First-party search performance · First-party site performance
Google Search Console: coverage and access
Find queries and pages already earning impressions for your own site; investigate changes in clicks, impressions and position.
What it covers
Geography and granularity
Geography: Your verified website property; Google Search
Granularity: Queries, pages, countries, devices and search appearance, subject to reporting limits
Source type: First-party site performance
Potential use
Find queries and pages already earning impressions for your own site; investigate changes in clicks, impressions and position.
Access and cost
Account and API
Verify site ownership; authorize a Google account and configure a project for API use.
Cost: No charge for Search Console; Google API quotas apply.
Update cadence: Recent performance data is not a complete real-time log; processing and reporting limits apply.
- Provider page ↗Primary source reviewed 2026-10-09
- Documentation and access details ↗Check the provider's current terms and instructions before use
Interpret carefully
Limits that affect the decision
This is first-party data for properties you control, not a way to inspect competitors. Rare queries can be omitted for privacy; average position and clicks need careful interpretation.
Recent performance data is not a complete real-time log; processing and reporting limits apply.
This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.