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Search console that helps SEO professionals and developers track and manage website performance or issues.

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Pros:

It is relatively straight forward to use and provides easy integration options with your website. Also integrates with other Google platforms as required.

Cons:

The cons that can pointed is its a bit hard to use.

Google Search Console ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service Software
4.2
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.8

Likelihood to recommend

9.2/10

Google Search Console has an overall rating of 4.8 out 5 stars based on 200 user reviews on Capterra.

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Shelmith
Shelmith
Admin Virtual Assistant in Kenya
Verified LinkedIn User
E-Learning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Google Search Console for website SEO

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: My overall experience is good, and would recommend Google Search Console to all website owners.

Pros:

I like the simple and customizable dashboard. It's easy to use.

Cons:

It's a great software, but needs some improvement, especially with backlinking monitoring.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

“A Guide to Optimizing Your Online Presence: Google Search Console Mastery”

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: The feedback and usage patterns observed from users, Google Search Console generally receives positive reviews for its usefulness in providing valuable insights into website performance.

Pros:

I liked the dashboard, keyword search and rank. It is very full in my everyday tasks and duties.

Cons:

One negative function of the Google Search Console, is the occasional delay in data reporting and indexing updates. While Google strives to provide real-time data, there can be delays in reporting changes to website performance metrics, such as clicks, impressions, and rankings.

Juan-Claude
Juan-Claude
Head Developer and SEO Expert in South Africa
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Google Search Console is a must use

3.0 3 years ago

Comments: With Google Console, you can view which keywords are bringing in the traffic to your website and can optimize to start tracking keywords. The benefit when your links get indexed is you can start doing On-page SEO to start seeing your website positioning in the search engine.

Pros:

Integration of Google Console is quite simple and easy to use. Indexing is the most important function for me or any business that wants their website to display in the search engine and also the analytics it provides. When Google Analytics is linked to Google Search Console it becomes powerful if you understand how to use it.

Cons:

I don't like the new feature of Google Search Console when you submit your sitemaps to get links indexed. Google is not indexing my links to any of the new websites I'm submitting or even updating old links.

Richard
Owner in Australia
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Essential Part Of Any SEO Campaign

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: I wouldn't do an SEO campaign without it!

Pros:

Search Console gives data that GA Analytics just doesn't have. It focusses on organic traffic and it has the vital sitemap submission feature. It allows you see how well each page in your site is doing as well as identify any new phrases which are getting impression/ clicks and thus add/adjust your website content to focus on it more. Plus it is "free" and it integrates with most SEO software.

Cons:

It's good, no complaints. They do occasionally drop off functiosn which were useful but much less often than their other platforms (Ads and Analytics)

Rob
Web strategist in Netherlands
Internet, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Google Search Console, a wealth of insights

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

I've come to appreciate its critical role in offering insights into search traffic and audience behaviors. It helps me pinpoint and fix technical issues, refine my SEO strategies, and optimize content based on real data. Moreover, the capability to integrate with other analytics tools like Ahrefs and WordPress enhances my website's analytics and performance, making GSC an indispensable tool in my digital arsenal. For more detailed insights, I recommend visiting the original article: [sensitive content hidden]

Cons:

It is a bit difficult to delegate to other people.

Marco Genaro
Marco Genaro
Founder in Bulgaria
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A tool that every SEO consultant should use.

5.0 last year

Comments: My experience is very good. As an SEO consultant is a tool that I use every day - and the best...it's free!

Pros:

Easy to use. Makes it easy to request for indexation, submit sitemaps to Google and analyze performance, among many other features.

Cons:

The only thing I would love if them to provide live support. Would help to fix some tricky SEO issues or some technical doubts.

Marian
IT Technician in Germany
Industrial Automation, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Google Search Console

5.0 6 months ago

Comments: Search console is an important tool for every webmaster. It offers you all the steps for ranking your website. The most important features for me are Sitemap submit, Page experience and Pages.

Pros:

If you have a website and website traffic in important for you Google Search Console is the first tool you need to setup. I always check the keywords traffic and position. Backlinks section offers a good insight of the backlinks you website has and keeping track of them is easy. System messages gave me important notices about pages with indexing problems and core vitals.

