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title: "Connecting Google Search Console"
category: "Analytics"
source: "https://getbloggable.com/help/search-console"
updated: 2026-10-22T10:34:36.650Z
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# Connecting Google Search Console

Search Console is where Google reports what your blog actually does in search: which queries you appeared for, how often, where you ranked, and how many people clicked. Connecting it turns several Bloggable features from estimates into measurements.

## Before you start: you need a custom domain

**Google only reports on a domain you can prove you own.** A blog published to a Bloggable address — `getbloggable.com/b/…` or a `.bllog.io` handle — sits on a domain you can't verify in Search Console. The connection will succeed and then collect nothing, which is a confusing failure mode, so it's worth being clear about up front.

Connect a custom domain to the blog first. See *Publishing posts and custom domains*.

## Connecting

1. **Integrations → Search** in the main nav.
2. Connect Google Search Console and authorise access.
3. Pick which Search Console property maps to which blog.

Sync runs nightly. Expect the first useful data the next day, and expect Search Console itself to lag by a couple of days — that's Google's reporting delay, not ours.

## What it unlocks

- **Clicks, impressions, CTR and average position** per post.
- **Decline detection** — posts losing rank or traffic, flagged in **Intelligence**.
- Better refresh prioritisation, because "which posts are slipping" becomes a fact rather than a guess.

## If it's connected but there's no data

In order of likelihood:

1. **The blog isn't on a custom domain.** See above. This is the common one.
2. **The wrong property is mapped.** A `domain` property and a `URL-prefix` property in Search Console are not interchangeable; make sure the one you picked covers the URLs your posts actually live at.
3. **It's too soon.** Google needs the site indexed and needs a few days of data before it reports anything.
4. **The blog isn't indexed.** Check the blog's SEO settings allow indexing, and that the posts are published.

## Disconnecting

**Integrations → Search**. Disconnecting stops the nightly sync; previously synced figures stay on your posts.

## A known gap

Search Console data is stored per post but isn't yet surfaced in the editor — there's no per-post Search Console panel while you're writing. The data is used by **Intelligence**, which is where to look for it today.