How to verify WordPress Site via Google Webmaster Tools
How we can easily verify wordpress site in Google Webmaster tools
To get
organic traffic for WrodPress blog from search engine you must verify your site
first in different search engine. Though Google is the giant and leading search
engine so at the beginning of site verification we must very our WordPress blog
in Google Webmaster Tools.
Note that the
first step of site optimization is to verified by search engines. For getting a
Google verified site you must take help of Google webmaster tools. And to get
access into the tool you must have Gmail account.
What is Google Webmaster Tools?
Google’s
Webmaster tools is a combination of some great tools that designed for web
service. And by using this service webmasters able to know their content index status,
Broken link, Quick indexing, Crawl rate, Traffic information. as well as provide
site verification service, optimize visibility of websites. And the all
services are totally free.
How to verify WordPress Site into Google Webmaster Tools?
Some newbie think that this is quite difficult to verify their WordPress site in Google Webmaster tools. But within 5 minutes we can easily verify our WordPress site. For verifying
your site in Google Webmaster Tools just follow the below steps
Step 1 Go to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ and sign in with a Google
account
Step 2 Now write your website’s URL and hit the Add A Site button.
Step 3 A pop up window will appear
just enter the URL of your site. And click on Continue.
Step 4 A new screen will appear, you
will be asked to verify the ownership of the WordPress site. There are several
option available like, Adding Meta Tag,
Uploading an HTML file, Verify via
your domain name and hosting provider,
Google Analytics code and Google Tag Manager.
We will use
most easiest way to verify our WordPress site. For your convenience I am explain
2 method.
Verify WordPress Site by Using HTML File upload Method
Among various
verification method using HTML File upload method is mostly recommended.
Because through this method you can verify your site without any error. So for
verifying your site through HTML file upload just follow the below steps-
Step 1 Now just click on HTML File upload under recommended
method and click on
Download this HTML verification file.
Step 2 Your HTML file will download in
your computer.
Step 3 Now login to your cPanel account and click on File Manager
Step 4 From top of the screen click on
Upload button and then a new window
will appear, from there click on Choose
file and select the downloaded HTML
File from Google Webmaster Tools.
Step 5 After upload the file return to
the File Manager page. Most of the
cases it will automatically return to the File Manager page.
Step 6 In this step again go to the
Google Webmaster Tool's verification page and click on VERIFY button from the bottom of the page. A success message will
appear.
Verify WordPress Site by Using Meta Tag (Alternate Method)
Alternatively
using Meta Tag for site verification is the easiest way. If you are not using HTML
File upload method then just select Meta
Tag under Alternate method and automatically
a Meta Tag code line will appear.
And now follow the below steps-
Step 1 Now Copy the Meta Tag line provided by Google. And
return into your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2 From WordPress Dashboard go to Appearance ->Editor
Step 3 from Editor Panel click on Header
from right side of the screen and find <Head>
Step 4 Now below <Head> paste the Meta Tag line provided by Google. And click
on Update File at the Bottom of the screen.
Step 5 Again Return to the Google
Webmaster Tool's verification page and click on VERIFY button.
Step 6 A message will appear with Congratulations that means your
WordPress site has successfully verified. And simply click on Continue link to enter into your Site
Dashboard on Google Webmaster tools.
Hope the above two method will help you to verify
your WordPress site successfully. Beside of those method you can verify your
site through Plugin but this method is applicable if you don't want to use any Plugin. However you can use both method for double verification. Let me know
which method is more preferable by you. And if you have anything to add then
feel free to leave your feedback.
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