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Status: Available | Complexity: Beginner | Setup time: 2-3 minutes The Google Search Console (GSC) integration connects your Google account to ChatFeatured so you can submit sitemaps, monitor search performance, and inspect URL indexing status — all without leaving the dashboard. GSC data is also surfaced inside the Site Audit so you can see how each audited page is actually performing in Google.
Google Search Console is a Pro feature. Upgrade your brand to access this integration.

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Features

Sitemaps

Submit one or more sitemap URLs and view their indexing status, errors, and submitted URL counts.

Search Performance

See clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position for your pages and queries — with click-to-expand drill-down.

URL Inspection

Check the index status of any URL, including coverage state, robots.txt state, last crawl time, and canonical URLs.

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Setup Requirements

  • A Google account with access to at least one Google Search Console property
  • Pro plan access on the brand you’re connecting
  • Workspace admin role (only admins can connect or disconnect integrations)
If you don’t have a Search Console property yet, open Search Console and add your site first. Both domain properties and URL-prefix properties are supported.

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Connect Google Search Console

The integration uses a separate Google OAuth flow scoped specifically to Search Console — connecting it will not affect the Google account you use to sign in to ChatFeatured.

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Step 1: Open the Integration

  1. In ChatFeatured, go to Integrations in the sidebar
  2. Find Google Search Console under the SEO filter (or in the full integrations list)
  3. Click Open

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Step 2: Connect Your Google Account

  1. Click Connect Google Search Console
  2. You’ll be redirected to Google to grant the following permissions:
    • View and manage Search Console data for your verified sites
  3. Select the Google account that has access to your Search Console properties
  4. Click Continue to authorize
After authorization, you’ll be redirected back to ChatFeatured and the connection will show as Connected.

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Step 3: Select Your Brand Domain

Once connected, choose which Search Console property to use for this brand:
  1. From the Brand Domain dropdown, select the property you want to use
  2. Both sc-domain: (domain properties) and https:// (URL-prefix properties) are supported
  3. Your selection is saved automatically and used across the platform for this brand
If no properties appear, make sure the Google account you connected has access to at least one Search Console property. You can add or share access at search.google.com/search-console.

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Using the Integration

Once a property is selected, three tabs become available on the integration page.

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Sitemaps

View and manage the sitemaps Google has indexed for your property. Submitted Sitemaps table shows:
  • Sitemap URL and type (sitemap or sitemap index)
  • Date submitted and date last read by Google
  • Total submitted URL count
  • Status (Success, Pending, Warning, or Error counts)
Submit a new sitemap:
  1. Enter one or more sitemap URLs (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml)
  2. Click Add another to submit multiple at once
  3. Click Submit Sitemap — ChatFeatured calls the Search Console API and reports per-URL success or failure
Submit your sitemap right after publishing new content for faster discovery by Google.

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Search Performance

See how your site is actually performing in Google Search. Dimensions:
  • Pages — Each URL with its clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position
  • Queries — Each search query users searched to find you
Time periods: 24 hours, 7 days, 28 days, or 3 months Drill-down: Click any row to expand it:
  • Expand a page to see the top queries driving traffic to it
  • Expand a query to see which pages are ranking for it
Filter & sort: Use the search box to filter by URL or query, and click any column header to sort by clicks, impressions, CTR, or average position. Inspect from the table: When viewing pages, click the search icon on any row to jump straight to URL Inspection for that page.

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URL Inspection

Check whether a specific URL is indexed and how Google sees it.
  1. Enter the full URL (e.g., https://example.com/blog/post-name)
  2. Click Inspect
The inspection returns:
FieldWhat It Means
VerdictOverall result — PASS, NEUTRAL, or FAIL
Coverage StateHow Google has indexed (or excluded) the URL
Indexing StateWhether the URL is indexable
Robots.txt StateWhether your robots.txt allows crawling
Last Crawl TimeWhen Googlebot last fetched the page
Google CanonicalThe URL Google selected as canonical
User CanonicalThe canonical URL declared in your page
Results are cached for 24 hours to stay within Google’s API quota. Click Refresh on any result to force a fresh inspection.
Use the View in Google Search Console link below any inspection to open the full report in the GSC UI.

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Site Audit Integration

When Google Search Console is connected, GSC data appears inline within the Site Audit:
  • Each audited page shows a GSC summary (clicks, impressions, CTR, position)
  • A Queries tab appears on each page detail view, showing the top search queries driving traffic to that specific URL
  • Use this to prioritize fixes on pages that already get search impressions

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API Quotas

Google Search Console enforces per-property API limits:
APILimitHow ChatFeatured Handles It
URL Inspection2,000 requests/day per propertyResults cached 24h; force-refresh available
Sitemap submissionNo hard daily limitRate-limit errors (HTTP 429) are surfaced to you
Search AnalyticsGenerous limitsRefresh on demand from the dashboard

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Managing the Connection

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Reconnect

If Google permissions change or tokens are revoked, click Reconnect under Manage Connection to re-run the OAuth flow.

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Disconnect

To remove the integration:
  1. Open Manage Connection on the integration page
  2. Click Disconnect
  3. Confirm the dialog
Disconnecting removes the connection and all cached URL inspection data. You can reconnect at any time.
Disconnecting from ChatFeatured does not revoke the OAuth grant in your Google account. To fully revoke access, visit Google Account permissions.

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Troubleshooting

Cause: The Google account you authorized doesn’t have access to any Search Console properties.Solution:
  • Open Search Console with the same Google account
  • Add a property or ask the property owner to grant your account access
  • Return to ChatFeatured and click Refresh on the property selector
Cause: The sitemap URL isn’t reachable, isn’t valid XML, or is outside the property scope.Solution:
  • Verify the sitemap loads in a browser at the URL you submitted
  • Make sure the sitemap is on the same domain as the selected GSC property
  • For sc-domain: properties, any subdomain works; for URL-prefix properties, the sitemap must be on the exact prefix
Cause: Google hasn’t yet crawled the URL, or the URL is outside the selected property.Solution:
  • Confirm the URL belongs to the property you selected in the Brand Domain dropdown
  • Submit the URL’s sitemap first so Google discovers it
  • Wait 1-7 days after submission for Google to crawl, then re-inspect
Cause: You’ve hit Google’s daily quota for that property (most commonly 2,000 URL inspections/day).Solution:
  • Wait until the quota resets (24h rolling window)
  • Rely on cached inspection results in the meantime — they remain valid for 24h
Cause: OAuth tokens were revoked in your Google account, or the connected user no longer has access to the property.Solution:
  • Click Reconnect under Manage Connection and re-authorize
  • If you still see errors, disconnect and reconnect from scratch

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See Also

  • Site Audit — See GSC performance data inline on each audited page
  • Index Submissions — Submit URLs to AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude)
  • Agent Analytics — Track AI crawler activity alongside Google traffic