Ads Lighthouse collects search ads for you, so you never need to connect an account to monitor your brand. Connections are an extra: they let you look up your own account performance next to what you observe.
- Open Connections under Project Settings in the sidebar.
- Select Connect Google Ads or Connect Search Console and approve access in Google.
- Use View Google Ads data or View Search Console data to fetch a report for up to 31 days.
- Reports are fetched from Google only when you request them, and the rows are shown for that request, not saved as history.
- Search Console uses a read-only permission. The Google Ads connection only reads reports and account information; it does not edit campaigns.
- Only the person who authorized a connection can use it.
- You can revoke access at any time in your Google Account.