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Google Search Reporting: See How Your Website Performs on Google

Real Geeks connects your website to Google Search Console for you, so you can see how people find your site on Google: which searches show your pages, how often people click, and which pages bring in the most visitors. There is nothing to verify, no code to copy and no support ticket to open.

Need to Know

  • Your site is connected to Google Search Console automatically, and its sitemap is submitted to Google for you.
  • This is available for websites whose domain uses Real Geeks nameservers. If yours points somewhere else, see How to Make Your Real Geeks Website Live.
  • Google reports searches with a delay of 2–3 days, and leaves out rare searches to protect searchers' privacy.
  • A site Google hasn't reported on before can take a day or two to show its first data.

Table of Contents

Find your Google Search report

  1. Log in to your Real Geeks website admin.
  2. In the SEO & AI Visibility section, click Google Search.

The SEO & AI Visibility section with the Google Search button highlighted

If you don't see the Google Search button yet, Google Search reporting hasn't been turned on for your site. We are rolling it out to all websites.

If the page says to point your nameservers to Real Geeks, your domain's DNS is managed somewhere else. Follow How to Make Your Real Geeks Website Live, and your site is connected within a day of the change.

The message shown when a domain does not use Real Geeks nameservers

What the report shows

The report covers the last 28 days and compares them with the 28 days before.

The Google Search report: clicks, impressions, click-through rate, average position, clicks per day, top searches and top pages

  • Clicks: how many times someone clicked through to your site from Google search results.
  • Impressions: how many times your pages appeared in someone's search results.
  • Click-through rate: the share of impressions that turned into a click.
  • Average position: where your pages ranked on average. Lower is better, so "up 1.2" means your pages moved 1.2 places higher.
  • Clicks per day: a chart of the last 28 days. Hover over a day to see its number.
  • Top searches: the searches that brought the most clicks.
  • Top pages: the pages people clicked on most. Pages are labeled SEO Fast Track, Blog, Listing or Home page, so you can see which of your content is working.

Your sitemap

Your sitemap lists the pages on your website so Google can find them. Real Geeks submits it to Google for you and checks every day that Google still has it, submitting it again if it ever goes missing. Your sitemap updates itself as you add pages, listings and blog posts.

At the top of the Google Search page, a green check means your sitemap is submitted. It also shows how many pages your sitemap lists and when Google last read it.

A green check: Your sitemap is submitted to Google, with the page count and when Google last read it

If Google reports errors in your sitemap, you'll see an orange warning instead. Open Search Console and choose Sitemaps for the details, or contact Real Geeks support.

Open your site in Google Search Console

For every report Google offers, such as page indexing, Core Web Vitals and links, you can open your site in Google Search Console itself. The site owner gives a Google account access from the Google Search page, then adds the site in Search Console once.

Step 1: Give your Google account access

  1. On the Google Search page, click Set up Google Search Console (or Add another Google account if someone already has access).
  2. Enter the email address you sign in to Google with, and click Give access.

Step 1: enter your Google account and click Give access

Once you click Give access, step 1 is ticked and the account appears under Google accounts with access. Carry on with step 2 below.

Step 1 marked done, with the account listed under Google accounts with access

Note: Only the site owner can give access. The account becomes an owner of your site in Search Console: it can see all the data, add other people and ask Google to remove pages from search results. Only add accounts you trust.

Step 2: Add your site in Search Console

Do this once for each Google account, while signed in to Google as that account.

  1. Open Google Search Console, click the property menu at the top left and choose Add property.

    The Search Console property menu with Add property at the bottom

  2. Choose Add a website.

    Select a property type, with Add a website at the top

  3. Under URL prefix, enter your website address exactly as shown on the Google Search page (for example https://www.yourwebsite.com/) and click Continue.

    The URL prefix box with the website address entered and Continue

  4. Google confirms Ownership auto verified. Click Go to property.

    Ownership auto verified, with Go to property

Google lists the verification method as "Unknown". That's expected: your access comes through Real Geeks, so there's nothing else to set up.

Step 3: Open your reports

From now on, click Open in Google Search Console on the Google Search page to go straight to your site's reports.

Step 3: Open in Google Search Console

Manage who has access

The Google Search page lists every Google account that has access through Real Geeks. The site owner can click Remove next to an account to take its access away.

Google accounts with access, with Remove and the Add another Google account button

Frequently Asked Questions

I already set up Google Search Console for my site. Does anything change?
No. Your existing Search Console property, its data and its users stay as they are. Google may email you that a new owner was added: that's the Real Geeks account (an address ending in @rg-search-console.iam.gserviceaccount.com) that connects your site and pulls its data. You don't need to send verification codes to support anymore.

Search Console says I don't have access to the property.
Make sure you are signed in to Google with the account you entered on the Google Search page, then add the site as described in Step 2. Until you do that once, Search Console doesn't list the site for your account.

The report says Google is still gathering data.
For a site Google hasn't reported on before, the first numbers usually appear within a day or two. Sites with very little search traffic may show little or no data for a while.

Do I still need to submit my sitemap?
No. Real Geeks submits your sitemap to Google when your site is connected, checks every day that Google still has it, and submits it again if it goes missing. Look for the green check at the top of the Google Search page.

What happens if I leave Real Geeks?
Real Geeks gives up its ownership of your site in Search Console and removes the accounts it added. If you want to keep using Search Console, verify the site yourself with your new website provider.

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