{"id":11328,"date":"2018-12-10T10:55:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T08:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/?p=11328"},"modified":"2021-06-26T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T09:55:42","slug":"add-website-google-search-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablesoft.net\/add-website-google-search-console\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add and verify your website with the new Google Search Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most useful and important SEO tools is the Google Search Console. Google search console is a free tool provided by Google for webmasters (also referred to as Google Webmaster Tools).<\/p>\n

Google search console has a number of tools and reports you can use to find out what Google knows about your website, improve your site\u2019s performance in the search results and troubleshoot problems.<\/p>\n

In this post, you will learn how to add your website to Google Search Console.<\/p>\n

How to get your website on Google Search Console<\/h2>\n

The first thing to do is to register with Google search console and add and verify ownership of your website.<\/p>\n

Here are the steps:<\/p>\n

Step 1: Create an account with Google Search Console.<\/h3>\n

Go to Google Search Console<\/a><\/strong> and click Start Now<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you already have a Google account, you can login directly otherwise the first step is to create an account and then login.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> If you already have a Google analytics account, you can use that to login. It\u2019s always a good practice to have Google search console and analytics on the same Google account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Step 2: Add your website<\/h3>\n
\"Add
Add Property to Google Search Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Click Add Property<\/strong> by clicking the Search Property <\/strong>dropdown.<\/p>\n

Enter your website\u2019s URL and click continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> Google treats http:\/\/<\/em> and https:\/\/<\/em> URLS differently as well as http:\/\/www<\/em> and http:\/\/ <\/em>(without www). In the eyes of Google, these are 4 different websites.<\/p>\n

You can read this guide on www or no www<\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For now, just enter one of the variations and once verified you can repeat this process to add all four variations of your website.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Verify ownership of your website<\/h3>\n
\"Verify
Verify Ownership Methods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next step is to verify ownership of the website. There are 5 main ways to do this:<\/p>\n

HTML File verification<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you choose this method, you need to download the given HTML file and upload it to the ROOT folder of your website. In most cases this is in the public_html<\/em> folder.<\/p>\n

Once uploaded, you can click the VERIFY button and continue to the next step.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> You should keep the file on the root folder of your website at all times. Removing the file will also remove website ownership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HTML Tag<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Verify
Verify Ownership with HTML Tag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you choose to use this verification method then you need to copy the meta tag given by Google and add it to the <head> section of your website.<\/p>\n

If you are using Yoast SEO plugin, you can add the verification code in the Google Verification<\/em> Code<\/em> box by selecting:<\/p>\n

Yoast SEO > GENERAL > WEBMASTER TOOLS<\/p>\n

\"Add
Add HTML Tag to Yoast SEO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third method is the easiest and my recommended method.<\/p>\n

If you already have Google Analytics installed on your website and you are using the same Google Account for both GA and GSC, then all you need to do is click the VERIFY button.<\/p>\n

\"Verify
Verify Ownership with Google Analytics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google Tag Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

Same as Google analytics. If you already have Google Tag Manager script install in your website\u2019s head section, then you can auto-verify Google Search console.<\/p>\n

Domain name provider<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you cannot use any of the above methods, then you can verify website ownership by editing your DNS settings. If you are a non-technical person, I wouldn\u2019t recommend this method since you need to know how to edit your domain\u2019s DNS values. In this case, it\u2019s better to ask the assistance of your domain provider.<\/p>\n

Step 4: Repeat the process to add ALL website variations<\/h3>\n

Once you added and verified one of your website\u2019s address you need to repeat this process until you have all variations added.<\/p>\n

If you have https installed on your website, then this means you need to add and verify all four instances:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. http:\/\/www.example.com<\/li>\n
  2. http:\/\/example.com<\/li>\n
  3. https:\/\/www.example.com<\/li>\n
  4. https:\/\/example.com<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Google Search Console Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \"Google
    Google Search Console Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    You can go to SETTINGS to check ownership status and to add \/ delete or change users who can access your web properties.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s it, now you can take advantage of Google search console tools and reports to measure and improve your site\u2019s performance in Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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