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How to add a site to Google Search Console: step by step instructions

Registering a site in Google Search Console is a must. And in this article, we’ll help you understand why.

The content of this article:

  1. What is Google Webmaster Tools, and why add it?
  2. How to add website to Google Search Console. Detailed instructions
    1. ⭐ Validation via HTML file on the server
    2. ⭐ Validation via HTML tag
    3. ⭐ Validation via Google Analytics
    4. ⭐ Validation via Google Tag Manager
    5. ⭐ Validation with a DNS Record
  3. ⭐ Conclusion

How to add a new website to Google Search Console?

  1. Sign in to your Google or Gmail account.
  2. Navigate to Google Search Console.
  3. Type or paste the URL of your home page next to the box that says Website, then click the Add Property button.
  4. Add your domain in the appeared window.
  5. Verify your ownership of the website in one of the following ways:
    1. host an HTML file on the server;
    2. add HTML tag;
    3. connect Google Analytics;
    4. add Google Tag Manager;
    5. sign in to your domain name provider;

How does Google index your site? How does the site perform in searches? What information is available on the web about your website, and how can it be used? These questions can be answered by adding your site to Google Search Console. Let’s take a look at how to do this in detail.

🔎 How do I add a site to Google Search Console?Confirmation methods:
✈️ Verify site rights using DNSIn Search Console, you can open instructions for verifying rights using DNS for the desired hosting provider.
🔎 Verifying site rights by uploading a fileYou will need FTP access.
✈️ Confirmation of site rights using the HTML tagSelect the appropriate field, copy the verification key, and add the following <meta> to the HTML code on the main page.
🔎 Google Analytics ValidationCopy the code, which must contain the analytics.js or gtag.js snippet.
✈️ Google Tag Manager VerificationSign up or login to an existing account. Create a container for your site and follow the instructions in the article. 

What is Google Webmaster Tools, and why add it?

Google Search Console (GSC) is a free tool that allows site owners to check their website’s performance on Google. It shows not only how the site works, but also how the search engine sees it. With GSC you can:

  • see information about keywords and queries that bring traffic;
  • find out what meaningful search res

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