Setup guide
Search Console is the authoritative source for queries, impressions, and indexing. This guide covers verification, sitemaps, GA4 linking, and connecting GSC to ClimbPast.
Create a property at search.google.com/search-console. Domain properties need a DNS TXT record; URL-prefix properties can verify via HTML tag, file upload, or an existing GA4 install. Verification must succeed before any data appears.
Under Sitemaps, enter sitemap.xml. Status should show Success with discovered URLs. If you have not published a sitemap yet, follow our sitemap setup guide first.
In GA4, link Search Console under Admin → Product links for basic combined views. For questions like "which queries drive converting pages," connect both properties to ClimbPast with one Google sign-in — see /search-console-analytics for how cross-source reporting works.
Confirm indexed pages are growing, core landing pages receive impressions, and query data populates within 48 hours. Set alerts for click and position changes on your top queries so ranking drops surface before traffic does. ClimbPast /features/automated-alerts monitors GSC metrics alongside GA4 automatically.
Go to search.google.com/search-console, click Add property, choose URL-prefix or Domain property, then verify ownership via DNS TXT record, HTML file upload, or Google Analytics / Tag Manager linkage.
A Domain property covers all subdomains and protocols (http/https) for a domain. A URL-prefix property covers only the exact URL you enter, such as https://www.example.com/. Domain properties require DNS verification; URL-prefix offers more verification methods.
Yes. GA4 measures on-site behavior; Search Console measures how your site appears in Google Search — queries, impressions, clicks, and indexing. Together they answer which searches bring visitors and what those visitors do after they land.
Sign in to ClimbPast with Google and grant Search Console read access alongside GA4 and GTM. ClimbPast links queries and pages to session and conversion data so you can ask cross-source questions in plain English.