How to Add an Admin to Your Google Search Console Domain (in under 5 minutes)

If you’re working with a trusted tech consultant — like me, Alex from Neat Freak Tech — you might want to give them access to your Google Search Console (GSC). This lets them see how your site shows up in Google Search, spot SEO issues, submit sitemaps, and help you get found more often (without you having to live in spreadsheets).

Here’s how to add an admin-level user (like alex@neatfreaktech.com) to your Google Search Console domain property quickly and safely.

What “Domain Property” Means (quick sanity check)

In Google Search Console, there are two common property types:

• Domain property (recommended): covers all versions of your domain — https, http, www, non-www, plus subdomains like blog.yoursite.com.

• URL-prefix property: covers only one exact URL version (ex: https://www.yoursite.com/).

  
  

If your property name looks like yoursite.com (no https://), that’s a Domain property. Perfect.

Step 1: Open Google Search Console

Use any of these:

1. Go directly to Search Console

   Search “Google Search Console” while logged into your business Google account, then click in.

2. Use the shortcut URL

   Type: search.google.com/search-console in your browser.

Step 2: Select the correct property (your domain)

In the top-left property dropdown, choose your domain property (ex: yoursite.com).

Pro tip: a lot of folks accidentally add access to the wrong version — so double-check you’re not in a URL-prefix property unless that’s intentional.

Step 3: Add your consultant as an admin-level user

1. In the left menu, click Settings

2. Click Users and permissions

3. Click Add user

4. Enter the email (example: alex@neatfreaktech.com)

5. Choose the permission level:

   
   

Which permission should you choose?

• Full = best for an SEO/tech consultant (they can do everything needed inside Search Console, including submitting sitemaps and viewing all data)

• Restricted = view-only (fine if you just want someone to audit and report back)

• Click Add

  
  

Done — they’ll show up immediately in the user list.

Common “Wait, why can’t I add someone?” issue

If you don’t see “Add user,” you probably don’t have Owner permissions on that property.

That usually means:

• the domain was set up by a prior vendor, web developer, or IT company

• you’re logged into the wrong Google account

  
  

If that happens, forward the steps to whoever is the owner — or tell me and I’ll help you track down access.

Pro Tip: Review Access Regularly

Every 6 months, go to Settings → Users and permissions and make sure only current team members and vendors still have access. Old agencies have a way of hanging around like ghosts in the machine.

Pro Tip: Find Which Google Account Owns Search Console (using your inbox)

If you’re not sure which Google account your Search Console is set up under (it happens all the time), your inbox can usually tell you in 30 seconds.

Search your email for messages from the Google Search Console Team — common subject lines include:

• “Congrats! Your site is now verified” (or similar “Congrats” verification emails)

• “Your January Search performance” (monthly performance summaries)

  
  

Open one of those emails and look at which email address received it — that’s almost always the Google account tied to your Search Console property.

Bonus tip: try searching your inbox for: Search Console, site is verified, Search performance, or sc-noreply

Need Help? That’s What I Do

If you’re not sure which Search Console property is the “right” one, or your domain property wasn’t set up correctly, I can help clean it up and get everything connected the right way — SEO basics, sitemaps, indexing, and the “why is Google doing this” mysteries.

Email alex@neatfreaktech.com to get started working with me!