Learn Google
Search Console
Everything we wish someone had told us before we spent a month wondering why a page would not index. No fluff, no keyword padding — just what each report means and what to actually do about it.
Getting Started
What Is Google Search Console? A Complete Guide
Google Search Console is a free tool that shows how Google crawls, indexes, and ranks your site. Learn what every report does and how to act on it.
9 min readHow to Verify Site Ownership in Google Search Console
Every Search Console verification method compared — DNS, HTML file, meta tag, Analytics and Tag Manager — plus how to fix a verification that keeps failing.
7 min readIs There an Official Google Search Console App?
Google does not publish a Search Console mobile app. Here is what your options actually are on iPhone and Android, and what to look for in a third-party client.
6 min read
Indexing
How to Submit a Sitemap to Google Search Console
Submit an XML sitemap the right way — plus the rules Google actually follows, the tags it ignores, and why 'Couldn't fetch' usually is not a fetch problem.
8 min readThe Page Indexing Report: Every Status Explained
What every Google Search Console indexing status actually means — Discovered, Crawled, Page with redirect, Alternate page with canonical — and how to fix each one.
12 min readHow to Use the URL Inspection Tool
Read the URL Inspection report like Google does — indexed status, canonical mismatches, live tests, rendered HTML, and what 'Request indexing' can and cannot do.
8 min read
Performance
Clicks, Impressions, CTR & Position Explained
What Search Console's four Performance metrics really measure, why average position misleads almost everyone, and how to find the pages worth optimizing.
10 min readCore Web Vitals in Search Console: LCP, INP & CLS
Understand the Core Web Vitals report — the thresholds for LCP, INP and CLS, why field data lags 28 days, and how much any of it really affects ranking.
9 min read