📊 Google Search Console — GSC Performance

Connect Google Search Console to Search Atlas, activate your sites, and start analyzing GSC performance data — including clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position — all in one place.

🚀 Getting Started with GSC Performance

1. Log in to your Search Atlas account at https://dashboard.searchatlas.com/login.
2. In the left-hand menu, go to GSC Performance, then click All Sites to open the GSC Sites List.

The GSC Sites List is your central hub for managing all connected Search Console properties.

🔌 Connect Your GSC Account

1. Click Connect GSC Account.
2. In the Google sign-in modal, select the Gmail account that has access to Google Search Console.
3. Click Continue.
4. Click Allow to grant Search Atlas access to your GSC data.

After granting access, Search Atlas automatically detects all domains linked to your Google Search Console account.

Troubleshooting: If your site does not appear after connecting, ensure the Gmail account you authorized has the Owner or Full User permission in Google Search Console. You may need to disconnect and reconnect if permissions were recently changed.

⚙️ Manage and Activate Your GSC Sites

Connecting your account is not enough — you must also activate each site you want to track.

1. Click Manage Sites from the GSC Sites List screen.

2. In the "Choose the projects you want to manage" panel, review all detected domains.

3. For each site, configure the following:

   • Status toggle — Enable to activate the site; disable to pause data collection.
   • Location dropdown — Select the country you want to track data for. This sets the default country filter for that site's performance reports. You can change it at any time from the Manage Sites panel.

4. Activate at least one site to start collecting data and unlock GSC Performance reports.

5. Click Confirm & Continue to save your configuration.

Your reports begin populating once at least one site is set to Active.

🔄 Bulk Refresh GSC Sites

The GSC connection flow includes a bulk refresh capability, letting you re-sync all connected GSC sites simultaneously. Use this after adding new properties in Google Search Console or when a site connection needs to be reset.

1. From the GSC Sites List, click Bulk Refresh.

2. Search Atlas queues a refresh for all active GSC sites at once.

3. Watch the Status column to track each site's progress. Each site displays one of the following states:

   • Pending — Refresh is queued and has not started yet.
   • In Progress — Search Atlas is actively syncing data for this site.
   • Complete — Data has been successfully refreshed for this site.
   • Failed — The refresh did not complete. Verify your GSC permissions and click Bulk Refresh again to retry.

Once all sites show Complete, your GSC Performance reports reflect the latest available data from Google Search Console.

📈 Connect Your GA4 Account

1. In the same site panel (Site Metrics → Site Explorer → GSC panel), click Connect GA Account.
2. A side panel opens — complete the Google sign-in and grant permissions using the same flow as the GSC connection above.
3. A status badge displays GA4 Enabled once the connection is successful.

If no data appears after connecting, verify that data exists in both GSC and GA4 independently, allow time for synchronization, and account for potential API delays.

To view site metrics after connecting: navigate to Site Metrics → Site Explorer → GSC Sites List, select your site, then open Project Overview.

🗺️ GSC Performance Overview — Navigation and Filters

🔝 Top Navigation and Filters

• Timeframe Selection — View data from a specific period, such as the past week, past month, or a custom date range.
• Location Filter — Analyze data globally or narrow results to a specific country.
• Profile / Project — Displays the project name you are currently viewing. Useful when managing multiple sites.
• Export — Download a PDF of the current dashboard view.
• Share — Generate a public shareable link for the dashboard.

🔗 Backlink Profile Metrics

• Domain Rating (DR) — A measure of the site's authority based on the quality and quantity of its backlinks. Higher DR indicates a stronger backlink profile.
• Backlinks — The total number of links pointing to your site from other pages across the web, reflecting overall incoming link volume.
• Referring Domains — The count of unique domains (websites) that link to your site. A higher number indicates broader link diversity.

✅ After Activation — Data Latency and Next Steps

Once a site is set to Active, keep these expectations in mind:

• Data latency — Allow up to 24–48 hours for historical GSC data to fully populate after activation. Google Search Console itself has a reporting delay of 1–2 days, so the most recent days may continue to fill in over time.
• View individual reports — Go to GSC Performance → All Sites, click the site you want to inspect, and open Project Overview to see clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position for that property.
• Add or deactivate sites later — Return to Site Metrics → Site Explorer (GSC Sites List) and click Manage Sites at any time to toggle a site's status, change its location, or activate newly detected domains.

🌀 You've connected GSC (and optionally GA4), activated your sites, and can now use bulk refresh to keep your data in sync at any time. For a deeper look at interpreting your performance data, explore the GSC Performance Reports guide.