The GSC Query Monitor watches selected queries against custom target positions and sends a Telegram or Slack alert when one crosses a threshold. It uses your existing Google Search Console connection, so there is no separate SERP fetcher.
- Open your projects, open your website, and click "GSC Query Monitor".
- Add a query. Pick a target position — the lower, the stricter.
- Optionally adjust the averaging window (1–30 days, default 7). The threshold rule fires when the average over the window is worse than the target.
- On eligible plans, optionally enable the drop-step alert for a material change between adjacent reporting windows.
- Optionally bind the query to a specific tracked URL, or review up to two landing pages as evidence of possible cannibalization.
Data refreshes once a day after the GSC import completes (~04:30 UTC). Search Console commonly reports with a 2–3 day delay. Average position is weighted by real impressions and can vary by page, device, country, location, and search history; it is not a fixed live SERP position.
Alerts are aggregated per site — one consolidated message lists every query that crossed a threshold. There is a 24-hour cooldown per query, and cooldown is consumed only when the message is actually delivered, so quiet hours do not silently swallow alerts.
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