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Summary

SEO Tools by Google, with a free plan.

Good fit for

  • Search performance monitoring

Poor fit for

None recorded

Use cases

  • Search performance monitoringCore
  • Technical SEO auditingSupported

Pricing

$ as listed by the vendor · each price dated

  • Free

    Free

Features

Overall availability, and what each plan includes where we know it.

Capabilities

  • API accessIncluded
  • Backlink analysisLimited

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What users say about Google Search Console

Themes from 47 public Hacker News comments that mention Google Search Console (Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 27). These are people’s opinions, not facts we have verified. Counts are comments, not a survey.

What people like

  • Free data on search performance and queries

    9 comments

    Many commenters value Search Console as a free source of search query, impression, and click data, and use it for SEO analysis and reporting.

    “I have 223 pages of queries I can look through from the past 28 days”

    Hacker News · Nov 8, 2025(opens in a new tab)

  • Useful for manual indexing and sitemaps

    6 comments

    Commenters say the tool is the practical way to submit sitemaps, request indexing of pages, and verify domain ownership.

    “you can just manually submit your page to be indexed - works all the time.”

    Hacker News · May 30(opens in a new tab)

    “Google Search Console tells you how many pages it can discover from the sitemap you submitted.”

    Hacker News · Sep 8(opens in a new tab)

  • Works well with AI agents and automation

    4 comments

    Several commenters say they connect Search Console to AI agents or MCP tools to analyse performance and automate SEO work.

    “Yesterday made a CLI for the Google Search Console so I can prompt "get all problems from indexing in Google Search Console and fix them".”

    Hacker News · Mar 14(opens in a new tab)

Common complaints

  • Opaque error messages and sitemap issues

    5 comments

    Several commenters say Search Console reports errors such as sitemap failures or 'Crawled, not indexed' without giving a clear reason, leaving site owners guessing.

    “Went to Google Search Console to find all my links are "Crawled by not indexed", with no reason given.”

    Hacker News · May 20(opens in a new tab)

  • Security flags and review process frustrate owners

    5 comments

    Some commenters describe Search Console as the only route to appeal Safe Browsing flags, and say the review process is slow and gives little feedback.

    “And no real recourse, feedback or anything about when its gonna be solved.”

    Hacker News · Oct 23, 2025(opens in a new tab)

  • Indexing reports unreliable for some sites

    4 comments

    Multiple commenters describe indexing problems where pages are indexed but not shown, or where manual indexing requests fail or stall, making the reports feel unreliable.

    “Google Search Console showed plenty of pages on the wiki were indexed; it just wasn't displaying them.”

    Hacker News · Sep 8(opens in a new tab)

    “requesting sitemap refresh via GSC fails on "unknown" error”

    Hacker News · Dec 14, 2025(opens in a new tab)

Grouped by AI on Oct 27, 2026. Every quote is copied word for word from the linked comment, and a theme needs at least two separate comments.

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