Search Console is Google’s free report on how your site appears in search. It shows what people searched, how often you appeared and how often they clicked.
Key takeaways30-second version
✓Impressions and clicks. An impression is your page appearing in results.✓The Performance report. Filter by page and by query to see which searches bring people in.✓Pages and indexing. Shows which pages Google has stored and which it skipped, with the reason.✓Core Web Vitals. Google’s view of how fast and stable your pages feel on real phones.✓Sitemaps. Submit your sitemap once. 01 Impressions and clicks
An impression is your page appearing in results. A click is someone choosing it. Many impressions with few clicks usually means the title or description needs work.
and the five reports worth checking weekly.
02 The Performance report
Filter by page and by query to see which searches bring people in. Compare the last 28 days with the 28 before.
03 Pages and indexing
Shows which pages Google has stored and which it skipped, with the reason. Fix the ones you care about first.
04 Core Web Vitals
Google’s view of how fast and stable your pages feel on real phones. Poor pages are listed so you can fix them in order.
05 Sitemaps
Submit your sitemap once. Check here when you add sections so Google finds them quickly.
