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That's the only requirement to use Search Console. Open Search Console, then add and verify ownership of your site. You'll need to prove that you are the owner of your website, because Search Console shows information about your site that only site owners should see, and allows you to make changes that can affect how your site appears on Google.
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Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.
In Search Console, the metric is shown as average position, which averages the position value for all impressions (because the position of the link will be different each time it is seen). Position in Google Search is typically calculated from top to bottom on the primary side of the page, then top to bottom on the secondary side of the page.
If you're ready to spend more time digging into Search Console's reports, learning how Google Search works, and redesigning your site, you can really analyze and customize your site's performance on Google Search. This track assumes that you are familiar with basic SEO practices and terms.
In Search Console, you can create filters to match several queries; we recommend matching similar queries, such as "world cup", "the world cup" and "2023 world cup". You can track a query's performance over time by filtering by that query (click the query in the QUERIES tab) to see its performance over time.
Check Search Console whenever you make important site changes to monitor your site’s behavior in Google Search. Adding new content to your site: Test that Google can access your pages using the URL Inspection tool. Tell Google which pages to crawl by updating your sitemap. Tell Google which pages not to crawl using robots.txt or noindex tags.
To verify ownership using a Google Tag Manager tag: Open Search Console using the same Google account that has edit access in Google Tag Manager. Read the requirements for this verification technique. Choose Google Tag Manager in the verification details page for your site, and follow the instructions shown.
A property is Search Console's term for a discrete thing that you can examine or manage in Search Console. A website property represents a website: that is, all pages that share the common domain or URL prefix that you specify. You can manage multiple properties, and choose which one to see or manage using the property selector in Search Console.
If the URL status starts with "URL is on Google", then the page should be available in Google Search. You can verify this by searching for the URL in Google. If the page isn't in search results: Check the Manual Actions report and Security Issues report for issues affecting that page.
