Connect Google Search Console

Google Search Console shows what customers type into Google before they click through to your store, how many times your store appears and at what position. After you connect, you see these numbers on the Search analytics page.

You can also send your sitemap to Google and check whether a page has been indexed by Google, right in the dashboard.

Choose a Search Console site

You need to connect your Google account first. If you haven’t, follow the article Connect Google Analytics, in the section about connecting your Google account. One connection works for both Google Analytics and Search Console.

1. Go to Settings › Google Analytics.
2. In Search console site URL, choose your store’s address.
3. Click Save on the save bar that appears.
4. Click Test search console.

If everything is fine, you see a message that the Search Console connection worked.

See keywords and pages from Google

1. Go to Analytics › Search analytics.
2. Look at the four boxes Total clicks, Total impressions, Average CTR and Average position.
3. In the Queries tab, see the 10 keywords that bring the most clicks.
4. Click the Pages tab to see the 10 pages clicked most from Google.

CTR is clicks divided by impressions. Average position is the average position in search results. The smaller the number, the closer to the top of the page.

By default the page shows the last 28 days. To change the date range:

1. Click the date button at the top of the page.
2. Choose a preset, for example Yesterday.
3. Click Apply.

Submit your sitemap to Google

A sitemap helps Google find your product and post pages faster. Submit it after you connect, and again when you change your domain.

1. Go to Settings › Google Analytics.
2. In the SEO management tools section, click Submit sitemap.

The button only works once a Search Console site is chosen. Save the site before you submit, because EcomWeb submits the sitemap for the saved site.

Check whether a page is on Google

1. Go to Settings › Google Analytics.
2. Paste the full address of the page into the URL inspection field, for example the address of a product page.
3. Click Inspect URL.

The result shows right below, in the URL inspection result box. The address must belong to the site you chose, or Google can’t inspect it.

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