Connecting Google Search Console
When I first built my website and looked into connecting Google Search Console, I was overwhelmed with information and didn’t add it to my Squarespace site for almost a month. Finally I took the time to sit down and just go through and add it to my site…….it was soooo easy! AND, once Google Search Console was added and I indexed my pages I bumped up from barely being able to find my site in search results (I would scroll way down trying to find it) to being the 5th result! All the worry for nothing.
Because this makes such a huge difference, I recommend that all my clients connect Google Search Console if they need their sites to be easily found online. -Note this applies to most of my clients but there are a few that just need a site to direct their clients to and they do not need the rest of the web to find them.
So what is Google Search Console?
Google Search Console is a free SEO tool. It helps you to monitor your site and troubleshoot your websites performance in search result. With Google Search Console you can Index your site/site pages, monitor your site performance and troubleshoot search issues.
Connecting Google Search Console To Squarespace
Remember, don’t sweat this, it’s an easy process and makes a huge difference!
From you Squarespace dashboard click on your Website (This is for version 7.1)
Click on Settings.
Scroll down to Third Party Tools
Click Connected Accounts
Click on Connect Account
Choose Google Search Console.
This will open a new window asking you to sign in with your Gmail account (typically this is the one associated with your Squarespace account).
Sign in with your Gmail
Click Allow to accept the terms & conditions.
That’s it, Google Search Console is connected!!
Yes, it really was that easy to get it connected! Keep in mind though, it can take up to 72 hours before you will see any data displayed.
So where do I find the data from or manage Google Search Console?
You can keep an eye on the data the Google Search Console gathers directly through your Squarespace website settings.
From your Squarespace dashboard click on your Website
Click on Analytics
Under the Traffic section you will see Search Keywords.
Search Keywords is where you will find all of the data that Google Search Console has pulled.
Manage Google Search Console
You can navigate directly to your Google Search Console dashboard for this! https://search.google.com/search-console
What if I want to go further in depth with Google Search Console?
Is there more to this than just connecting? YES! Google Search Console is a super easy way to add sitemaps, request page indexing, troubleshoot errors, etc.
I won’t go into any details in this article, but expect additional articles down the road that delve a little further into how you manage and troubleshoot your site through Google Search Console!