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Google Search Console

Google Search Console is a tool for seeing how Google discovers, indexes and displays a site in its results

What it means, how it is used and where it comes up, with its related concepts.

What it is and how it works

It allows queries, pages, clicks and issues to be reviewed, within the data it provides. It is useful for prioritising improvements and checking migrations. Its metrics should be interpreted with their definitions and limits, without confusing impressions with real visits.

Also known as

Search Console, Webmaster Tools

Variants and linked concepts

  • Webmaster Tools. Webmaster Tools was an earlier name associated with the service now known as Google Search Console.

Related concepts

Google Search Console: what it is and how it works