inMOLA — Marketing Intelligence That Decides

Before you start

You need to be a verified Owner of the Search Console property to grant Owner-level access to someone else.
The email you will add is a Google service account — not a person.
If you have several properties, you'll repeat this for each one you want to connect.

inMOLA service account email

inmola-1@warm-shade-476522-p2.iam.gserviceaccount.com

Triple-click to select the whole line, then copy.

Sign in to Google Search Console

Open search.google.com/search-console and sign in with the Google account that is a verified Owner of your property. Only a verified owner can grant Owner-level access to someone else.

If you are not the verified owner, ask the colleague (or agency) who originally verified the property to follow these steps — or to grant you Owner access first.

Pick the right property

In the top-left property picker, select the property you want to connect to inMOLA. It can be either a Domain property (covers all subdomains and protocols) or a URL-prefix property — both work the same way for permissions.

Open Settings → Users and permissions

In the left sidebar (scroll to the bottom), click ⚙ Settings. On the Settings page, click Users and permissions. You will see the list of people who currently have access.

Click "Add user"

Top-right of the users list, click the blue Add user button. A dialog opens with an email field and a permission dropdown.

Paste the inMOLA service account email

In the email field, paste exactly:inmola-1@warm-shade-476522-p2.iam.gserviceaccount.com

This is a Google service account — a machine identity, not a person. It does not log in via a browser; it authenticates over Google's APIs.

Choose permission: Owner (preferred) or Full

In the Permission dropdown, choose Owner. Owner lets inMOLA submit sitemaps, run URL inspection, and read every report. If your organization does not allow giving Owner to service accounts, choose Full as a fallback — inMOLA can read all data with Full, but some actions (sitemap submission, URL removals) will be disabled.

Restricted is not enough — too many reports and actions are blocked, and inMOLA will mark the connection as incomplete.

Click "Add" — then refresh inMOLA

Click the blue Add button. The service account now appears in your users list. Go back to inMOLA Settings → Integrations → Search Console and click Verify connection — data starts syncing within a few minutes.

Stuck? Here are the most common issues

I do not see "Add user" — only my own row

You are signed in as a Full or Restricted user, not an Owner. Only verified Owners can add new users. Ask whoever originally verified the property in Search Console to do this step.

The Permission dropdown does not show "Owner"

Same reason as above — your role does not let you grant Owner. You can still grant "Full" if you are an Owner; if you are not, ask a verified Owner to add the service account.

I added the service account but inMOLA still says "no access"

Search Console permissions usually propagate within 1–2 minutes, but can take up to 10. Wait a moment, then click "Verify connection" in inMOLA again. If it still fails, confirm the permission is Owner or Full (not Restricted) and that you added it to the exact property URL you connected.

I have a Domain property AND a URL-prefix property for the same site. Which do I use?

Connect the Domain property if you have one — it covers every subdomain and protocol (http, https, www, non-www, m.). URL-prefix properties only cover the exact prefix and miss subdomains, so they give inMOLA an incomplete picture.

I have several properties. Do I need to repeat this for each?

Yes. Search Console permissions are granted per property — so the service account needs Owner (or Full) on each property you want inMOLA to analyze. The good news: it is always the same email.

Is it safe to give a service account Owner access?

The service account can only act through Google's Search Console API — it cannot change DNS, transfer the property, or sign in as you. You can revoke it any time by removing it from Users and permissions.

Need help granting access?

Send us a screenshot of your Search Console Users and permissions page and we'll walk you through it.

contact@inmola.com →

How to grant inMOLA access to your Google Search Console