How to Set Up Google Search Console
for Your Blog?

Learn how to set up Google Search Console for your blog, track performance, fix issues, and boost visibility

—even if you're a beginner❢

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Today's Contents:

• What is Google Search Console?

• 5 Key Features of Google Search Console

• Why Use Google Search Console?

• How to Set Up Google Search Console?

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Hello, Radiant Souls!✨
Welcome to my post! Nice to see you here. Especially if you're exploring blogging at your own pace, you're in the right place. Today, I'll walk through how to set up Google Search Console step by step—no tech skills needed!

| What is Google Search Console?

Google Search Console (GSC) is a 100% free tool from Google that helps website owners monitor, maintain, and improve their site’s presence in Google Search results. It’s like a dashboard that shows how your website performs in search engines and helps you fix any issues that might affect your ranking.

| 5 Key features of Google Search Console?

1. Performance Tracking

It sees how many people find your website through search engines, which search terms they use, and how often they click on your site.

2. Indexing & Crawling Insights

It finds out if Google can access and read your web pages. If some pages aren’t showing up on Google, GSC can help identify the issue.

3. Fixing Errors

It alerts you to issues like broken links, mobile usability problems, or slow-loading pages.

4. Sitemaps & URL Inspection

It submits your website’s sitemap so Google understands your site structure. You can also check individual pages to see if they’re indexed or not.

5. Security & Manual Actions

It warns you if your site has security issues (like hacking) or penalties from Google for breaking rules.

| Why Use Google Search Console?

It helps improve SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by providing valuable data on how your site appears in search results. You can fix problems quickly before they impact your rankings.

| How to Set Up Google Search Console?

There are two main ways to set up Google Search Console (GSC) for your blog.

| Through the Google Search Console Website (Manually)

This method works for any website, including Blogger, WordPress, or custom domains.

· Go to Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.

The image shows the searching for GSC in search engines.

Image1. Searching for GSC in search engines like Google

· Click "Start Now" and choose “Domain” or “URL Prefix” (For Blogger, use "URL Prefix").

· Enter your Blogger site URL (e.g., https://yourblogname.blogspot.com/).

· Click “Continue” and Google will automatically verify your Blogger site (since it's already linked to Google).

· If you’re using a custom domain, you might need to verify ownership by adding a TXT record in your domain settings (Google will provide instructions).

| Through Blogger Settings (Easier for Blogger Users)

This is a simple method specifically for blogger users.

· Open your Google Blogger Dashboard and go to "Settings."

· Scroll down to "Crawlers and indexing."

· Click "Google Search Console" and it will take you directly to the verification page.

The image shows that the setting up Google Search Console through Blogger Settings.

Image2. Setting up Google Search Console through Blogger Settings

· Enter your blog URL in the url input field of the URL prefix and click "Continue." Since Google Search Console is a Google product, the ownership is automatically verified.

The image shows that how to enter your blogger URL in the input field

Image3. Enter your blog url in the input field

The image shows that the Click of "Continue" after entering the blog URL

Image4. Click "Continue" after entering your blog URL

· Next, click “GO TO PROPERTY” to open the Google Search Console window.

The image shows that the Click of "GO TO PROPERTY" in the ownership auto verified window

Image5. Click "GO TO PROPERTY" in the ownership auto verified window

· The URL of the blog you've just registered appears in the upper left corner of the Google Search Console.

The image shows that After completing the GSC setup, the GSC window.

Image6. The GSC window after completing the GSC setup

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If you’re using a Blogger subdomain (.blogspot.com), the Blogger settings method is quicker. The extra verification process is not required.

If you have a custom domain, the manual method via the GSC website may require extra verification.

Image7 shows what my blog looks like after I enter my blog URL into the search box on Bing.

The image shows that Search results for my blogger URL in the search engine, Bing

Image7. Search results for my blog URL in the search engine, Bing

Congratulations (╹ڡ╹ )

I hope today's post is helpful. Next time, I'll show you how to check if the blog URL is indexed well in search engines after completing the Google Search Console settings. I look forward to seeing you again soon and stay healthy.

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