# Connecting Google Search Console

Connecting Google Search Console (GSC) lets Terradium read your real search
performance — the queries you actually win, the pages that earn them, and how
your content is faring on the surfaces that feed AI answers. It's the ground
truth your GEO strategy starts from.

## Connect your account

1. Go to **Settings → Integrations → Search Console** in the dashboard.
2. Click **Connect Google Search Console**. You'll be sent to Google to grant
   read-only access to your Search Console data.
3. Approve the request. You're returned to Terradium, now connected.

Terradium only requests **read-only** access. We never modify your Search
Console configuration, and you can disconnect at any time from the same screen.

## Select a property

Once connected, choose which **property** (verified site) to attach to a project:

- Pick the property that matches the site you publish to with Terradium.
- A project tracks one property at a time; change it whenever you like.

If a property is missing, make sure the Google account you connected has access
to it in Search Console, then reconnect.

## What data shows up

After a property is attached, Terradium pulls your performance data and surfaces:

- **Queries** — the search terms bringing you impressions and clicks.
- **Pages** — your top-performing URLs.
- **Clicks** and **impressions** — volume over time.
- **CTR** — click-through rate per query and page.
- **Position** — your average ranking position.
- **AI-surface impressions** — impressions attributed to AI-powered search
  surfaces (such as Google's AI Overviews), so you can see the slice of demand
  that's already going zero-click.

Pair this with [AI Visibility](/docs/ai-visibility) to connect what you rank for
with where AI engines actually cite you.

## Sync now

Search Console data updates on a regular schedule automatically. To pull the
latest figures immediately, click **Sync now** on the Search Console screen.
Google's own reporting has a built-in delay of a couple of days, so very recent
days may still be filling in.

## Disconnecting

To revoke access, click **Disconnect** on the Search Console screen. Terradium
stops reading your data right away. You can also remove Terradium's access
directly from your Google account's third-party access settings.