Site owners investigating Google traffic get query, indexing and link diagnostics for their own website; the documented link view is not competitor backlink research.
Google Search Console reports impressions, clicks and position in Google Search.
Helps diagnose indexing problems and request re-indexing of new or updated content.
Google Search Console shows websites linking to the verified website; this source does not establish competitor backlink research.
Google Search Console links a Google Analytics web data stream with a Search Console website property.
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