Google Search Console vs Senja
Pricing
Google Search Console: Free
Senja: Free tier, from $29/mo
Description
Google Search Console: Google's free service that shows how your site performs in Google Search: queries, clicks, indexing problems and links
Senja: Collect and display testimonials beautifully
Pros
- Shows the queries, impressions, clicks and average position your pages get in Google Search
- Submit sitemaps and single URLs, and see which pages are indexed and why others are not
- Emails you when Google finds indexing, spam or other problems on your site
- Testimonial widgets look polished without any design work
- Collect both video and text testimonials from one branded page
- Free tier covers 15 testimonials, enough to start building social proof
Cons
- Covers Google Search only, not Bing or AI assistants
- You must prove you own the site first, with a DNS record, an HTML file, a meta tag or a Google Analytics or Tag Manager tag
- Shows how people find you in search, not what they do on your site, so you still need an analytics tool
- Newer platform with fewer integrations than established tools
- Advanced features like A/B testing widgets require paid plans
Details
Search Console is Google’s own view of how your site appears in Google Search. It shows which queries bring people to your pages, how often you appear, your click-through rate and average position, and which pages Google has indexed. It also lists the sites that link to yours.
It costs nothing, and it is where Google reports crawling and indexing errors, Core Web Vitals problems and security issues such as hacking or malware.
You don’t need it to appear in Google, but you do need to verify that you own the site before it shows any data. You can do that with a meta tag on your homepage, an HTML file or a DNS record at your domain provider.
Senja helps you collect text and video testimonials and embed beautiful widgets anywhere. Import from social media, customize displays, boost conversions.
Bootstrapped to $1M ARR by Olly Meakings (UK) and Wilson Wilson (Nigeria). 2-person team, 3,000+ customers, fully #buildinpublic.
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