Connect Search Console to cmo.so

Sign in with the Google account that manages the site in Search Console, or add your account as a user there under Settings → Users and permissions, then connect again.

The app tells you which account can't see your site and how to add it. Your site needs to be a verified domain or URL-prefix property in Search Console, and the account you sign in with must be its owner or a user added there. If you use several Google accounts, check which one you pick in the Google sign-in window before you allow access. Once the right account can see the property, connecting takes about a minute.

No. Access is read-only: cmo.so can only read the performance data for your verified site.

It can't change your settings. It reads clicks, times shown, click rate, average position and the searches behind each page, then matches them to your articles so you can see which ones bring visitors. The data is only used to show your own results and plan your content, never for advertising or to train AI models, and cmo.so never sells or rents your data. You can disconnect from cmo.so or from your Google account whenever you like.

Google takes a few days to show new pages in search. The article shows No data yet until Google has data for it.

Once Google starts showing the article, Reports → Articles moves it to Starting to show, and later to Doing well if it brings visitors. Social posts can bring activity within days, but search is slower. New blog posts usually take a few weeks to be indexed and a few months to build up traffic. Give an article time before judging it; if it still has no visitors after that, it's a candidate for a rewrite aimed at searches people actually make.

Most clicks shows the searches that bring the most visitors. Shown, few clicks lists searches you appear for but rarely get clicked, often a title worth improving. Nearly page one lists searches where you're close to the top, the quickest wins for a rewrite.

Each view lists clicks, times shown, click rate, position and the page, so you can see which article a search lands on. If a search shows your care guide often but few people click, for example, a clearer title may help.

Maggie works from the same views. Rewrites use each page's own search terms, so an article sitting just off page one can be improved to answer that search better. Reports → Articles then shows whether it moves to Doing well.

The data refreshes once a day when you look at it, and Sync now fetches it again, at most once an hour. Google's own figures run a few days behind.

So a click from yesterday may not show yet. Reports → Search compares clicks, times shown, click rate and average position with the period before, over 30 days, 90 days or 12 months, which makes the trend clearer than any single day. Your Home tab shows the last 30 days with your top posts.

Yes. cmo.so finds the verified property that covers your website, whether a domain property, a URL-prefix property, the www version or a parent domain.

You don't need to pick the property yourself. If no verified property covers your website, add and verify one in Search Console first, then connect again. The Google account you sign in with must be the property's owner or a user added under Settings → Users and permissions.

Reports → Articles marks each article Doing well, Starting to show or No visitors yet. Rewrites use each page's own search terms, and articles with no visitors are re-aimed at searches people actually make.

Your Home tab also shows clicks, impressions and position for the last 30 days, with your top posts. Whether rewrites happen on their own depends on Refresh older articles in Publishing settings: Off, When I ask or Automatic. The Search terms views help you decide too. Nearly page one shows searches close to the top, and asking for a rewrite of those articles is often the quickest win.

Your brand profile and the first drafts are ready within minutes of entering your website, and the first posts can go out the same day once you approve them.

Search traffic builds over weeks to months as Google and AI assistants find and trust your pages; social reach grows with regular posting. Connect Search Console to see which posts bring clicks, and Maggie uses it to choose what to improve.

Yes. Everything on this page works in the cmo.so app on iPhone and on the web at app.cmo.so: connecting, approving, editing and pausing.

You can also ask Maggie from ChatGPT or Claude through the cmo.so connector, for example to see what's waiting for you or to change a post, and she shows a card before she changes anything.

Only what it needs to publish for you. Keys, passwords and sign-in tokens are checked with Search Console when you connect and stored to post on your behalf; Maggie never sees them in the chat.

cmo.so never sells or rents your data. Search Console data is only used to show your own results and plan your content, never for advertising or to train AI models, and videos you upload are deleted within 7 days of posting.

Everything already published stays on Search Console: the posts are yours, written into your own account or site. Disconnecting only stops new posts going out.

Written posts that haven't gone out yet stay in the app, so you can reconnect later and carry on from where you stopped. A cancelled paid plan runs to the end of the month you've paid for.

Connecting Search Console is free. Every website starts on the free plan with no card needed. Each account gets five free social posts even before the website is verified, and once it's verified you get 30 free blog posts.

Paid plans are per website and billed monthly: Air £15 (2 posts a day), Pro £45 (12 a day), Max £75 (24 a day), Ultra £115 (48 a day) and Elite £195 (96 a day). Founding members pay less on Pro and above for as long as they stay subscribed.

If you cancel, the plan carries on until the end of the month you've paid for, and everything already published stays where it is.