How to add Google site ownership confirmation

Site Managers can add Google site ownership confirmation information to their site. This consists of three parts:

  1. Verifying your site.
  2. Finding your Google key string.
  3. Adding your Google key string into the WCMS.

Part one: Verifying your site

Note: if your site has already been verified, proceed to Part two.

  1. Navigate and sign into Google Search Console.
  2. Click the Property selector drop-down.
  3. Select + Property.
  4. In the Add site URL field, type in the exact address of your site, and click Continue.
  5. Select Done.

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Part two: Finding your Google key string

  1. Navigate and sign into Google Search Console.
  2. Click the Property selector drop-down, and select your site.
  3. Select HTML tag.
  4. From the HTML tag, copy (Ctrl+C) only the characters between the quotations.

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Part three: Adding your Google key string into the WCMS

  1. From the Administration bar, click on Dashboard.
  2. Under Site Management, select Google Universal Analytics.
  3. Paste (Ctrl+V) the Google key string into the Google site ownership confirmation field.
  4. Select Submit.