Search Console opportunities
Turn Search Console queries into prompts you track
Connect Google Search Console and Rankry lists the Google searches you showed up for in the last 28 days that you don’t track as prompts yet, sorted by impressions. Add the ones that matter and see who AI names for them.
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Search Console · not tracked yet
Last 28 days- ugc deal tracker app2,140
- how to invoice brands as a ugc creator1,380
- ugc contract template960
- notion template for ugc creators610
Sample data
Impressions
In short
Search Console opportunities are Google searches your site already appears for that you don’t yet track as AI prompts. Rankry pulls them from your connected Google Search Console property, covering the last 28 days and up to 1,000 queries, removes the ones you already track, and sorts the rest by impressions so you can add the best ones as prompts.
Why it matters
Why turn Search Console queries into AI prompts?
Your Search Console data is a list of real questions from your market. People who search Google for “ugc contract template” or “how to invoice brands as a ugc creator” often put the same question to ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity, sometimes in longer words. If you appear for a search on Google but don’t know what AI answers for it, you have a blind spot.
It also keeps your tracking honest. Prompts written from guesswork drift away from what buyers actually ask. Searches with impressions are proof of demand, and turning some of them into tracked prompts ties your AI visibility work to questions you know people ask.
Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode answer Google searches. On Pro, tracking a search you already rank for shows whether Google’s AI answer names you, or names someone else above your link.
In the app
What does the Search Console block show?
The block lives on the Opportunities page, titled “Search Console”, with the line “Google searches you show up for, not tracked yet.”
| Detail | What it is |
|---|---|
| Columns | “Search” and “Impressions”. |
| Period | The last 28 days, ending two days ago to allow for Google’s data delay. |
| Size | Up to 1,000 queries, sorted by impressions. |
| Filtering | Queries you already track as prompts are removed, so the list shows only what’s new. |
| Metrics | Impressions only. Clicks, CTR and average position are in the Search Performance tab of the Search Console integration. |
| Access | Read-only. Rankry asks Google for read-only Search Console access and never changes anything in your property. |
| Not connected | The block shows “Connect Search Console” until you link a property. |
Search Console is an integration on plans that include it.
Step by step
How do I turn a Search Console query into a prompt?
A few minutes per batch.
- 01
Connect Search Console
Open Integrations, choose Google Search Console and sign in with Google. Rankry matches your project’s domain to a property, or asks you to choose one. Domain and URL-prefix properties both work.
- 02
Open Opportunities
Scroll to the “Search Console” block and scan the list from the top. The searches with the most impressions come first.
- 03
Pick the questions worth tracking
Keep the ones a buyer could plausibly ask an AI assistant, and skip navigational searches such as your login page.
- 04
Add them as prompts
Use Add to prompts next to the search you want to track. Choose the engines and confirm. You can also paste a batch or import a CSV on the Prompts page.
- 05
Read the first answers
New prompts are answered right away. Open each one to see who AI names, at what position, and which sources it cites.
- 06
Decide the next move
If no brand owns the answer, the prompt can qualify as an opportunity with a “Write” button. If a rival wins it, look at the Compete page.
What to pick
Which Search Console queries should I track as AI prompts?
Not every search makes a good prompt. These kinds usually do.
Questions
Searches that start with how, what, which, why, is or can. They already read like prompts.
Comparisons and alternatives
“X vs Y”, “alternatives to X” and “best X for Y”. AI tends to answer these with a short list of brands, which is the list you want to be on.
Problem searches
Searches that describe the problem your product solves, like “how to keep track of ugc deals”.
Long, specific searches
Searches of six words or more often mirror the way people talk to assistants.
High impressions, weak position
Searches Google shows you for, but rarely near the top. Check position in Search Performance before you add them.
Skip these
Your brand name on its own, login and support searches, and one-word searches. They say little about AI recommendations.
Wording
Should a prompt use the exact search wording?
Usually keep it close. Rankry’s own prompts mix short three-to-seven-word queries with natural questions, and both are useful. A short query like “ugc contract template” tests what AI recommends for the search itself. A question like “what should a UGC creator put in a brand contract?” tests the conversational version.
