# Google Search Console

## What is Google Search Console?

[Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/about) is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.

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## How to connect

**Step 1:** From your [BlitzBear dashboard](https://app.blitzbear.com/dashboard), open the project editor and navigate to the *2. Integrations* tab.

**Step 2**: Click the "Connect to Google Search Console" button.

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**Step 3**: Authorize BlitzBear to access your Google Search Console data.

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{% hint style="info" %}
We require read-only permission to access your Google Search Console data. Your data is only stored locally and not on BlitzBear's servers. We do not sell your data.
{% endhint %}

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## How to get decayed page data

**Step 1**: Select a site and optionally, add a filter (recommended). Then run the analysis.

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We'll scan your URLs and find pages that have been trending downwards for the past twelve months. You'll also be able to view pages with low impression counts.

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If you click the "Add" button next to each page URL, you'll be able add the URL to your list of articles to optimize in your BlitzBear project.