Google Search Console - wikipedia Google Search Console This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( April 2012 ) Google Search Console ( previously Google Webmaster Tools ) is a no - charge web service by Google for webmasters. It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites. As of May 20, 2015, Google rebranded Google Webmaster Tools as Google Search Console. It has tools that let webmasters : Submit and check a sitemap. Check and set the crawl rate, and view statistics about when Googlebot accesses a particular site. Write and check a robots. txt file to help discover pages that are blocked in robots. txt accidentally. List internal and external pages that link to the site. Get a list of links which Googlebot had difficulty crawling, including the error that Googlebot received when accessing the URLs in question. See what keyword searches on Google led to the site being listed in the SERPs, and the click through rates of such listings. ( Previously named ' Search Queries ' ; rebranded May 20, 2015 to ' Search Analytics ' with extended filter possibilities for devices, search types and date periods ). Set a preferred domain ( e.g. prefer example.com over www.example.com or vice versa ), which determines how the site URL is displayed in SERPs. Highlight to Google Search elements of structured data which are used to enrich search hit entries ( released in December 2012 as Google Data Highlighter ). Demote Sitelinks for certain search results. Receive notifications from Google for manual penalties. Provide access to an API to add, change and delete listings and list crawl errors. Rich Cards a new section added, for better mobile user experience. Contents 1 Criticism and controversy 2 Features of Search Analytics reports 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Criticism and controversy The list of inbound links on Google Webmaster Tools is generally much larger than the list of inbound links that can be discovered using the link : example.com search query on Google itself. Google is tight lipped about the discrepancy. The list on Google Webmaster Tools includes nofollow links that do not convey search engine optimization authority to the linked site. On the other hand, the list of links generated with a link : example.com type query are deemed by Google to be `` important '' links in a controversial way. Google Webmaster Tools, as well as the Google index, seems to routinely ignore link spam. Once a manual penalty has been removed, Google Webmaster Tools will still display the penalty for another 1 -- 3 days. After the Google Search Console rebrand, information has been produced demonstrating that Google Search Console creates data points that do not reconcile with Google Analytics or ranking data, particularly within the local search market. Features of Search Analytics reports Accurate data Search Analytics reports deliver more accurate reports than the Search Queries report. The reports are up - to - date and provides the latest information possible. Individual page count Search Analytic reports considers all the links to the same page as single impression. Separate reports are available to track the device type and search type. Image click count more accurate Search Analytics reports only count clicks as clicks on expanded images in an image search result to your page. The previous Search Queries report counts all the click on an images, expanded or not, in both web & images search. Data consolidated by full domain Search Analytics reports assign all clicks, impressions, and other search data to a single, complete host name. Subdomains are regarded as separate entities by Search Console and need to be added separately. See also Bing Webmaster Tools Google Insights for Search Google Analytics References Jump up ^ `` Announcing Google Search Console - the new Webmaster Tools ''. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Google Webmaster Tools is now Google Search Console ! ''. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ `` The 7 most important metrics in Google Search Console ''. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016. Jump up ^ Boudreaux, Ryan ( 2013 - 06 - 18 ). `` How to use Google Data Highlighter, part 1 ''. TechRepublic. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 04. Jump up ^ DeMers, Jayson. `` 3 Steps to Take When You Suspect an Algorithmic Penalty From Google ''. searchenginejournal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014. Jump up ^ Cutts, Matt. `` View manual webspam actions in Webmaster Tools ''. Google. Retrieved 7 March 2014. Jump up ^ `` Webmaster Tools API Google Developers ''. Google Developers. Retrieved 2015 - 06 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Introducing rich cards ''. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 14. Jump up ^ Jansen, Derek. `` Manual Spam Action Revoked -- But It 's Still Listed in Webmaster Tools ''. PP. Retrieved 31 March 2015. Google typically takes 24 - 72 hours to remove the message within the `` Manual Actions '' section of Google Webmaster Tools. External links Google Search Console `` Official Google Webmaster Central Blog ''. Webmaster Central Blog. Google. 2010 - 02 - 16. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 16. `` Official Google Webmaster Central Help Forum ''. Webmaster Central Help Forum. Google. 2010 - 02 - 16. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 16. An Ultimate Guide on Google Search Console Google Overview Alphabet Inc. 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Answer: to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites