What you track
Connect Google Search Console so Shruwd knows which of your pages people actually search for.
Connecting Google Search Console gives Shruwd per-page impressions — which of your pages people actually look for. Two diagnostics need that context and stay switched off without it.
What it enables
| Diagnostic | Needs Search Console for |
|---|---|
| A page with demand is never crawled | Knowing the page has real search demand, so an uncrawled page is worth flagging |
| The wrong page gets cited | Knowing which page people search for, to compare against the one being cited |
Without the connection, neither can tell a page nobody wants from a page being missed.
Prerequisites
- Plan: Pro. The connection is refused before the Google consent screen on other plans, so you will not waste a round trip.
- Permissions: admin or owner.
- A Google account with access to the Search Console property for your brand's domain.
Connecting
- Open the brand's Settings.
- Find the Google Search Console card.
- Select Connect and sign in with Google.
- Grant read access to the property for your domain.
You are returned to Settings and the card shows the connected Property and Last sync.
Checking the connection
The card shows its state at a glance:
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| not connected | Never connected |
| active | Working. Last sync shows when data last arrived |
| revoked | Access was withdrawn at Google's end. Reconnect to restore it |
A connection can be revoked outside Shruwd — from your Google account's security settings, or by losing access to the property. Shruwd cannot restore it on its own; reconnect from this card.
Disconnecting
Select Disconnect on the card. The two diagnostics above stop producing new findings. Existing findings and history are kept.
Next steps
- Crawler logs — the other source of first-party evidence
- How findings work — what these diagnostics produce
- Plans and limits — which plan includes this