Google Webmaster Tools is one of the most powerful free toolkits at your disposal for making sure Google can crawl your website properly.
In order to use Google Webmaster tools for your website, you need to verify it with Google to prove that you own the website.
There are two ways to do this:
- Uploading a special file to your website
- Adding a Meta Tag to your website.
With WordPress, it can be confusing how to do this. This video shows you how to verify your WordPress Website in Google Webmaster Tools using the Meta Tag method.
Once your site is verified, you can use Google Webmaster Tools to do all sorts of diagnostics on your site. For example:
- Submit an XML sitemap for your site (I use this WordPress Plugin to automatically update my XML sitemap)
- Discover any problems Google might have crawling your site
- Discover any duplicate content issues on your site
- See what keywords people are using to find you
- See what sites are linking to your website
- Check your Page Load Speed
- And a TON more.
Trust me, this is an indispensable tool and you’ll want to set it up for your website.
Update: Google has added a third and easier verification method now. If you already have Google Analytics installed on your site, Google Webmaster Tools can use it to verify your site – no need for meta tags or file uploads!
Update 2: If you are using WordPress.com (rather than self-hosted WordPress.org), you can verify your blog with Google Webmaster Tools using this method.
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Article by » Don Campbell
Don is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. He founded Expand2Web and is the publisher of the Expand2Web Blog and the SmallBiz WordPress Theme.
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Legend thanks!!
Thank you for such detailed instructions. I have been very intimidated in editing anything in WP (Blogger – I was fine) but following your video made the process simple….and it worked! Not sure why I wasn’t indexed b/c I had done this in Blogger at one time – maybe the transition over to WP – it got lost. Doesn’t matter – I’m good to go now…thank you!
I am following your instructions but something is not working.
It worked for me. Thank you.
Thanks, Don, this was very helpful. The video is clear and well-done!
Thank You so much!!
Thank you! Simple and clear and now verified.
Finally, someone who speaks my language! Thanks!
I did and it is working great, also if you have your site hosted in goaddy it does automatically for you.
THANK YOU!!
This worked a treat, many thanks.
Thanks. Really helpful video.
Thanks Don great videos!!
Thank you for the video!
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks, I was struggling to verify using my WP theme, this tutorial worked a treat.
many thanks for taking the time
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