Feder and Google Search Console: keep Google Search Console, check its numbers.
No, Feder is not a replacement for Google Search Console. Keep Google Search Console. Feder sits beside it and checks whether the numbers it shows can be trusted, by reading what happened at the source and comparing it with your own history.
Why would I need this?
Because the question is not what the number is. It is whether you can trust it.
Is Feder an alternative to Google Search Console?
No. Google Search Console is a set of Google tools and reports that help a site owner measure their site's Search traffic and performance. Feder does a different job: it watches the numbers your tools record and says when one cannot be trusted. Nothing here asks you to switch.
Do I need Feder if I have Google Search Console?
They do different jobs, so one does not stand in for the other. Keep Google Search Console for the job it does. Feder's job is to say when a number your tools record has gone quiet or moved outside your own history.
What does Google Search Console do better?
Search Console shows how often a site appeared in Google Search and how often people clicked through.
In Google's words:
The default view of the report shows click and impression data for your site in Google Search results for the past three months.
Performance report (Search results): Overview and basic setup - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Search Console sends site owners a message when Google sees an important event on their site.
In Google's words:
Search Console sends messages to website owners when an important event occurs on their site.
Why did I get an email from Search Console? - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Most Search Console reports show the date they were last updated.
In Google's words:
You can see last updated dates on most reports.
About Search Console data - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.
What can go wrong with Google Search Console's numbers?
Google explains that Search Console data normally appears 2 to 3 days after it is collected, so the latest days can be missing.
In Google's words:
Normally, however, collected data should be available in 2-3 days.
About Search Console data - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Google marks the newest Performance data as preliminary, so recent numbers can still change.
In Google's words:
The newest data can be preliminary, meaning it's still being collected and might change in the next few hours.
Performance report (Search results): Overview and basic setup - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Search Console leaves rare queries out of its tables to protect user privacy, so query rows can add up to less than the total.
In Google's words:
Tables in the performance reports omit rare queries to protect user privacy.
About Search Console data - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Search Console tables show up to 1,000 rows, so some rows can be left out; Google points to its API for a larger selection.
In Google's words:
Our tables can show a maximum of 1,000 rows, so some rows might be omitted.
About Search Console data - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.Google notes that a new site, or one just added to Search Console, can take up to a week to show data.
In Google's words:
It can take up to a week to generate data for a newly created site, or a site newly added to Search Console.
About Search Console data - Search Console Help, read 2026-11-12.
How does Feder work with Google Search Console?
- Feder reads how many times your site showed up in Google Search, and how many of those times someone clicked through. It feeds the Reach signal.
- Clicks count first. On a day with no clicks, Feder shows the times your site was seen.
- A day Google Search Console did not report shows as Not read. It is never shown as zero.
- Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Google Search Console.
What should I ask about my Google Search Console setup?
- Which numbers on my dashboard are counted at the source, and which are modeled or estimated?
- If this number stopped counting tomorrow, who would notice, and when?
- What does a normal week look like for this number, in my own history?
Questions owners ask
- Does Feder replace Google Search Console?
- No. Keep Google Search Console. Feder sits beside it.
- Does Feder send data into Google Search Console?
- No. Feder only reads.
- How accurate is Feder?
- We do not publish an accuracy number yet. When there is a measured one, it will be here with how it was measured.
Where do these claims come from?
Every quoted statement about Google Search Console on this page comes from Google's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. We read them again by 2027-05-11. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.