Workspace and properties

What the workspace shows

GSC Workspace reads Google Search Console data for every property your Google account can access and adds the properties teammates have shared with you. It has two levels: My Sites, a portfolio view across all properties, and a property view with the reports for one site. Access is read-only: the connection is shown in the sidebar as “Google Search Console · Read-only connection”.

The workspace itself sits behind a separate SEOKit access password. It is not your Google password and does not give SEOKit access to your Google account.

Connect and see your properties

1. Enter the SEOKit access password on the workspace entry page.
2. Sign in with Google using an account that has access to the Search Console properties you need. SEOKit requests read-only Search Console access, plus read-only Analytics access only if you connect Google Analytics 4.
3. Open My Sites. Every property returned by Google for that account is listed, with its permission level. Properties shared by teammates appear beside them.

If a property is missing, the Google account you signed in with does not have access to it in Search Console. Add the property in Search Console first (add a property), then refresh the list.

My Sites: the portfolio view

My Sites compares all properties for one period against an equal previous period. The page shows:

• Date range at the top, for example “Sep 6 — Oct 3 vs Aug 9 — Sep 5”, and the language switch EN, RU, UK.
• Four summary figures: portfolio clicks, net click impact, sites requiring attention and data coverage.
• Analyst brief: a one-sentence reading of the portfolio, such as which property lost the most clicks, with the data source and the final-data safety lag.
• Portfolio decision queue: properties ordered by observed click impact, each with an “Open” link.
• Search and filters: a property search box, a sort menu (A to Z or Portfolio clicks) and a status filter (All properties, Growing, Need attention, Data issue). “Refresh evidence” reloads the figures.
• Cross-property performance table: property, clicks, click change, impressions, CTR, position and data status, with “Export CSV”.
• Property evidence cards: clicks and impressions with change, a FINAL · WEB label and an “Inspect evidence” link to the property.

The portfolio uses final Web totals with a safety lag of a few days, so its numbers can differ from a fresh property view that shows the latest day as preliminary.

The property view

Open a property from My Sites. The sidebar shows the property name and URL at the top; use it to switch to another property, or choose “← All sites” to return. The main page is the GSC Dashboard:

• 7-day SEO playbook: seven checklist steps tied to the property’s own data: record the baseline, find positions 4–20, check content decay, audit titles and H1, compare CTR, find cannibalization and save the forecast. Each step opens its report.
• Chart: toggles for Clicks, Impressions, CTR and Position, window buttons 7, 28, 90 and 180 days, “+ Annotation” and a PNG export. Dashed lines show the previous period.
• Tables: Queries, Pages, Branded vs non-branded, Devices, Countries and new rankings, each loading fresh Search Console data.
• Data status: “Fresh” means the latest day is preliminary and may be revised by Google.

Counts under “Impressions by position” describe the rows exported by Search Console, not a complete inventory of queries or pages.

How the sidebar is organized

Account-level pages, such as team, shared reports, default filters, MCP keys and alerts, are in the left menu of My Sites.

Periods, comparison and data freshness

Every report states its period and compares it with an equal period immediately before it, so a change is measured against a window of the same length. Search Console data can arrive with a delay and the newest days can change (Performance report), which is why My Sites uses final data with a safety lag and a property view marks the latest day as preliminary. Do not read a one-day move on the newest date as a trend.

Domain and URL-prefix properties

The workspace lists whatever Search Console returns. A domain property covers all subdomains and protocols; a URL-prefix property covers one exact prefix. A site that has several of them appears as several rows, and their totals are not additive. See domain versus URL-prefix property for how to choose.

Privacy blur, dark mode and beginner mode

• Privacy blur hides business figures on screen, for a screen share or a screenshot. It changes only what is displayed.
• Dark mode switches the interface theme.
• Beginner mode adds a short hint on My Sites about which evidence to open first.

Shared properties

A teammate can share a property with you from Team Management. Shared properties appear in your list with either full or read access. They do not give access to the owner’s other properties.

If something is wrong

Workspace and properties, answered

Does SEOKit change anything in my Search Console?

The connection is read-only. The workspace reads data and does not edit your properties.

Is the access password my Google password?

No. It is a separate SEOKit password that protects the workspace.

Why do My Sites and a property view show different numbers?

My Sites uses final data with a safety lag; the property view shows fresh data with the latest day preliminary.

Can I see a property I do not own?

Only if Search Console gives your Google account access, or a teammate shares it with you.

Continue

Next, read how to learn what the numbers mean in what Search Console is, or open the documentation map.