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Google Search Console[1] is a beneficial tool provided by Google[5] that serves as a health checkup for your website[6]. It offers a variety of features to help you monitor your site’s performance and resolve any issues. You can submit a sitemap for Google to crawl and index your site, view statistics related to Googlebot’s access to your site, and receive notifications about indexing, spam, or other site problems. The console also lets you see which sites are linking to yours and helps you manage your robots.txt[3] files. Additionally, it links to other useful tools such as Bing Webmaster[4] Tools, Google Insights for Search, Google Analytics[2], Schema.org, and Google Tag Manager. The console also provides references for further learning and external links to relevant resources such as documentation for improving SEO and the official Google Webmaster Central Blog[7].

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1. Google Search Console ( Google Search Console )
1 Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps website owners, SEO professionals, and developers monitor and maintain their site's presence in Google Search results. It provides valuable insights into how Google's search engine sees your site and aids in troubleshooting and improving the visibility of your sites. Some of its key features include the ability to submit and check sitemaps, view Googlebot access statistics, receive alerts on indexing, spam, or other issues, and examine which sites link to your website. Additionally, it offers tools for setting a preferred domain for search engine results page (SERP) display, highlighting structured data for search entries, accessing site speed reports, APIs for listings and crawl errors, and security checks for hacking and malware. Google Search Console also provides connections to other Google resources like Google Analytics, Google Insights for Search, and Google Tag Manager.
2 Google Search Console is a beneficial tool provided by Google that serves as a health checkup for your website. It offers a variety of features to help you monitor your site's performance and resolve any issues. You can submit a sitemap for Google to crawl and index your site, view statistics related to Googlebot's access to your site, and receive notifications about indexing, spam, or other site problems. The console also lets you see which sites are linking to yours and helps you manage your robots.txt files. Additionally, it links to other useful tools such as Bing Webmaster Tools, Google Insights for Search, Google Analytics, Schema.org, and Google Tag Manager. The console also provides references for further learning and external links to relevant resources such as documentation for improving SEO and the official Google Webmaster Central Blog.
2. Google Analytics ( Google Analytics ) Google Analytics is a powerful web analytics tool from Google. It allows website owners to track and analyze their online traffic. It provides key insights like session duration, pages visited per session, and bounce rate. The tool also integrates with Google Ads for campaign tracking and offers e-commerce reporting. Google Analytics is implemented via a JavaScript-based tracking code and utilizes page tags for data collection. It has evolved through various versions, with the latest being Google Analytics 4 (GA4). GA4 offers new features such as predictive metrics and enhanced customizability. It's also compatible with mobile apps, with SDKs provided for iOS and Android. Despite some privacy concerns and potential performance issues, Google Analytics remains the most popular web analytics service, used by a majority of top websites. Google provides comprehensive support and training resources for users, making it a go-to tool for web analytics.

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.

Google Search Console
Type of site
Webmaster tools
OwnerGoogle
URLsearch.google.com/search-console
Commercialyes
Launched2006; 18 years ago (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.

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