Set-up Your Google Webmaster Tools Account You'll need to go to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp and in a few easy steps you can sign up for an account. This will give you access to all the tools and applications of Google. You don't need to have a Gmail account in order to do it.

Google Search Central, formerly Google Webmasters, is here to help the right people view your content with resources to make your website discoverable to Google Search. New to SEO? Start by reading this introductory guide to SEO.

Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.

What you all share is a desire to make your work available online, and to make it findable through Google Search. So, to make sure that our product includes everyone who cares about Search, we've decided to rebrand Google Webmaster Tools as Google Search Console.