If a search matters, add both. Each prompt runs on every engine you pick, so two phrasings cost two sets of requests, but you learn whether the wording changes who AI names. Prompts can be up to 200 characters.
If your business is local, keep the place in the prompt. “Roof repair Philadelphia” and “roof repair” can get different answers.
After you add it
What happens after a search becomes a prompt?
A prompt added from Search Console is treated like any other prompt you track.
Answered right away
Each engine you picked answers it on the spot, using requests from your monthly pool.
Measured per engine
You see whether each engine names you, your position when named, the sentiment of the answer, and who wins the prompt.
Demand beside it
AI Volume and Volume sit next to it on the Prompts page, so you can compare it with your other prompts.
Re-run with reports
It re-runs automatically every day, or every 3 or 7 days if you choose, and every run is kept in its history.
Can become an opportunity
If no tracked competitor holds the answer and AI cites many sources, it can show up as “Open field” or “Low competition”, with a “Write” button.
Off the Search Console list
Once tracked, it drops out of the Search Console block, so the list keeps showing only what’s new.
AI Mode
Does Search Console show which queries came from AI Mode?
Not in Rankry. The block lists Google searches with impressions; it doesn’t split them by which part of Google’s results showed your site. Treat it as a list of searches with proven demand, not as an AI report.
To see what Google’s AI says for one of those searches, add it as a prompt. On Pro, Rankry captures those answers from Google’s live results, with the full text and the references they show.
Scope
What Search Console data does and doesn’t do in Rankry
Search Console data stays in its own lane. It informs your choices; it never changes your AI numbers.
- Feeds the “Search Console” block on the Opportunities page.
- Powers the Search Performance, URL Inspection and Sitemaps tabs.
- Lets Rankry Brain and the MCP server answer Search Console questions.
- Doesn’t change your reports, scores or Action plan.
- Doesn’t add prompts on its own; you choose what to track.
- Doesn’t request indexing or change anything in your property.
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Related features
How many Search Console queries does Rankry show?
Up to 1,000 queries from the last 28 days, sorted by impressions, after removing the queries you already track as prompts.
Why does the block show impressions but not clicks or position?
The block is a short list for choosing new prompts, so it shows one demand signal. Clicks, CTR and average position for every query are in the Search Performance tab of the Search Console integration, with filters for query, page, country and device.
Does Rankry add Search Console queries to my prompts automatically?
No, you choose. Copy the searches you want into “Add prompts” on the Prompts page. They are answered right away and then run with your reports.
Can Rankry change anything in my Search Console?
No. Rankry asks Google for read-only access to Search Console. It can’t request indexing, submit sitemaps or change settings, and you can revoke access from your Google account at any time.
Which Search Console properties work?
Both domain properties and URL-prefix properties. Rankry matches your project’s domain automatically, shows a “Choose a property” picker if nothing matches, and lets you switch property later.
Why are some of my searches missing from the list?
Searches you already track as prompts are removed. The list covers only the last 28 days, ends two days ago because of Google’s data delay, and stops at 1,000 queries. Google also leaves out very rare searches to protect user privacy.
Can I add many Search Console queries at once?
Yes. Paste them one per line in “Add prompts”, or export queries from Search Console and import a CSV with a “prompt” column on the Prompts page. An optional “models” column picks the engines for each prompt. Duplicates and prompts you already track are skipped.
Do prompts added from Search Console cost requests?
Yes, like any prompt. Each prompt uses one request per engine per run from your plan’s monthly pool. The “Add prompts” window shows the cost of the first run before you confirm.
Is Search Console available on my plan?
Search Console is an integration on plans that include it. Opportunities from your tracked prompts, in the “In your prompts” block, work without it.
Does Search Console data affect my visibility score?
No. Search Console data feeds the Opportunities block, the integration’s tabs, Rankry Brain and the MCP server. Your visibility, position, sentiment and Rankry Score come only from AI answers.
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