# Connecting Search Console

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

1. Open the brand's **Settings**.
2. Find the **Google Search Console** card.
3. Select **Connect** and sign in with Google.
4. 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| *revoked* | Access was withdrawn at Google's end.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](https://shruwd.io/docs/crawler-logs/choosing-a-log-path.md) — the other source of first-party evidence
- [How findings work](https://shruwd.io/docs/findings/how-findings-work.md) — what these diagnostics produce
- [Plans and limits](https://shruwd.io/docs/account/plans-and-limits.md) — which plan includes this