How To Use Google Webmaster Tools - Google Webmaster Tools Verify

Goolge Webmaster Tools Verify

1. First of all go to www.google.com and type in “webmaster tools”

2. You will then have to sign in to your Google Account, if you have not yet created a Google account, create one and return to this tutorial after this step.

Once you have signed into your google Account yo will have the opinion to “add a site“. Type in the URL of your website as shown below and select “Add Site“: -

3. Once you have done this you will see the below confirmation message. Click “Verify Your Site“: -

4. You will now have the option to verify your website by adding a meta tag or adding a page to your web server. In this example i have added a line of HTML code to my web page. Simply select the “Add a meta tag” option, highlight the code shown, right click and select “Copy“.

5. After you gave copied this bit of HTML code go to your websites home page (index.html / php) and paste this line of code just under your title tag (<TITLE> </TITLE>) before the </HEAD> section of your web page.

6. Before Google can verify your website successfully you will have to upload this web page to your server. Learn How To Upload A Website Using FTP. After you have successfully upload this web page to your server, go to back to your Google Webmaster Account and click “Refresh” on your keyboard. A green tick should show for the website you have just added under the “Verified” column.

Congratulations, this means that Google has successfully verified your website.

I would strongly recommend that you install a site map, this will improve your website search engine optimisation. You can learn how to do this using this Tutorial - How To Create A Sitemap

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