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Import from Google Search Console CSV

Written by , Founder, AskVault · Reviewed by Aashiq
Last updated: · 3 min read

Why this matters

Your Search Console shows what customers actually search:

  • Top queries with click and impression counts.
  • Click-through rate per query.
  • Pages ranking for each query.

About 70 to 85% of these queries are answerable from your existing content. AskVault uses Search Console data to generate Q&A pairs covering them, so the bot answers what customers actually ask.

Setup

15 minutes:

  1. Export from Search Console. Go to Search Console > Performance > Export > CSV. Download "Queries.csv".
  2. Open Knowledge Hub > Add Source > Search Console CSV.
  3. Upload the CSV.
  4. AskVault analyzes queries: top 100 to 500 by impressions.
  5. Auto-generates Q&A pairs matching each query to the most relevant indexed content.
  6. Review the drafts under FAQ Builder > Suggestions.
  7. Publish accepted entries.

What AskVault does with the CSV

For each query:

  1. Run vector search across your indexed knowledge.
  2. Find the best-matching chunk.
  3. Generate a Q&A pair: the query as question, the chunk-grounded answer.
  4. Mark as draft for your review.

About 80% of drafts are publishable as-is; remaining need light editing.

Sample workflow

End-to-end:

  1. You export weekly Search Console CSV.
  2. Upload to AskVault.
  3. Review the 50 to 100 new auto-generated drafts.
  4. Publish 30 to 50.
  5. FAQ page grows with high-search-volume entries.
  6. Google indexes the FAQ page, ranking for the same queries.
  7. Compounding flywheel.

About 5 to 10% organic-traffic uplift for teams using this pattern over 90 days.

Re-running with new data

Search Console data updates daily:

  • Re-import weekly or monthly.
  • AskVault detects new queries vs already-processed.
  • Only new queries generate new drafts.

Limits

  • CSV size. Up to 10 MB.
  • Queries processed per import. Top 500 by impression.
  • Auto-drafts per import. Up to 200.

Common pitfalls

CSV format unexpected. Search Console occasionally changes column headers. AskVault tolerates minor variations; if parsing fails, reformat.

Generated Q&As repetitive. Many queries map to the same source chunk. Dedupe during review.

Bot answers different from Q&A. Q&A pair conflicts with main knowledge. Pick which is authoritative.

FAQ

Can I use Bing Webmaster CSV?

Yes. Same flow; CSV columns must include Query, Impressions, Clicks.

Does this count against my MB cap?

Q&A pairs count toward the MB cap. Each pair is small (about 500 bytes); 500 pairs ≈ 250 KB.

Will the bot only answer published Q&As?

No. Q&A pairs are one knowledge source. Bot still uses URL-crawled, file-uploaded, etc. Q&A pairs add specificity for known high-volume queries.

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