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The Google Search Console (GSC) connection gives Promptwatch access to how your site already performs in Google, and turns that into inputs for your AI visibility work. It complements your sitemap rather than replacing it: see Sitemap or Google Search Console for which to set up first and why the answer is both.

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What the connection feeds

  • Prompt suggestions from real demand: the Prompt Explorer can generate suggested prompts from queries your site already ranks for, so you extend proven search demand into AI answers instead of guessing what people ask.
  • URL discovery: Promptwatch can import the URLs Google reported in the last 30 days into your sitemap inventory, which catches pages your sitemap misses and keeps your content picture complete.
  • Historical search performance: Promptwatch stores clicks, impressions, CTR, and position per page, up to about a year if you run the performance sync. Use the Prompt Explorer to turn those queries into suggested prompts, or Agent Chat’s Search Console overlap skill to find queries you rank for in Google but miss in AI answers.

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How to connect

The connection has two steps, and they live at two levels on purpose: the Google account is authorized once for your whole organization, then each project picks its own property, so an agency can serve many client sites from one authorization.

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Step 1: connect your Google account (organization level)

  1. Go to Settings → Search Console.
  2. Click connect and sign in with the Google account that has access to your Search Console properties.
  3. Authorize Promptwatch.
The Promptwatch organization Settings Search Console page, with connected Google accounts and a Connect Google Account button.

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Step 2: attach a property (project level)

  1. Open the user menu, then Project Settings → Search Console.
  2. Pick the Search Console property that matches the project’s website, then click Connect search console.
The Promptwatch project Search Console Site Configuration, with sc-domain:homestra.com already attached. Attaching the property does not start a sync by itself. On the same page, click Add URLs to sitemap to import the pages Google reported in the last 30 days, and Sync Performance Data (1 Year) to pull your search analytics history. Turn on Automatically add GSC URLs to sitemap if later performance syncs should also add pages that aren’t in your sitemap yet.

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After you connect

The imports run as background jobs, so the first results appear after a short delay rather than instantly. From there:
  • Generate prompts from your GSC queries in the Prompt Explorer.
  • Check your page inventory under Sitemap.
  • Keep the connection healthy: if the Google authorization is revoked, reconnect under Settings → Search Console.