Google Search Console HTML Tag Verification

Q: Google Search Console HTML Tag Verification

To verify Google Search Console with an HTML tag: in Search Console, select HTML tag as your verification method and copy the provided meta tag. Paste it inside the head section of your homepage before the closing head tag, then click Verify in Search Console. The tag must stay on the page permanently.

The HTML tag method is one of the simplest ways to verify a URL Prefix property in Google Search Console.

The Verify ownership dialog in Google Search Console for a URL-prefix property, with HTML file as the recommended method and HTML tag and Google Analytics listed under other methods (file name blurred) — The HTML tag is one of the methods offered next to the recommended HTML file. The tag has to be in the server-rendered <head> of the homepage; JavaScript-injected tags do not verify.

Steps

In Search Console, select HTML tag as your verification method
Copy the provided <meta name="google-site-verification" content="..."> tag
Paste it inside the <head> section of your homepage - before </head>
Click Verify in Search Console

Platform-Specific Instructions

WordPress: Use a plugin like Yoast SEO (Webmaster Tools tab) or Insert Headers and Footers to paste the tag
Shopify: Go to Online Store > Themes > Edit Code > theme.liquid and paste inside <head>
Squarespace: Settings > Advanced > Code Injection > Header
Wix: Marketing & SEO > SEO Tools > Get Found on Google

Important: Do not remove the tag after verification - Search Console periodically re-checks it, and removing it will cause verification to lapse.

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