Knowledgebase: Google Search Console
How to Verify Site Ownership in Google Search Console Using an HTML Tag
Verifying your website with Google Search Console is a crucial step to monitor and enhance your site’s performance on Google Search. By confirming ownership, you gain access to valuable insights and tools that can help optimize your site’s visibility and user experience.
Why Verify Your Site?
Google Search Console provides detailed reports on your site’s search traffic, indexing status, and potential issues. Verifying ownership ensures you have full access to these features, enabling you to make informed decisions to improve your site’s performance.
Verification Methods
There are several methods to verify site ownership in Google Search Console, including:
- HTML File Upload
- Domain Name Provider
- Google Analytics Tracking Code
- Google Tag Manager
- HTML Tag
Among these, we find adding an HTML tag to your site’s <head> section the most straightforward approach.
How to Verify Using an HTML Tag
- Sign in to Google Search Console:
- Navigate to Google Search Console and sign in with your Google account.
- Add Your Property (or Navigate to Your Existing Property Needing Verification:)
- Click on Add Property and enter your site’s URL in the URL prefix field.
- Click Continue.
- Select HTML Tag Verification:
- In the Verify ownership section, select the HTML tag option.
- Copy the provided meta tag.
- Insert the Meta Tag into Your Site:
- Log in to your site’s dashboard.
- Navigate to Site Settings.
- Go to Settings > Embed.
- Paste the copied meta tag into the
<head> Embedsection.
- Click Save or Publish to apply the changes.
- Lastly, return to Google Search Console and click the Verify button.
By completing these steps, you’ll have successfully verified your site with Google Search Console, unlocking a suite of tools to monitor and enhance your website’s performance.
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