Google Search Advocate Daniel Waisberg made this update public through his blog post. He released the update in the latest series of blog posts related to Data Studio and Search Console. If you didn’t catch it, his initial article discusses the benefits of connecting Search Console to Data Studio in the first place.
In the second edition of his blog, Waisberg announced the addition of further information:
“We have some good news for Data Studio users: as of today, the Search Console connector includes data for Discover and Google News traffic, similar to the data recently added to the API.”
This means that you can now import more than Search data into Google Data Studio. With this new update, Waisberg has shared a template for dashboards. You can leverage this template within Data Studio to toggle between the various Search Console properties, data types devices, and others.
Google Data Studio Search Traffic Monitoring Dashboard
Google has designed and released an HTML0 design template for you to use in the data studio to track Google Search Performance.
Dashboards can assist you in identifying problems as they arise using simple visuals like bars or lines that are easy to comprehend. If a problem is identified, you’ll be able to look deeper to discover the issue’s root.
Begin using these directions:
Sign in to Data Studio
Create a Search Console data source
Select the table of URL Impression
Selecting the URL impression Table gives access to video, web, image news, discover, and more based on URL.
In the following example, You can configure the template to track search data by selecting “web” under the Property Parameter section.
The option you select can be used as the primary option in your report. However, you’ll be able to access other parameters via a filter.
What Can I Do With A Google Data Studio Dashboard?
Google Data Studio offers more search console insights. How? After your dashboard is up and running, more information about what is possible with the dashboard.
Enter the information you wish to track using the appropriate Search Console property.
Choose the date range you’d like to analyze
Choose filters like country, device, or search type
When you select HTML0, Data Studio will render an equilateral line chart similar to the one below.
Google claims that Line charts offer the greatest way to demonstrate how metrics change with time. The graph below illustrates clicks as well as CTR.
Another method of analyzing data using Google Data Studio is with tables.
You can drill down to specific parts of a website or even individual URLs through a table. Take a look at the illustration in the table below that shows CTR and clicks for single pages:
You can make tables in Data Studio like the one shown above, applying these filters
Utilize this page filtering feature to include specific content of your site.
Use the country filter to determine how pages perform in the countries you are interested in.
Use this type filter to examine the performance of the URL for all types of data.
Google search console focuses on offering detailed insights while offering the best user experience. In our recent blog, ‘How to Optimize Your Website Performance with Search Console Bubble Chart’, we discuss gathering more data insights through search console.