Connect Google Search Console
See which searches bring people to your site and whether Google can read it.
About 30 min · easy · free
Do these first
You can read this step now, but it will not work until those are done.
Why this matters
It is the only free source of truth for how you appear in search results, and it warns you when pages stop being indexed.
Doing it
Step by step
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Steps appear here once published.
Official help
- Open official page
Official verification and property setup steps.
- Open official page
Official product page and sign-in.
Get your AI to help
Hand this to your AI
Connect and read Search Console
Help me verify my site in Google Search Console, submit a sitemap, and understand the two or three reports worth checking monthly.
How should it behave?
It stops and asks you before going further: Stop before changing any DNS record and show me the exact record to add.
Link the official Search Console help pages.
You're done when
Your domain is verified as a property, your sitemap is submitted, and the coverage report shows your main pages indexed.
- Not yet
Your domain is verified
Verification confirmed by Search Console.
- Not yet
Your sitemap is submitted and read
Status should read Success.
Check it worked: Open the performance report after a few days and confirm impressions are recorded. Use URL inspection on your home page and confirm it reports as indexed.
Almost there
Still to confirm: Your domain is verified, Your sitemap is submitted and read.
If it goes wrong
Verification failures are almost always a DNS record that has not propagated yet, wait an hour and retry. Zero impressions for a brand new site is normal for the first week or two.