How to use the filters in Google Search Console?

You’re using Google Search Console and would like to apply a filter to your data. Here are some extra pieces of information on the Google Search Console filters to be sure everything is on point in your dashboard!

 

The first thing you need to know is that there are two different Google Search Console filters:

    1. Filter by Search Type (which allows you to filter your data by web search, images, or videos)
    2. Filter by Dimension (which allows you to filter by page, query, device, or country ISO code).


    Once you select your dimension’s filter, you have 4 filtering operators to choose from:

    1. Contains: Allows you to filter your data with words contained in one or many URLs or Queries. For example, you could search “/blog” to obtain all the results relative to your website’s blog.
    2. Equals: Allows you to filter by the exact URL, Query, Device, or Country.
    3. Does not equal: Allows you to exclude data by the exact URL, Query, Device, or Country.
    4. Does not contain: Allows you to exclude data with words contained in your URL or query

     

    Please note that you can only use one filter per widget when it comes to the Filter by Dimension. You can’t, for example, have two different queries for the same widget.

     

    Here’s a little more information about each filter type:

     

    By Country

     

    If you want to filter by country, you need to use the ISO code of the country. Here is the complete list:

    ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes
    ABW Aruba GIB Gibraltar NLD Netherlands
    AFG Afghanistan GIN Guinea NOR Norway
    AGO Angola GLP Guadeloupe NPL Nepal
    AIA Anguilla GMB Gambia NRU Nauru
    ALA Åland Islands GNB Guinea-Bissau NZL New Zealand
    ALB Albania GNQ Equatorial Guinea OMN Oman
    AND Andorra GRC Greece PAK Pakistan
    ARE United Arab Emirates GRD Grenada PAN Panama
    ARG Argentina GRL Greenland PCN Pitcairn
    ARM Armenia GTM Guatemala PER Peru
    ASM American Samoa GUF French Guiana PHL Philippines
    ATA Antarctica GUM Guam PLW Palau
    ATF French Southern Territories GUY Guyana PNG Papua New Guinea
    ATG Antigua and Barbuda HKG Hong Kong POL Poland
    AUS Australia HMD Heard Island and McDonald Islands PRI Puerto Rico
    AUT Austria HND Honduras PRK Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
    AZE Azerbaijan HRV Croatia PRT Portugal
    BDI Burundi HTI Haiti PRY Paraguay
    BEL Belgium HUN Hungary PSE Palestine, State of
    BEN Benin IDN Indonesia PYF French Polynesia
    BES Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba IMN Isle of Man QAT Qatar
    BFA Burkina Faso IND India REU Réunion
    BGD Bangladesh IOT British Indian Ocean Territory ROU Romania
    BGR Bulgaria IRL Ireland RUS Russian Federation
    BHR Bahrain IRN Iran, Islamic Republic of RWA Rwanda
    BHS Bahamas IRQ Iraq SAU Saudi Arabia
    BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina ISL Iceland SDN Sudan
    BLM Saint Barthélemy ISR Israel SEN Senegal
    BLR Belarus ITA Italy SGP Singapore
    BLZ Belize JAM Jamaica SGS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
    BMU Bermuda JEY Jersey SHN Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
    BOL Bolivia, Plurinational State of JOR Jordan SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen
    BRA Brazil JPN Japan SLB Solomon Islands
    BRB Barbados KAZ Kazakhstan SLE Sierra Leone
    BRN Brunei Darussalam KEN Kenya SLV El Salvador
    BTN Bhutan KGZ Kyrgyzstan SMR San Marino
    BVT Bouvet Island KHM Cambodia SOM Somalia
    BWA Botswana KIR Kiribati SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    CAF Central African Republic KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis SRB Serbia
    CAN Canada KOR Korea, Republic of SSD South Sudan
    CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands KWT Kuwait STP Sao Tome and Principe
    CHE Switzerland LAO Lao People’s Democratic Republic SUR Suriname
    CHL Chile LBN Lebanon SVK Slovakia
    CHN China LBR Liberia SVN Slovenia
    CIV Côte d’Ivoire LBY Libya SWE Sweden
    CMR Cameroon LCA Saint Lucia SWZ Swaziland
    COD Congo, the Democratic Republic of the LIE Liechtenstein SXM Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
    COG Congo LKA Sri Lanka SYC Seychelles
    COK Cook Islands LSO Lesotho SYR Syrian Arab Republic
    COL Colombia LTU Lithuania TCA Turks and Caicos Islands
    COM Comoros LUX Luxembourg TCD Chad
    CPV Cabo Verde LVA Latvia TGO Togo
    CRI Costa Rica MAC Macao THA Thailand
    CUB Cuba MAF Saint Martin (French part) TJK Tajikistan
    CUW Curaçao MAR Morocco TKL Tokelau
    CXR Christmas Island MCO Monaco TKM Turkmenistan
    CYM Cayman Islands MDA Moldova, Republic of TLS Timor-Leste
    CYP Cyprus MDG Madagascar TON Tonga
    CZE Czechia MDV Maldives TTO Trinidad and Tobago
    DEU Germany MEX Mexico TUN Tunisia
    DJI Djibouti MHL Marshall Islands TUR Turkey
    DMA Dominica MKD Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of TUV Tuvalu
    DNK Denmark MLI Mali TWN Taiwan, Province of China
    DOM Dominican Republic MLT Malta TZA Tanzania, United Republic of
    DZA Algeria MMR Myanmar UGA Uganda
    ECU Ecuador MNE Montenegro UKR Ukraine
    EGY Egypt MNG Mongolia UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands
    ERI Eritrea MNP Northern Mariana Islands URY Uruguay
    ESH Western Sahara MOZ Mozambique USA United States of America
    ESP Spain MRT Mauritania UZB Uzbekistan
    EST Estonia MSR Montserrat VAT Holy See
    ETH Ethiopia MTQ Martinique VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    FIN Finland MUS Mauritius VEN Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
    FJI Fiji MWI Malawi VGB Virgin Islands, British
    FLK Falkland Islands (Malvinas) MYS Malaysia VIR Virgin Islands, U.S.
    FRA France MYT Mayotte VNM Viet Nam
    FRO Faroe Islands NAM Namibia VUT Vanuatu
    FSM Micronesia, Federated States of NCL New Caledonia WLF Wallis and Futuna
    GAB Gabon NER Niger WSM Samoa
    GBR United Kingdom NFK Norfolk Island YEM Yemen
    GEO Georgia NGA Nigeria ZAF South Africa
    GGY Guernsey NIC Nicaragua ZMB Zambia
    GHA Ghana NIU Niue ZWE Zimbabwe

     

    By Device

     

    There are three possible values if you want to filter by device:

    • Desktop
    • Mobile
    • Tablet

     

    By Page

     

    If you want to filter by page, the value needed is the page URL.

     

    By Query

     

    To filter by query, the value you’re going to use is the keyword.

     

     

    Should you need any assistance with GA Universal filters, please reach out to our Support Team 🤘





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