If you have a website setup and running then your next step is to verify your website domain with google webmaster tools site verification via html meta tag which is the easy way to do with meta tag verification.
You can easily verify your website with html meta tag verification method in just 5 minutes by following below steps successfully.
Step 1: Go to Search Console (Webmaster Tools) and sign in with your account. search console url: Search console login
Step 2: Click Add a Property and type your website domain link.
Step 3: Apply then your website property will be added in webmaster tools.
Step 4: Click on top right corner setting buttons and Click verification details.
Step 5: Click on Verify using different methods.
Step 6: Copy the html meta tag below.
Step 7: Go to your website and paste it into your site home page and it should go into the head section before the body tag section and Save it.
Step 8: Come Back to Search console verification methods page and save it once you have pasts.
That’s it you are done verifying your website with google webmaster tools site verification successfully.
To check the meta tag verification with google search console is successful or not, just go to your website home page and press ctrl+U by viewing source code.
In source code you can see the site verification code with meta tag.
Here are all verification methods and help you choose the verification method in webmaster tools and all these methods are easy and will lead you to the same.
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Some time meta tag verification can be failed and this is due to placing the meta tag in wrong place. If your html meta tag verification is failed then please cross check that you have kept your meta tag in write place on your website that is inside the head tag and before the body tag opening.
You can also verify your website with google tag manager as well easily. If you use Google Tag Manager to add and update your site tags, now you can quickly and easily verify ownership of your site in Webmaster Tools using the container snippet code.
If you have any questions regarding your website verification then drop us a question here