Connect Google Search Console

Google Search Console is Google's free report of how your site appears in search — which keywords show it, how often people click, and where it ranks. Connecting it lets Unhidden build rank tracking, keyword trends and Opportunities from the rankings real searchers actually saw, instead of estimates.

If you don't have Search Console yet

You'll need a verified Search Console property for your site first. This happens on Google's side and takes about ten minutes:

1. Go to search.google.com/search-console and sign in with a Google account.
2. Click Add property and enter your domain.
3. Verify you own the site. The Domain property type verifies with a DNS record your domain registrar can add; the URL prefix type also accepts uploading an HTML file or adding a meta tag to your homepage.

Google's own verification guide walks through each method. Note that a brand-new property starts empty — Google fills in data from the moment it's verified, so the sooner it exists, the better.

Connecting it to Unhidden

1. In Unhidden, click Connect Search Console — you'll find it in the setup flow after subscribing, in Settings, or on any page that needs it (Rank tracking, Keyword Trends, Opportunities).
2. Choose the Google account that owns your Search Console property.
3. Google shows what Unhidden is asking for — view-only access to Search Console data. Click Allow.

You'll be sent back to Unhidden, and that's it. Your sites' pages can now use your Search Console data.

Troubleshooting

Picked the wrong Google account? Connect again — Unhidden always shows Google's account chooser, and the newest connection replaces the old one.

Your site doesn't show any data? Make sure the property is verified in Search Console and that it covers the same domain you added in Unhidden. Very new properties can take a few days before Google reports anything.

Want to disconnect? You can revoke Unhidden's access any time from your Google account permissions page.