How to Set Up Google Search Console for Your Blog? | SEO🔍2

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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?

Hello, Radiant Souls!✨

Welcome to my post! Nice to see you here. What brings you here? 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 for short) 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, what search terms they use, and how often they click on your site.

2. Indexing & Crawling Insights

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

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.

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.

There are two ways to set up Google Search Console for your blog.

| Through the Google Search Console Website (Manually) 

This method works for any websites, including Blogger, WordPress, or customdomains.

· First, search for Google Search Console on Google, go to Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.

Image1. Searching for GSC in search engines like Google or Bing

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

· Enter your Blogger blog 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 with your Google account).

· 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).

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.

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.

Image3. Enter your blog url in the input field

Image4. Click "Continue" after entering your blog URL

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

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

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

Image6. The GSC window after completing the GSC setup

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 (www.mydearblog.com), you'd better access via the Google Search Console website. In the manual method, the GSC website may require extra verification.

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

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

Congratulations🎕

I hope today's post is helpful for you. 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 with a wonderful news and stay healthy! No matter how long the night, the dawn will always break. Keep your dreams alive, my friends out there!