What is Google Search Console?
Also called: GSC, Search Console
The short answer
Google Search Console is Google's free tool for site owners that shows search performance, indexing status and problems, and accepts sitemap submissions.
Google Search Console, explained
It is where you see which queries bring clicks and why a page is not indexed. Bing Webmaster Tools is the equivalent for Bing.
Questions people ask about Google Search Console
What is Google Search Console?
Google Search Console is Google's free tool for site owners that shows search performance, indexing status and problems, and accepts sitemap submissions.
Related terms
Indexing is when a search engine stores a crawled page in its database so it can appear in results; a page that is not indexed cannot rank.
XML sitemapAn XML sitemap is a machine-readable file listing a site's URLs, and when each last changed, submitted to search engines to help them discover pages.
SEOSEO is the practice of making a website easier for search engines to crawl, understand and rank, so it appears for the searches its audience actually makes.
KeywordA keyword is a word or phrase people type into a search engine; SEO matches pages to the keywords their audience uses.
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