How To Verify Your Site For Google Webmaster Tools For Indexing
Hi Everybody
For those of you who don’t want to sit through a rather long training video.
Here’s a brief explanation what you have to do to get your site verified in Webmaster Tools, and how to add a sitemap.
WHY?
Because Webmaster Tools Offers Information On Errors On Your Site. How You’re Using Your Site (how you’re working with it) And All That Comes Into Your Site Related To Visitors (traffic)
How To Verify Your Site For Google Webmaster Tools For Indexing
Before you submit your site (sitemap) to webmaster tools you have to have your site listed in google analytics. (you must have an account)
Go to Google Analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/ - Create A New Property
Click A New Property
Leave the top menu entries aziz
Give Your Site A Name
Copy/Paste/Enter the URL of your site (Do Not put www after the http)
Choose Category
Choose Reporting Time Zone
Click - Get Tracking ID
Example of Tracking ID - UA-55920964-1
(The CODE you see directly below you don’t have to bother about. This is a Code you can use for a website that hasn’t been created with Wordpress)
You Copy/Paste The TRACKING ID Into Your Wordpress Site.
To Do This
In your Wordpress Dashboard -
Go into All In One SEO - Click General Settings -
Scroll Down The Page Until You Come To Google Analytics ID
Copy/Paste the Tracking ID into the Box to the right of Google Analytics ID
Make sure the Use Universal Analytics is Ticked directly below and - Click Update Options at the bottom of the page.
You then go to Webmaster Tools to Verify the Wordpress Plugin to your Website so that its added to Webmaster Tools.
In Webmaster Tools - click on sitemaps on left side
Click - Add Test Sitemap (right hand side)
In the box - add - sitemap.xml (don’t forget the dot after sitemap)
You can click test sitemap if you want to see if it works and you will usually get the ok message that its working.
Click Submit Sitemap and you are done.
You wont see much, if any information because it can take sometime (a day or two) for your site to be indexed.
I hope this short explanation is of some help to fellow members who have been having a wee bit of trouble with this aspect of Analytics and Webmaster Tools.
If you would like to watch the whole training video (about 1½ hours long) then here is the link:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/insights-into-webmaster-tools
There you have it folks. Webmaster Tools is a great way to correct any errors with your sites performance which of course helps you get indexed and your ranking on google.
Robert Allan
Recent Comments
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Hello. You should watch the training video when you have the time just to make sure you have done everything that's required.
Glad to help with my explanation.
Have a nice day.
Robert
Thank you so much Robert, I manage to follow your "how's" on how to get my site google indexed. I'm now on Webmaster Tools following their tips on how to maximize my site's performance. More n more success to you!
Hi Charline. No probs and glad to help and you have taken some tips and advice away that will help you with your WA training.
I would still watch the actual video when you have the time to sit down.
Take notes and you will be ok.
Have an excellent day.
Robert
well the website is verified with the webmaster tools but adding the sitemap says error...don't know what's happening. do i need sitemap generator plugin?? or is there something that i missed?
There is a plugin and you should have installed it before you verified.
The plugin is call -
Google XML Sitemap
Robert
great robert i like your simple step by step explanation. i have been stuck on this. im sure this training will work out for me.
hi, I have a problem. there is no box in my all in one SEO for "use univeral analytics" what should I do?
Did you update your SEO plugin?
The Use Universal Analytics should be directly below where you insert your Analytics ID Nimber
Have you tried coming out off your site, log back in and refresh?
If that doesn't work why not put the code in instead? Works for me.
ok I found the place to check "use univeral analytics" by clicking on the question mark beside the place you enter the tracking number in. Hope it works when I reload my site. Thanks for your answers.
No Probs. Maybe your wordpress is acting up a wee bit but I put my ID in there and I also copied and pasted the code into the Editor as well just to be doubly sure. Can't hurt, canit? I'm going to sign off now. Have a nice evening.
No probs. I was having a wee bit trouble myself so watched the video and thought why not share my new found knowledge.
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Well done once again Robert! Gold medals and silver tassels to you! :-) I've added a Sitemap, however, it almost seems superfluous as I haven't done anything or entered any data for it so work with, or is this filled in automatically as the site is progressively built?