Settings → Integrations is where the connection lives. The page says connections for this website are kept separate from your other websites.
Steps
- Open Settings, then Integrations.
- Find Google Search Console. The card says "Submit your sitemap to Google and check which pages are indexed."
- If the address is a free name.mortar.site address, the card shows Automatic · Mortar and no connect button. The status line is Sent to Google, Waiting for Google, or We couldn't reach Google. We'll try again automatically.
- On your own domain, press Connect with Google. Mortar sends you to Google to sign in, then back. If no website is selected, the toast is Choose a website first.
- When you return, the toast is Successfully connected google search_console. The badge is Connected, and the card can show Connected as the Google account. Disconnect removes it. The badge before you connect is Not connected.
- On Grow, the Google search card says Mortar submits your sitemap after publishing. Google decides when to index each page. Before it is connected, that card says Connect Search Console to submit your pages and see real indexing results. The link is Connect Google, and it opens Settings → Integrations.
Check now on the Grow page runs the visibility check. It does not connect Search Console. Check now on Settings → Domain checks DNS for a custom domain.
If it doesn't work
The alert heading is Failed to authorise — that British spelling is what the app shows. If you cancel at Google, the message is Authorization was cancelled. If Google rejects the connection, the alert names the reason Google sent back. Otherwise the message is The connection could not be completed. Please try again.
If Mortar cannot start the handoff, the message is Could not start Google connection. Please try again.
If Integrations is not in Settings, this account cannot manage that website. The owner, or someone who can manage it, connects Search Console.
On a free Mortar address there is nothing to connect. Use the Automatic · Mortar status on the card, and the Google search card on Grow, to see whether the sitemap was sent.
Common questions
Does connecting Search Console mean the pages are indexed?
No. On Grow, the Google search card says Mortar submits your sitemap after publishing, and Google decides when to index each page. The homepage line can say Waiting for Google, Not checked yet, or Indexed.