{"id":830,"date":"2014-06-29T17:51:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T21:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/?page_id=830"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:00:03","slug":"google-webmaster-tools-gwmt-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/google-webmaster-tools-gwmt-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search Console Guide – A.k.a. Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Google Search Console (GSC), a.k.a Google Webmaster Tools (GWT)?<\/h2>\n

\"GSC<\/p>\n

Google Search Console\u00a0is a collection of very powerful tools that every WordPress site owners should use. Considering Google is the most dominant search engine in many countries, having access to a set of tools that not only allows you to know what Google thinks about your site but also lets\u00a0you to communicate with Google is invaluable.<\/p>\n

What to expect from this Google Search Console (GSC) guide?<\/h2>\n

The guide is largely divided into two sections.<\/p>\n

In the first section, we created a list of videos for\u00a0each function in GSC for you to get a good general idea of what each tool does. If you are not familiar with any of the tools this would be a\u00a0good starting point.<\/p>\n

In the second section, we attempt to answer some of the commonly asked GSC related questions as well as\u00a0how GSC can be used to solve SEO issues.<\/p>\n

Google Search Console\u00a0Guide table of contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Topics<\/th>Posts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/td>Overview of Google Webmaster Tools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search Appearance<\/strong><\/td>Search Appearance Tools Overview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Structured Data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Data Highlighter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>HTML Improvements<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sitelinks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Search Traffic<\/strong><\/td>Search Traffic Tools Overview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Search Analytics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Links to Your Site<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Manual Actions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Internal Links<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>International Targeting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Index<\/strong><\/td>Index Status, Content Keywords, Remove URLs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crawl<\/strong><\/td>Crawl Errors<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Crawl Stats<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Fetch as Google<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Robots.txt Tester<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sitemaps<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>URL Parameters<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Security Issues<\/strong><\/td>Overview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Resources<\/strong><\/td>Structured Data Testing Tool<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Structured Data Markup Helper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Email Markup Tester<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Google Places<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Google Merchant Center<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>PageSpeed Insights<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Custom Search<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

How to use Google Search Console to solve SEO issues<\/h2>\n

There are so many things that GSC can do it’s just unbelievable!<\/p>\n