New Association functionality added to Search Console
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Monday, February 22, 2021
We're happy to announce that Search Console has an enhancedAssociation pagewithin the settings menu. Association is a connection between a Search Console property, and some other entity or property in another Google service: for example, between a Search Console property and a Google Analytics account, a YouTube channel, or a Chrome Web Store account.
Any existing associations are automatically carried over to the new Associations page.
Read more abouthow to use associations.
Associating your site with the following Google services can unlock more functionality for your site. Search Console supports the following association types:
Google Analyticsproperty: View your
Search Console data, such as organic search queries, in your Google Analytics property. Starting today, you can also link
Search Consoledomain propertiesto Google Analytics
and get better coverage of your organic search results. We recommend using this option as it can help you get a more complete
picture in theSearch Console reportsin Google Analytics.
Google Adsaccount: View the paid and
organic report in Google Ads.
YouTubechannel: Link your videos to your associated website.
Actions Consoleproject: Verify your brand and enable cross-platform functionality.
Chrome Web Storeaccount: Publish apps and extensions to the Chrome Web Store on behalf of your site.
For questions or comments on the new Associations page, you can drop by ourSearch Central help forums,
or contact us through ourother help channels.
Also see ourAssociations help pageto learn
more about how to associate your Search Console property with another Google service.
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