Connect Search Console and Google Analytics

Search Console and Google Analytics both connect the same way: one Google sign-in, read-only, with the property picked for you when there is an obvious match. This covers both, since the steps and the problems are the same.

Connect with Google

1. Open the connection

   From a property's page or Connections, open Google Search Console or Google Analytics and choose Connect with Google.

   Open Connections

2. Pick the Google account

   Use whichever Google account already has access in Search Console or Google Analytics for that site. If you manage several products with different Google accounts, make sure you are signed in to the one that owns this property's data when Google's sign-in screen appears.

3. Grant read-only access

   Google shows exactly one scope: read Search Console data, or read Google Analytics data. As a Restricted user (Search Console) or Viewer (Analytics), LopeBase can only read; it never changes your settings.

4. Pick the property

   LopeBase lists properties under two headings: "Matches this product" (its address matches what the property is set up with) and "Other properties on this Google account". Pick one and press Use this property.

Which Google account to use

LopeBase connects by account, not by property on Google's side, so the account you sign in with has to be one that already has access to the right Search Console property or Analytics property. If you are not sure, check in Search Console or Google Analytics directly before connecting; adding the service account there first, under a different flow, is only needed for the older key-based setup, not for Connect with Google.

Common errors

No properties listed

This means the Google account you signed in with has no verified Search Console property, or no Google Analytics property with a web stream, for that site yet. For Search Console, add a Domain property for the site's domain; if its DNS is on Cloudflare, Search Console can verify it in one step, otherwise add the TXT record it shows, then come back and check again. For Analytics, make sure the property has a web data stream on that domain.

Connected, but it's the wrong account's data

Sign out of Google (or use a private window) and connect again, choosing the correct account when Google asks which one to use. There is a direct link to connect a different account right from the page that shows no matching properties.

Google access was not granted

If you close Google's consent screen, or untick the Search Console or Analytics permission on it, nothing is connected and LopeBase says access was not granted. Start the connection again and leave the one permission it asks for checked.

The sign-in did not finish, or took too long

Both show as plain errors on the property's page. Just start the connection again; nothing from a failed attempt is saved.

Where to go next

• Connect your tools for every other kind of connection.
• SEO for what Search Console feeds once it is connected.
• Reconnect a connection if Google later revokes access.