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Domain Performance Dashboard

The Domain Performance Dashboard — one-glance health view for a single client's SEO performance, with the metrics that actually inform content decisions.

The Performance Dashboard is your single-client deep view. When you've drilled into a specific domain from the Domains Overview, this is the first page you land on — a high-level snapshot of how the client's content is performing in search, designed to answer the questions you'll have during a client meeting or weekly review.

The data comes directly from Google Search Console, so what you see is exactly what Google is reporting — not a re-interpretation or proxy metric.

Key Takeaways

  • High-level snapshot for ONE client — for portfolio-wide views, see Domains Overview

  • Top 100 + Top 10 keyword counts give you a fast read on overall ranking strength

  • Top 5 performing pages let you see which content is actually working

  • Time-range filters (1mo / 6mo / 12mo / all-time) update everything live without page reload

  • This is the at-a-glance view — for deeper query/page analysis, jump to SEO Analytics

What the dashboard shows

Keyword performance (top of page)

The most important numbers for a quick health check:

Metric
What it tells you

Top 100 keywords

How many queries the site is ranking for anywhere in Google's top 100 results — overall ranking footprint

Top 10 keywords

How many queries the site is ranking for on page one — actual visibility, not just "indexed"

Traffic share by keyword

Which queries are driving the most clicks — usually a small handful do all the work

The Top 10 count is the most important single number. Position 1–10 = visible to users; position 11+ = effectively invisible. A site with 500 keywords in the Top 100 but only 12 in the Top 10 has a clear opportunity: which of those 500 can be pushed onto page one?

Page performance (middle section)

Top 5 performing pages, ranked by clicks + impressions. This tells you:

  • Which articles are actually driving traffic (vs which ones just exist)

  • Where to focus internal links — point them at the pages that are working

  • What patterns are working — topic, format, length — so you can replicate them

Website traffic summary (bottom)

  • Total website clicks — sum of all clicks across all queries

  • Total website impressions — sum of all impressions across all queries

The simplest "are we winning or losing" trend line. Compare to last period to spot growth or stagnation.

Time-range filters

Every metric on the dashboard responds to the time-range filter at the top:

Range
Best for

1 Month

Recent performance, catching sudden drops, confirming a publishing push landed

6 Months

The standard view for client check-ins and quarterly reviews

12 Months

Year-over-year trends, seasonal patterns, long-term growth

All Time

Domain-lifetime view, useful for showing client ROI over the full engagement

Filters update everything live — no page reload needed. Switching between ranges is the primary way to compare "where are we now" vs "where were we 6 months ago."

How to read the dashboard

A typical client meeting flow:

  • Up trends → focus on what's working. Use the Top 5 pages to inform the next batch of Sage AI suggestions (replicate the format/topic angles).

  • Flat trends → usually means existing content is maxed out. Time to publish more — Sage's AI Suggestions Engine can queue the next round.

  • Down trends → switch to SEO Analytics to look at query-level data. Usually it's 1-2 high-traffic queries that dropped, not a site-wide decline.

When to use this page

  • During client meetings — fast updates without needing to dive into deep reports

  • Weekly health checks — 30-second glance to confirm nothing's stuck or declining

  • Prioritizing the next batch of articles — see which content patterns are working, queue similar topics

  • Troubleshooting sudden traffic shifts — first stop when GA shows a spike or dip

  • Starting point for deeper analysis — once you spot something, jump to SEO Analytics or Google Index for detail

Live data refresh

  • Time-range switches update all metrics dynamically — no full-page reload

  • Underlying GSC data refreshes daily (Google's own cadence)

  • Click any metric card to drill into the SEO Analytics view for that specific data type

  • Compare two ranges visually using the trend arrows next to each metric

Frequently asked questions

Why are some metrics blank?

If the domain has very low impressions (e.g., a brand new site with <100 impressions/month), Google often doesn't report breakdowns to GSC due to privacy thresholds. The metrics will populate as the site accumulates more search visibility.

How does this differ from the Domains Overview?

  • Domains Overview = portfolio across all clients (one row per domain)

  • Performance Dashboard = drill-in for one specific client (this page)

Use the Overview for portfolio decisions; use this page for client-specific analysis.

How does this differ from SEO Analytics?

  • Performance Dashboard = the summary (top 100/top 10 counts, top 5 pages, traffic totals)

  • SEO Analytics = the deep dive (every query, every page, ranking changes, trend charts)

This page answers "is the domain healthy?" — SEO Analytics answers "why and what should we do about it?"

Does this include data from Google Analytics?

This page uses Google Search Console only. GA integration powers the AI-referral and on-site behavior data that surfaces elsewhere in Sage.

Can I export the dashboard data?

Currently no direct export. CSV export is on the roadmap. For now, you can pull the same data from GSC's UI if you need a client-facing report.

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