Google Search[1] Console, a valuable tool offered by Google[3], functions as a comprehensive health assessment for your website. It presents a range of features designed to track your site’s performance and rectify any potential issues. It allows you to submit a sitemap for Google to crawl and index, view statistics pertaining to Googlebot’s access to your site, and receive alerts about indexing, spam, or other website issues. The console also displays which websites are linking to yours and aids in managing your robots.txt files. Moreover, it connects to other helpful tools like Bing Webmaster Tools, Google Insights for Search, Google Analytics[2], Schema.org, and Google Tag Manager. The console also furnishes learning references and external links to pertinent resources such as guides for enhancing SEO and the official Google Webmaster Central Blog[4].
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.
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Type of site | Webmaster tools |
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Owner | |
URL | search |
Commercial | yes |
Launched | 2006 |
Until 20 May 2015, the service was called Google Webmaster Tools. 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.