Google Search Console
Let Rankwell read how people find you on Google: the searches you show up for, the clicks, and the pages that earn them.
Connecting Google Search Console gives your Experts read-only access to your search performance: the searches you appear for, how often people click, and which pages earn those clicks. You choose the one site that belongs to this business.
Rankwell, your SEO Expert, works from this data, and your SEO page fills from it. Nothing in Search Console can be changed from here.
Why it helps
- SEO advice starts from the searches you already appear for, not from generic keyword lists.
- You see which pages are losing clicks, so fixes go where they count.
- Your Search Console setup stays exactly as it is, because access is read-only.
How to use it
- Find Search Console. Open Settings → Connected apps and find Google Search Console under For your business.
- Connect with Google. Press Connect and sign in with the Google account that has your site in Search Console. Google asks for read-only access.
- Choose your site. On the row, press Choose Search Console site and pick this business's site.
- Brief Rankwell. Ask Rankwell what's wrong with your site's SEO, or open the SEO page once it has synced.
Make the most of it
- If you have a domain-wide property, pick it: it covers every page and subdomain.
- Search data runs a couple of days behind, so judge a fix after a week or two, not the next morning.
- Add your own Ahrefs key on the Ahrefs row under Direct connections and Rankwell adds backlinks and keyword data.
Hand it over in one click
- Find out what's actually wrong with my site's SEO — Rankwell
- Figure out which pages are losing clicks — Rankwell
- Plan what to write so posts actually rank — Rankwell
Questions
Does Rankwell need Search Console?
Yes, for anything built on your own search data. Until a site is connected and chosen, Rankwell asks you to do that first.
Can an Expert change anything in Search Console?
No. Access is read-only.
How do I disconnect it?
Search Console shares your Google sign-in. Remove on the Google Workspace row under Direct connections ends all Google access, Search Console included.