Getting started

Google Search Console

Separate from publishing: connect Search Console to pull real clicks, impressions, and position. On live publish, Spook can re-submit your sitemap.

What it does

  • OAuth connect per site (Research → Performance)
  • Sync last 28 days of query data
  • Auto sitemap submit after live publish

Connect it

  1. 1Research → Performance → Connect Google Search Console.
  2. 2In site settings, set your Sitemap URL (https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml).
  3. 3Enable Auto-submit sitemap after live publish.
  4. 4When you publish live, Spook nudges Google to recrawl via sitemap resubmission.

One property per site

Search Console is connected per site in Spook, so a second site needs its own connection.

What Spook uses it for

  • Opportunities: the queries you already show up for are one of the three sources behind your calendar (with your competitors' best keywords and the questions people ask).
  • Article health: published articles keep getting checked in Google; when one slips, a refresh shows up in Articles.
  • Faster indexing: after a live publish, Spook resubmits your sitemap so Google recrawls sooner.
  • Your dashboard: clicks, impressions and position, charted over time.

See Opportunities for how the pool is scored and refreshed.