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Google Search Console and Analytics

Setting up Search Console to track indexing and search performance, and using Analytics to understand user behaviour and traffic sources.

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Google Search Console

Setup methods: a domain property, or a URL-prefix property.1

Uses:

  • Track indexing status.
  • Monitor search performance.
  • Submit sitemaps.

Google Analytics

Used to check user behaviour on the site, and to find traffic sources and conversions.

Footnotes

  1. iSkills SEO course notes, compiled 2025. ↩

Sources

  • [^iskills-course-notes]iSkills — course notes

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