Verification proves website ownership to Search Console. Verified owners have highest permissions in Search Console. Site owners have access to sensitive Google Search information
Google Search Console allows adding websites and pages to index faster. Two types of properties available: Domain and URL Prefix. Domain verification requires DNS record, URL Prefix uses various verification methods. Submission takes a few days to weeks to appear on Google
Free Google tool for monitoring website presence in search results. Shows organic rankings, traffic, and technical issues. Focuses only on Google search results, not paid ads
Google Search Console is Google's free SEO platform for evaluating site factors. Tool provides data on crawling, indexing, rankings, schema markup, and backlinks. Offers data accuracy, freshness, and versatility for SEO analysis
XML sitemap lists all site pages in XML format for search engine bots. Regular sitemap holds up to 50,000 pages and 50MB size. Sitemap index combines multiple regular sitemaps for large sites
Organic search traffic accounts for 53% of website traffic. Search engines use spiders to crawl and update websites. Google's algorithm ranks pages based on content and user experience