You can now link Google Analytics 4 to Google Search Console

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Search Console (GSC) properties can now be linked, Google announced Wednesday via the Google Search Central Twitter account.

Note: This announcement pertains to GA4. In Universal Analytics, this capability has been available for years.

Why we care

Associating your GA4 and GSC properties expands your ability to analyze search traffic and enables you to directly compare search data with site analytics, which can help you get a better view of the user’s journey and identify correlations.

Universal Analytics and GA4 have existed alongside one another since the latter was launched in October 2020. Google has not announced when it will stop supporting Universal Analytics, but when it does, marketers will be forced on to GA4. Rolling out this association now — well ahead of the eventual deprecation of Universal Analytics (which SEOs overwhelmingly prefer at this point) — will also give us more time to explore GA4’s capabilities, which may help facilitate the transition.

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George Nguyen is an editor for Search Engine Land, covering organic search, podcasting and e-commerce. His background is in journalism and content marketing. Prior to entering the industry, he worked as a radio personality, writer, podcast host and public school teacher.