# Google Search Console (GSC)

> Free Google tool providing search performance data and site health insights.

Source: https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/google-search-console

Google Search Console is a free service from Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in search results. It provides data on impressions, clicks, rankings, indexing status, and technical issues.

## Example

GSC shows you're getting 10,000 impressions for 'running shoes' but only 200 clicks, indicating low CTR that needs improvement.

## How to apply it

Connect all site properties, submit sitemaps, monitor Core Web Vitals, check indexing coverage, analyze search queries, request indexing for new content.

> **Pro tip:** GSC data has a 2-3 day delay. For recent changes, check the URL Inspection tool which shows fresh crawl data.

## Related terms

- [Impressions](https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/impressions)
- [Clicks](https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/clicks)
- [Average Position](https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/average-position)
- [Indexing](https://anotherseoguru.com/en/glossary/indexing)