Google Search Console Browsing Skill

I. Overview

Google Search Console (https://search.google.com/search-console/) is the tool for managing how Google indexes and discovers a website. It requires a logged-in Google account with verified ownership of the property.

II. Access Method

1. Preferred method: Visible Browser. Search Console uses Web Components with shadow DOM. The Edge DOM Bridge will connect but fail to interact with elements (documented in web browsing policy skill Section II.3c). The visible browser's physical clicks bypass shadow DOM completely.
2. Fallback: Point and Click on the user's Edge browser if the visible browser hits a login wall, since Edge already has the authenticated Google session.
3. Authentication: The user MUST be logged in before you start. Do NOT attempt to handle Google logins. If you see a login page, stop and ask the user to log in.

III. URL Patterns

• Base URL: https://search.google.com/search-console/
• Property-scoped URLs use the resource_id query parameter (URL-encoded):
  • Sitemaps: https://search.google.com/search-console/sitemaps?resource_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiagentsforeveryone.org%2F
  • Pages: https://search.google.com/search-console/index?resource_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiagentsforeveryone.org%2F
  • URL Inspection: https://search.google.com/search-console/inspect?resource_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiagentsforeveryone.org%2F
  • Performance: https://search.google.com/search-console/performance/search-analytics?resource_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aiagentsforeveryone.org%2F

IV. Common Tasks

1. Submitting / Resubmitting a Sitemap

1. Navigate to the Sitemaps page (URL above).
2. In the "Add a new sitemap" section, there's a text input next to the base URL.
3. Click the input field and type sitemap.xml.
4. Click the blue SUBMIT button.
5. A green confirmation banner will appear: "Sitemap submitted successfully."
6. Click Dismiss to close the banner.

2. Checking Sitemap Status

1. Navigate to the Sitemaps page.
2. The "Submitted sitemaps" table shows:
   • Sitemap (path), Type, Submitted date, Last read date, Status, Discovered pages, Discovered videos.
3. If Status shows errors (e.g., "29 errors" in red), click the sitemap row to drill into the error details.
4. Common error: "URL not allowed" — means the URLs in the sitemap don't match the property's registered domain. Fix the sitemap source code and resubmit.

3. URL Inspection

1. Use the search bar at the top: "Inspect any URL in [domain]".
2. Paste a full URL and press Enter.
3. The result shows whether the URL is indexed, has coverage issues, or needs re-indexing.
4. Click REQUEST INDEXING to ask Google to recrawl a specific page.

V. Lessons Learned

1. Shadow DOM is real. The Edge DOM Bridge connects fine to Search Console but silently fails to click anything. Always use the visible browser for this site.
2. Sitemap domain mismatch. If the Search Console property is https://www.aiagentsforeveryone.org but the sitemap generates URLs with a different domain (e.g., aiagentsforeveryone.com without www. or with .com instead of .org), Google reports all URLs as "URL not allowed." Fix the sitemap's base URL in the source code, redeploy, and resubmit.
3. Errors persist until re-read. After fixing the sitemap, Google won't clear the old errors until it re-reads the sitemap. Resubmit to trigger a new read. The "Last read" date in the table confirms when Google actually processed it.
4. Property must match exactly. www.aiagentsforeveryone.org and aiagentsforeveryone.org (without www) are treated as separate properties. Make sure the sitemap URLs match the registered property exactly.