PR Yard shows advertisers the organic traffic of sites based on an Ahrefs estimate. For smaller and niche sites the estimate is usually lower than reality. By connecting Google Search Console you let us read the real number of clicks from Google Search. This value replaces the estimate in the catalog and in the site evaluation.
Why connect Search Console
- Advertisers see real clicks from Google Search over the last 30 days in the catalog, with a verified traffic badge.
- We evaluate the site on real data, not on an estimate. The minimum is 50 clicks in 30 days.
- The connection is read-only. We change nothing on your site or in Search Console.
- We refresh the value every week and you can remove the connection at any time.
How to connect
The whole connection takes less than a minute:
- Sign in to PR Yard as a publisher and open the site detail. For a new site the offer appears right after you enter the address in the first step of the form.
- Click Connect Search Console.
- Google asks you to choose an account. Pick the account that has the site in Search Console as an owner or user.
- Confirm the permission View Search Console data. Keep it checked, the connection cannot be completed without it.
- You return to PR Yard and see the number of clicks over the last 30 days next to the site. If the same account holds other sites you have in PR Yard, they connect at once.
What we read and what we do not
We read only aggregate search performance figures for the whole property: clicks and impressions over the last 30 days. We do not read queries, individual pages or anything else from your Google account. We store the e-mail of the connected account and an encrypted access token so we can refresh the value once a week. Our use of data received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy.
Frequently asked questions
Which Google account should I use?
The one that has your site in Search Console. It does not have to be the account you use to sign in to PR Yard. If you pick an account without a property for the site domain, we offer to choose another account.
My site is in Search Console as a property with or without www.
That is fine. We match both domain properties and URL-prefix properties to the site domain automatically, the domain property has priority.
What if Search Console shows fewer than 50 clicks?
Real data applies. A site below the threshold is not listed in the catalog, or it receives a warning just as with the Ahrefs estimate. The rule is the same for every site.
What happens if I revoke access in my Google account?
Google stops providing the data. We notify you by e-mail and after 60 days without a refresh the site falls back to the Ahrefs estimate. You restore the connection with the Reconnect button.
Removing the connection
Remove the connection in the site detail with the Disconnect button. If it was the last connected site of that Google account, we also revoke the access with Google. You can also remove the access yourself in the security settings of your Google account under third-party apps.
If the connection fails, write to us through the internal support in the administration and we will gladly help.
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