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- | ====== How to verify your site in google webmaster tools ====== | + | #redirect https://support.realgeeks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043157214 |
- | Once your site is live, log into your [[https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/|google wembaster tools account]]. | + | ====== How to verify your site in Google Search Console (formally Google Webmaster Tools) ====== |
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+ | Once your site is live, log into your [[https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/|Google Search Console account]]. | ||
Make sure you log in with a Google account. Usually these are emails that end in @gmail.com but if your company is using google apps they might end with your company's domain name. | Make sure you log in with a Google account. Usually these are emails that end in @gmail.com but if your company is using google apps they might end with your company's domain name. | ||
- | {{:screen_shot_2014-06-22_at_5.19.51_pm.png|}} | + | **Note: Your site must be LIVE in order for the verification to work.** |
Verify your site by adding a meta tag | Verify your site by adding a meta tag | ||
- | - On the Webmaster Tools Home page, click the Manage Site button next to the site you want, and then click Verify this site. | + | - On the Webmaster Tools Home page, click the URL prefix option on the right. |
- | - If HTML tag is not visible on the Recommended method tab, click the Alternate methods tab. | + | |
- | - Select HTML tag, and follow the steps on your screen. | + | {{::google_verify_url1.jpg?700|}} |
- | - Please send us this tag in an email and we will add it to your site. | + | |
+ | - Enter your entire URL. For example: | ||
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+ | https://yourlivesite.com | ||
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+ | - Click Continue. | ||
+ | - Select HTML tag option | ||
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+ | {{::google_verify_url2.jpg?700|}} | ||
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+ | Please send us this tag in an email and we will add it to your site. You can then press verify! | ||
- | If the site does not verify immediately, wait a couple hours and try again. There could be a delay on Google's end on the verification. | + | If the site does not verify immediately, wait a couple hours and click verify again. There could be a delay on Google's end on the verification. |