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Google Search Console

Google's free tool for seeing search performance, indexing status and issues for your own website.

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About Google Search Console

Google Search Console is the free service every site owner should connect first. After verifying your site, it shows the queries people used to find you in Google Search, with impressions, clicks, click-through rate and average position, plus which pages are indexed and why others are not. You can submit sitemaps, request indexing of individual URLs, inspect how Google sees a page, and get alerts about manual actions, security problems, Core Web Vitals and structured data errors. It is first-party Google data, which no third-party tool can match for your own site, but it only covers sites you own, keeps a limited history, samples or hides some long-tail queries, and offers no competitor research. Most SEO tools import its data. It is a free web-based product used in the browser, alongside the Google Search Console Insights view.

Best for: Every site owner who wants Google's own data on search performance and indexing.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Free first-party data straight from Google
  • Shows indexing problems and lets you request recrawls
  • Alerts for manual actions and security issues

Why people leave

  • Only covers sites you verify, with no competitor data
  • Limited history and some queries withheld

Top Google Search Console alternatives

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  1. 1Bing Webmaster Tools logo
    Bing Webmaster Tools

    The equivalent free console for Bing, with keyword research and site scans.

    66.5
  2. 2Ahrefs logo
    Ahrefs

    Ahrefs Free adds site audits and backlink data for verified sites.

    62.6
  3. 3Seobility logo
    Seobility

    A free plan with site audits and rank tracking on top of GSC data.

    59.6
  4. 4Semrush logo
    Semrush

    Adds competitor, keyword and backlink research Search Console lacks.

    57.2

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Google Search Console: common questions

Is Google Search Console free?

Yes, Google Search Console is free to use.

Is Google Search Console open source?

No, Google Search Console is not open source.

What platforms does Google Search Console run on?

Google Search Console is available for Web.

What are the best alternatives to Google Search Console?

The highest-ranked Google Search Console alternatives right now are Bing Webmaster Tools, Ahrefs and Seobility. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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