[amelius]

Perhaps I'm missing something but why do we need a "console"?

Why can't we just post these search-engine related settings in a special file on our servers?

That way, we don't have to manage 10 consoles for 10 different search engines.

[dx034]

The Google console is quite helpful in tracking errors on your page. You can obviously do that yourself but for small projects, using Google's console is easier.

Search analytics is another topic that obviously needs a page on their side.

Overall I'm happy with Google's console, especially compared to Bing.

[amelius]

> The Google console is quite helpful in tracking errors on your page.

Google could publish an open-source tool that you can run to check your page for errors.

[walshemj]

and having an insight into how google sees/crawls your site is invaluable