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Google Search Console

Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a web service by Google which allows webmasters to check indexing status, search queries, crawling errors and optimize visibility of their websites.[1]

Not to be confused with Google Play Console.

Type of site

Webmaster tools

Google

search.google.com/search-console

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2006 (2006)

Until 20 May 2015, the service was called Google Webmaster Tools.[2] In January 2018, Google introduced a new version of the search console, with changes to the user interface. In September 2019, old Search Console reports, including the home and dashboard pages, were removed.[3]

Submit and check a .[4]

sitemap

Check the crawl rate, and view statistics about when accesses a particular site.[5]

Googlebot

Receive alerts when Google encounters indexing, spam, or other issues on your site.

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Show you which sites link to your website.

Write and check a file to help discover pages that are blocked in robots.txt accidentally.[7]

robots.txt

List internal and external pages that link to the website.

Get a list of links which Googlebot had difficulty in crawling, including the error that Googlebot received when accessing the in question.

URLs

Set a preferred domain (e.g. prefer example.com over www.example.com or vice versa), which determines how the site URL is displayed in SERPs.

Highlight to elements of structured data which are used to enrich search hit entries (released in December 2012 as Google Data Highlighter).[8]

Google Search

View site speed reports from the Chrome User Experience Report.

Page Experience Report including - Core Web Vitals, and HTTPS.

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Receive notifications from Google for manual penalties.[11]

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Provide access to an to add, change and delete listings and list crawl errors.[12]

API

Check the security issues if there are any with the website. (Hacked Site or Malware Attacks)

Add or remove the property owners and associates of the web property.

Check

Merchant Listings Report and Product Snippet Report

The service includes tools that let webmasters

Bing Webmaster Tools

Google Insights for Search

Google Analytics

Schema.org

Google Tag Manager

Google PageSpeed

Google Optimize

Documentation to Improve SEO | Google Search Central

Google Search Console (New version)

. Webmaster Central Blog. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-16.

"Official Google Webmaster Central Blog"

. Webmaster Central Help Forum. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-16.

"Official Google Webmaster Central Help Forum"