Google Search

The Google Search Collector enables you to monitor your website performance in Google by streaming Google Search console query results to Anodot.

This article includes:

• Creating a Google Search data source
• Creating a Google Search stream query

Creating a Google Search data source

To provide Anodot access to the Google Search console, you need to have access yourself as a site admin/owner. Visit https://search.google.com/search-console to manage access to your sites.

1. In the Navigation Panel, go to Integrations > Catalog. 
2. Use the Search box OR click the Monitoring filter to locate the data source.
3. Hover over the Google Search tile, and click Start. The Google Search dialog is displayed, as shown below. Note: If the data source has already been used, a dialog is displayed in which you can select from one of the listed sources. Alternatively, create a new source by clicking Add a new source.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions, starting with granting access to your Google Search accounts.
   
   
   

Creating a Google Search stream query

If you have just created a Google Search data source, skip to step 3.

1. In the Sources page (accessed by clicking Integrations > Sources in the Navigation Panel), filter the list of streams to find the Google Search source for which you want to create a stream query.
   Note: The streams associated with that source are displayed. If the streams panel is empty, no stream queries exist for that source.
2. Hover over the Google Search data source, and click + New Stream. The Stream Query page is displayed. 
3. In addition to defining a name, owner, and access settings, define the following query settings:
   • In the Web Site Data section, select the relevant site, search type (select from Discover, Google News, Image, Video, or Web), and group results options.
   • Set the relevant Measures & Dimensions: the list of Measures is fixed (clicks, impressions, ctr, and position), while you can select any of the listed Dimensions (country, device, page, query, and searchAppearance).
   • Define Stream Filters (add as required) using the relevant dimensions and types.
     Note: If the “page” dimension is chosen in the dimension list or used as a filter, the only value available is “By Page”. Similarly, if the “type” is either “discover” or “googleNews”, the aggregate by value can only be “By Page”.
   • Set the scheduling parameters: click the pencil icon to define the Collect Every, Delay (Minutes) (default is 45 minutes), and Collect Since (default is Last 7 Days) values.
     
     
     
     
4. Click NEXT to collect data and move to the Stream table.