Cons:

I can't see which are the new backlinks found in the Links sections, I always export them in a sheet and then compare.

Michael
VP of Marketing in US
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Important SEO Tool

5.0 9 months ago

Pros:

Google Search Console helps our team track keywords, site speed, site health, and other basic SEO data. It's overall easy to use and does what we need it to

Cons:

Support is pretty rudimentary and the user interface is basic

Nasar
General physician in United Arab Emirates
Hospital & Health Care, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best search engine

5.0 9 months ago

Comments: It’s one of the best thing I have ever experienced in my digital world

Pros:

Easy and convenient method of use . You can use from mobile as well

Cons:

It sometime goes off topic search and then need to refresh

Šimon
Owner in Czechia
Textiles, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Super tool

5.0 10 months ago

Pros:

We use the tool every week. It is a very important tool for doing business online.

Cons:

Sometimes it's hard to navigate the settings.

Balabadhruni
Student in India
Education Management, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Pros and Cons

4.0 last year

Comments: Overall it's a nice experience and a great useful tool to many people.

Pros:

It gives a very nice user experience to navigate through many websites and articles which we want to view.

Cons:

They should be using more verification team to double check the data available in it.

George
Digital in Greece
Marketing & Advertising, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A must for SEO

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

A product frequently used by all SEO related people. Always helpful in completing organic related tasks, ease of use, even for entry level

Cons:

Customer support on overall Google product suite could be improved. Although it has a good integration with GA, competition is improving their offering fast on similar products that offer even more features

Emerald
Self Employed in South Africa
Human Resources Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Wonderful tool.

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

As we move more into the digital era. This tool has become such an asset especially if you want to know more about your stats and how you can improve visibility and engagement online. I would recommend this to companies, social media managers, and even small businesses who want to track their search queries and visibilities.

Cons:

I think it does require you to be a bit more tech-savvy, like other applications. You need to take time to understand and learn as you go but it's still a very good software.

Mia
Mia
Digital Marketer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best tool to Monitor Google Web Performance

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Google Search Console helped to Increase Organic Traffic and Sales. We can able to monitor the web site SEO Growth and Organic Performance in One Dashboard.

Pros:

Google Search Console is a must-have tool for marketers to Monitor SEO Performance. Features like URL Inspection, Performance, and Sitemaps are good to take SEO Related Actions

Cons:

As of now, it's well and Good. Sometimes URL Inspections are not working properly.

Adedayo
CAD Technician in Nigeria
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The best search console.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Am able to perform some essential research only with the use of google search console which is very important to me because it fetch me result that are relatively same with what am searching for which I really love.

Pros:

Everything about google search console suite me since have being using it.

Cons:

Not any feature is useless in google search console, everything has it own use which I really love.

Beiker
Ingeniero in US
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Optimum and efficient. It meets all your expectations and protection.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: excellent

Pros:

it is very easy to learn! There is no need to be an expert to use their services, it is for everyone.

Cons:

The truth is that I don't like anything!

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

"Google Search Console: A Must-have SEO Tool for Analyzing Website's Visibility & Ranking"

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Google Search Console is a powerful SEO tool that offers detailed insights on website's search engine performance, identifying and fixing technical issues, monitoring visibility on Google search, and analyzing backlinks. However, it requires basic SEO knowledge and only offers insights on Google, not other search engines. It's important to evaluate how it aligns with your specific SEO needs.

Pros:

I have access to detailed insights of my website's search engine performanceI can identify and fix technical issues that can impact my search rankingI can monitor my website's visibility on Google search, which helps me understand how my website is being perceived by the search engine.

Cons:

I need to have a basic understanding of SEO to effectively utilize the tool and interpret its dataThe tool does not provide a full picture of my website's performance on all search engines, only on Google.

Irenne
Manager in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very handy for my website

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I always wondered how my website was performing on Google. Not until a friend told me about Google search console. Now I can make adjustments by knowing it’s performance and make it stand out in Google.

