How to Connect Google Search Console to Your Blog

You can use Google Search Console to see which keywords bring visitors to your blog, which pages appear on Google, and whether Google has indexed your articles.

I’ll explain the setup step by step, using your DMUpdate.com blog as the example.

Step 1: Open Google Search Console

1. Visit Google Search Console.
2. Sign in with your Google account.
3. Click Start now.
4. Choose Add property if your website isn’t already listed.

Step 2: Add your blog website

Choose a property type

• Domain: Enter dmupdate.com — covers subdomains and both HTTP and HTTPS versions.
• URL prefix: Enter https://dmupdate.com/ — covers that exact URL prefix.

Step 3: Verify your website ownership

For the Domain option:

1. Google displays a TXT verification record.
2. Log in to the service managing your domain’s DNS.
3. Open DNS settings and add the TXT record exactly as Google provides it.
4. Return to Search Console and click Verify.

Keep the verification record in your DNS settings after verification. DNS changes can take time to become visible.

Step 4: Submit your blog sitemap

A sitemap helps Google discover your blog posts.

1. Open your verified website property.
2. Select Sitemaps from the left menu.
3. Enter the sitemap path that your website actually supports.

For example, try opening these addresses in your browser first:

• https://dmupdate.com/sitemap.xml
• https://dmupdate.com/sitemap_index.xml

If one displays a valid sitemap, submit its path in Search Console and click Submit. Don’t submit both blindly; use the correct sitemap generated by your website platform.

Step 5: Request indexing for a blog post

Whenever you publish an important new blog post:

1. Copy the complete URL of the published article.
2. Paste it into the URL Inspection search box at the top of Search Console.
3. Click Test Live URL if needed.
4. If the page is accessible and eligible, click Request Indexing.

This asks Google to consider crawling the page. It does not guarantee that Google will index it or show it in search results.

Step 6: Check your blog’s SEO performance

After Google has collected enough data, open Performance → Search results to review:

• Clicks: Visitors who clicked your blog in Google.
• Impressions: How often your pages appeared in search results.
• CTR: The percentage of impressions that resulted in clicks.
• Average position: Your site’s average ranking position for the selected data.

You can also open the Pages and Queries tabs to identify which blog posts and search terms are performing well.