Increase Blog Performance (Google Search Console)

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Google Search Console Overview

Google Search Console (GSC) is a free tool by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results.

Key Features:

1. Performance Report

   • Tracks clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position.

   • Analyzes search queries, pages, countries, devices, and search appearance.

2. URL Inspection Tool

   • Checks the index status of specific URLs.

   • Diagnoses issues and requests indexing.

3. Coverage Report

   • Lists all indexed pages and reasons for non-indexed pages.

   • Identifies errors, valid pages, warnings, and excluded pages.

4. Sitemaps

   • Allows you to submit sitemaps.

   • Provides status and error reports for submitted sitemaps.

5. Enhancements

   • Reports on mobile usability, AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), and other structured data enhancements.

6. Links

   • Shows internal and external linking data.

   • Identifies top linked pages and sites.

7. Manual Actions

   • Notifies you of any manual penalties applied to your site.

   • Provides details on the penalty and how to fix it.

8. Security Issues

   • Alerts you to security issues like malware or hacking.

9. Core Web Vitals

   • Measures performance metrics like loading speed, interactivity, and visual stability.

Google Search Console is essential for understanding how Google views your site and optimizing it for better search performance.

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How to Submit a Sitemap to Google

You can submit your sitemap to Google using Google Search Console (GSC).

Note: If you don't have a Google Search Console account, create one.

Steps to Submit a Sitemap:

1. Log in to Google Search Console

   • Log in to your GSC account.

   • Select the website you want to submit a sitemap for.

1. Go to the ‘Sitemaps’ Report

   • In the left sidebar, go to the “Indexing” section and click on “Sitemaps.”

   • This is where you can manage your sitemaps.

1. Find the URL of Your Sitemap

   • Most XML sitemaps are located at https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.

   • You can also use Google search: site:yourdomain.com filetype:xml.

   • Check your robots.txt file at https://yourdomain.com/robots.txt for a sitemap link.

   • If you don't have an XML sitemap, create one (refer to our guide on creating an XML sitemap).

2. Add a New Sitemap

   • In the “Sitemaps” report, go to the “Add a new sitemap” section.

   • Paste the URL of your sitemap and click “Submit.”

   • A confirmation message will appear once submitted.

Your sitemap will now appear in the “Submitted sitemaps” list, showing submission date, last read date, and the number of pages discovered. The status will indicate if the submission was successful or if there are issues to fix.