Pros:

This software is so helpful to my website. Now I know how it is performing. I love it

Cons:

Actually nothing comes up. I think is great tool.

Thien
Graduate Research Assistant in US
Education Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Best way to start when looking to improve your website's visibility

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

With Google being the biggest search engine out there, its search console is the first place I start when I want some insights into my websites' rankings and how to improve their visibility. Installation and activation take no time with the plugin, and you will be directed immediately to verify your web ownership. Besides useful reports on how your website performs, if Google has any problem indexing your webpages, Search Console will keep you informed and give detailed explanation on the cause and how to fix it.

Cons:

The time lag from when I fix the problem as per the Google Search Console's crawl error reports to when Google actually validates the fix can be unusually long. I suppose you can contact the Search Console team directly for an earlier update, but fixes for simple errors should really be automatically validated.

Somi
Operations Team in India
Consumer Goods, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

You need it for SEO

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Our website has improved a lot ever since using Search Console.

Pros:

The insights come straight from Google. It sends a weekly report which helps determine the website ranking and overall health.

Cons:

The app is perfect. I don`t think there is anything missing

Digant
Digant
State head in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Mining & Metals, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A great tool to improve productivity

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I enjoyed using the software a lot

Pros:

I liked the simplicity and the originality of the tool. It helps me daily to filter out what I want and what I don’t

Cons:

The search console gives many irrelevant and NSFW softwares which may take up my time

Abby
Digital Marketing Manager in US
Real Estate, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Easy Integration With Other Google Marketing Products

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: GSC is a great product and it is extremely easy to use out of the box. The software has alerted our business to on-page issues that we were able to quickly correct before any customers even noticed or that page getting downgraded in search results.

Pros:

The Google ecosystem gives marketers nearly everything they need to run effective campaigns and optimize every aspect of their digital presence. Google Search Console allows us to track important keywords and how each of our pages performs for each keyword we are tracking. GSC also provides alerts for any on-page issues that could negatively impact our overall SEO or prevent Google from crawling the page altogether. GSC also integrates with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Ad Words and more complicated data transfers are easy to setup via the API.

Cons:

There is almost no support since this is a free product for most users. Additionally, it would be useful to be able to dismiss notifications about on-page issues since the same ones tend to come up over and over and it makes it difficult to track any issues that do require our immediate attention.

Atif
Atif
Software Developer in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospitality, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The only search console I have used

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: My overall experience with google webmaster tools or Google search console has been good. I can easily keep a track of how website is ranked in google search and what steps I can take to be on top.

Pros:

If we want to rank our website on google search, google search console is a must be used tool. It helps us keep a track of how website data is seen by google and how our website is performing

Cons:

Since google updated from google webmaster console to google search console, it became a bit difficult to find XML sitemaps and robots.txt testing tools. Making those available quickly will help a lot

Oluseun
Oluseun
MD/CEO in Nigeria
Verified LinkedIn User
Writing & Editing, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

GSC should be your dearest friend as a Blogger

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: My overall experience with Google Search Console has been near perfect. It is a great tool for anyone to monitor their sites

Pros:

GSC allows you to have a detailed information including the trends of what goes on with your site. In addition, the information on this tool is by far more accurate than other similar tools. Moreover, it is quite very easy to use this tool because of its simplified integration process with all kinds of site. The integration is also non-technical, which would have been boring and difficult for users

Cons:

I would love this tool to provide more alerts and notifications to users, which is presently not as frequent.

Raj
Raj
Blogger, Website designer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

Best software for monitoring and maintaining a website

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: My overall experience with Google search console is quite good. I am using it for last 4 years and love the way it works. Their features are great and limitless, and provides best outcomes to appear the best possible way on the Google search results.

Pros:

I like Google search console mostly because it helps me to check and monitor my websites traffic, data, search presence. I have been using it more than 4 years, and still loving to use it. google search console provides different variations features to completely get my website on Google search results and even get to top of a search results page.

Cons:

The least thing I like about Google search console is that sometimes it detects some issues which never appeared and right now everything is good. And I think the last version of Google search console was better, and simple than the latest version we have now.