Contents
- What is the Google Search Console?
- Google Search Console : ownership levels
- Google Search Console : adding a user
In this concise tutorial, you’ll learn how to add a new user on Google Search Console and define precise rights of each user! This can be very useful when working with external partners or simply new colleagues. :)
With Google Search Console you can:
- monitor traffic coming from Google
- Add and declare your sitemaps.xml files
Without further ado, here is the tutorial:
What is the Google Search Console?
On Google Search Console, users have different access levels on a "web property" (usually a website). We advise you to use a gmail.com address as this makes it easier for using GSC but also for all other Google solutions.
Google Search Console : ownership levels
- The "owner" manages the entire account and has access to all the features that Google Search Console offers, for example he can delete or modify users.
- The "User" simply uses GSC to get information but does not have the ability to administer it.
- The "Associate" is a special status. It appears when you use other Google solutions that you connect to your GSC.
Google Search Console : adding a user
Go to www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ and connect to your account.
On the right, you will see a "Manage a property" button. By clicking on it, a menu appears as below:
When you click on "Add or remove user accounts",
you will find a list of users and owners of the website.
On this page you can see who has access to your GSC account.
To create a user access in GSC, click on the red button below:
A window will appear as you can see below. Enter an email and choose the level of access for that user (restricted or full), then click on "Add".
For example by choosing the "Full access" level and clicking on "Add". The list of users is displayed again.
In the list of owner access, on the right hand side, the "Cancel validation" link allows you to remove the "Owner" status of a user.
What's next ?
Further reading
The complete guide to using the Google Search Console
Google Search Console: free tool provided by Google to analyze the SEO performance of your website.