Ranking in Google? Know How Your eCommerce Site Stacks Up

If you want to know the basics of how Google views your site, you can ask them and wait for a response…or you can use one of the free tools Google has provided to check up on how your site is performing in Google.

Google Search Console for Your Online Store

Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) can tell you how your site is doing, and if Google has identified any problems with your site, it’s how they communicate with you.

You can also submit what’s called a sitemap so that Google can be aware of all the pages on your site.

How fast Google thinks your site is can have an impact on how well your site appears in Google search results.

In Search Console, you can see information about your site speed (at least as Google sees it).

You don’t need any tracking code for Search Console to work; you verify your site, for example, by uploading a file Google gives you.

Remember, Search Console is for tracking results on your own website.

You won’t be able to track your products on Amazon through Search Console. You’ll need to use the Amazon reports for that, but Search Console is a great way to see who is linking to your website and what issues or violations (if any) Google sees.

Visit Google Search Console here.