{"id":2083,"date":"2022-03-14T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2022-03-21T12:43:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T07:43:25","slug":"google-search-console-check-indexing-status-and-optimize-website-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/google-search-console-check-indexing-status-and-optimize-website-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search Console &#8211; Check Indexing Status and Optimize Website Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/186.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/186.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.yourrightdecision.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/186-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Search Central, formerly Google Webmasters, is an extremely useful tool by Google to help the right people view your content with resources to make your website discoverable to Google Search. It is a tool to index your site, rank your site, and track your performance on Google Search. You will get to know how many clicks your website is getting from Google Search. The Home Page of this tool can be accessed at the following link:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Then click the button <strong>Get started <\/strong>when you are logged in to your Google Account.<\/li><li>On the top right corner, click <strong>Go to Search Console<\/strong><\/li><li>On the next page, Enter a domain or subdomain such as example.com and click <strong>CONTINUE<\/strong>. Alternatively, you can opt for the <strong>URL Prefix<\/strong> option that will apply to only URLs under entered address and not all URLs across all subdomains. <strong>Domain<\/strong> method requires DNS verification, whereas <strong>URL Prefix<\/strong> method allows multiple verification methods<\/li><li>Click <strong>START VERIFICATION<\/strong>. Do not close the tab and dialog box.<\/li><li>You will be redirected to <strong>Sign In<\/strong> to your account with a hosting company such as <strong>GoDaddy<\/strong>. Sign in with your <strong>username<\/strong> and <strong>password<\/strong><\/li><li>Click <strong>Connect<\/strong> to authorize Google to enable the service(s) Domain Verification for your domain.<\/li><li>You will receive the message: <strong>Ownership verified. <\/strong>Verification method: Domain name provider<\/li><li>Click <strong>GO TO PROPERTY<\/strong><\/li><li>A welcome screen will be shown. Click <strong>START<\/strong><\/li><li>You can now access Google Search Console for your domain anytime by typing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console<\/a><\/li><li>Search Console will deliver key insights including Performance, Coverage, Experience, Enhancements, <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The most exciting feature of Google Search Console is Performance. Click <strong>Performance<\/strong> in the Left Menu. The performance will show <strong>Total clicks, Total impressions, Average CTR, <\/strong>and <strong>Average position. <\/strong>When you scroll down, you will see the tabs of <strong>Queries, Pages, Countries, Devices, Search Performance, <\/strong>and <strong>Dates. <\/strong>On the <strong>Queries<\/strong> tab, you will see <strong>Top queries<\/strong> made on Google that resulted in visiting your website pages. 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