Verify Ownership of Your Site on Google Webmaster

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A Google Webmaster Account is a way to verify ownership of your website and request updates to your links that appear in Google search results for your visitors. To request an update to links, you must create a Google Webmaster account and request the re-crawl (or re-index). Once your site ownership has been verified, you can request a crawl or submit a sitemap through the Webmaster Tools interface to update the Google search results.

As the owner of your website, it is best practice for you to create and maintain this account so that you can maintain your own SEO and have access to the console as needed.

Instructions

  1. Navigate to the Google Webmaster site

  2. Click Sign In The URL labeled sign in in the top-right corner.

  3. Log in with your Google Account and/or create a new Google Account

  4. Select URL Prefix The right-hand box labeled URL prefix.

  5. Enter your site URL The text entry field below the bullet points, above the Enter URL descriptive text.

  6. Click Continue The box labeled Continue below the URL text entry field.

  7. Copy the HTML Tag script and contact Support to add it to your home page The HTML meta tag in the text field below the step labeled number one.

    Note:

    Ensure that you CC the Primary Contact of your organization, as adding this script requires Primary Contact approval.

  8. Once the script has been added, click Verify The button in the bottom-right corner labeled Verify.

  9. View the Ownership Verified screen The box labeled Ownership verified with a green bar at the top.