Google Search Console
Google’s free tool that shows which searches your site appears for, and how often people click.
In plain English
Search Console is the most direct view of how Google sees your site: what is indexed, which questions you show up for, and any problems it found. Data from AI Overviews is included in its totals.
In practice
A landscaper finds out in Search Console that a page about drought-tolerant plants is getting seen for dozens of questions.
Related terms
Measuring resultsStarter Impressions How many times your page was shown in search results, whether or not anyone clicked. In practice, and related terms → Measuring resultsStarter Click-through rateCTR The share of people who saw your result and clicked it. In practice, and related terms → How AI reads the webStarter Indexing When a search engine stores a page so it can show it in results. In practice, and related terms →