Google search console is a powerful free tool that helps online store owners create healthy, search engine friendly websites. It aims to warn errors, security problems and index generation problems that may affect search ranking, and help monitor and maintain the presence of sites in Google search results. Search console is the only place where Google can directly obtain website search engine optimization (SEO) information. That is, you may need to take the time to learn how to use it effectively. Therefore, we provide a guide to some of the main elements that can help you improve the visibility of the online store to help you get started.
Initial stage: to use Google search console, you must first register a free account. Navigate to the Google search console website and click the blue start now button. You must log in to an existing Google \/ Gmail account or create a new one. Then select the type of property to use and enter the URL of the web site. Available attribute types include: Male domain: contains all versions of the URL (http: \/ \/, HTTPS: \/ \/ http:\/\/www , https:\/\/www , subdomains, etc.). The DNS settings of the domain name must be modified for authentication. URL prefix:
Contains only specific prefixes. For example: https:\/\/example.com Include only http:\/\/example.com barring. If you choose this path, you can create a separate account for each prefix. Provide a variety of simple verification methods. After selecting the option, you must confirm the ownership of the website. Google here provides a specific description of the authentication domain. To verify the URL, click settings in the menu on the left. Green check mark next to ownership confirmation and \
Add male users: if you work with a team or hire people to help with SEO or marketing, you must add everyone as an account user. To do this, select the users and permissions tab and click the add blue user button in the upper right corner. Note: users must have a valid Google account. After entering the email address, you can also select the permission level (all or limited). You can change or completely delete the access level at any time. Add XML site map: XML site map tells search engines how the pages on your website are related to each other, the last update time and how important each page is for different URLs.
Adding an XML site map will not improve search ranking, but it will help search engine robots scroll websites and index content more efficiently. XML site map will not be automatically generated by WordPress, but just activate the free jetpack plug-in and activate the site map. This will generate an XML site map for the site, but you can customize it to other post types if necessary without adding steps. To confirm this, use example. com\/sitemap. Go to XML. (don’t forget to replace example.com with your own URL.) If all settings are correct, the page with the title XML site map and information list must be displayed.
The next step is to tell Google search console where the site map can be found. In the left menu of Google search console, click Sitemaps, and then click URL sitemap. Paste the last part of the XML into the box. Then click the blue submit button. In the section under submitted site map, fill the site map of the site with
You can see. Male Google search console is used to view the site map and improve the index generation process. Male error of understanding: one of the advantages of Google search console is to receive notification of index errors that may affect the ranking of search engines.
To check for errors, click scope of application in the left menu. The report shows the pages on the website that Google generated the index, as well as the pages with errors or warnings. Scroll through the list of specific errors and click each error for details. After trying to correct the error, return to the error details and click OK to correct it. Google will scroll the page again and show if the problem has been resolved. Not all errors generate the same, so it is important to confirm the details. Some can be safely ignored, but others need immediate attention.
The most common errors include: Server error (5xx). This means that Google cannot load the page (URL) due to a server problem. This may be caused by excessive traffic, server maintenance or other reasons. Please check this URL again and make sure the error is still occurring. Otherwise, it can be handled by itself. If so, you may need to consult the hosting company. Redirection error. That is, the redirection created does not work. This is usually caused by incorrectly entering the domain \/ url. The URL submitted is robots. Blocked by TXT. This is Google robots. This means that the page cannot be rolled back due to the setting of TXT file. Although it is necessary to deliberately block specific pages, if the error is accidental, you may need to manually remove the block to display in search results.
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This can happen if the post, link, or product tracking page is permanently changed after posting in word. To correct the error, redirect a non-existent URL to a new page or similar You can create 301 redirection in htaccess file or use the free WordPress plug-in redirection. This will click the error in the Google search console and select confirm correction. Submit rollback request: rollback request submission is a very useful part in Google search console. This allows you to send a request to Google, get a new or updated page (URL), and create \/ re index it.
Why is this important? Let’s say you update one of the popular blog posts and make further improvements, but Google snipt in the search results highlights the old information. You can submit a rollback request, let Google roll back the page again, and create an index for the updated information. This is also useful when changing SEO titles and descriptions, adding new content to online stores, and visiting pages or products. How to submit a rollback request? Rolling load
Or paste the URL to roll back into the box at the top of the page. If Google search console checks the URL, you can click the index generation request to notify Google search robot that the page content has been updated and needs to scroll again. Male Google search console began to improve: no matter what you sell, no matter what the size of the online store, you must set up a Google search console account. Completely free, you, your website traffic, and ultimately created by Google to help your customers. However, Google search console itself does not perform any operation on the website. Setting will not immediately generate more traffic or improve SEO. As with other tools, to make the most of the information provided by the tool, you must spend time learning how to use the tool. But it’s definitely worth trying to improve the visibility of online store search engines!