sites.
  • Review Snippets: Validates rich results like star ratings.

6. Security & Manual Actions

  • Manual Actions: Alerts for penalties (spammy backlinks, thin content, etc.).
  • Security Issues: Detects malware, hacked content, and phishing.

7. Links (Backlink Analysis)

  • Top Linked Pages: Shows which pages have the most backlinks.
  • Top Linking Sites: Displays websites linking to your site.
  • Top Anchor Texts: Shows most common anchor texts used.
  • Internal Links: Identifies internal linking structure.

8. Settings & Legacy Tools

  • Users & Permissions: Add or remove users with different access levels.
  • Crawl Stats: Shows Googlebot’s crawling activity.
  • International Targeting: Sets up hreflang for multilingual sites.
  • Messages: Receives notifications from Google about issues.

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