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Connect Google Search Console to DeskSEO

Three steps, doable on a phone, about three minutes. You give the DeskSEO service account Restricted (read-only) access — no Google password changes hands, and you can remove access at any time.

  1. Add your site to DeskSEO and verify you manage it

    Sign in, open Your sites and add the domain. On the site page, the Verify section gives you a unique code. Use either method:

    • Meta tag: paste it into the <head> of your homepage. On WordPress, use a header-code plugin (for example WPCode) or the "other verification code" field of your SEO plugin.
    • TXT record: add it where your DNS is managed (Cloudflare, your registrar…), name @, value as shown by DeskSEO.

    Press Check verification. This step makes sure only people who manage a site can see its Search Console data.

  2. Add the DeskSEO email as a user in Search Console

    Open search.google.com/search-console with the Google account that owns the site, pick the right property, then:

    ☰ Menu → Settings → Users and permissions → Add user.

    Add user
    Email address
    sieuseo@seohe2.iam.gserviceaccount.com
    PermissionRestricted ▾
    Add

    The box above is a mock-up so you recognise the dialog; Google's real screen may look slightly different. No "Users and permissions" item means you are not an owner of the property — ask the owner to add the user. The exact email for your site is always shown on its page in DeskSEO.

  3. Back in DeskSEO, press "Check access and fetch data"

    In the Search Console section of the site page. DeskSEO finds the property that matches your domain (Domain property first, then https://, then https://www.), fetches 16 months of daily totals and 90 days of query and page detail right away, and adds new data every morning after that.

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Questions

I cannot see "Users and permissions". Why?

Only an owner of the property can add users. If you were invited as a user yourself, ask the owner to do this step.

Full or Restricted permission?

Restricted. DeskSEO only reads performance data, and Restricted is enough for that.

Does it work with Domain and URL-prefix properties?

Both. DeskSEO looks for a property that matches your domain: first the Domain property (covers http, https and www), then https://your-domain/ and https://www.your-domain/.

How soon will I see data?

Pressing "Check access and fetch data" pulls 16 months of daily totals plus 90 days of queries and pages straight away. After that DeskSEO fetches new data every morning (UTC). Search Console itself usually lags about two days behind today.