Google Search Console

How to get the Google Search Console tag (HTML verification tag)

🔹 1. Go to Google Search Console

Open: https://search.google.com/search-console and sign in with your Google account.

🔹 2. Add a new site

1. Click the button “Add property” (Add property).

2. Choose the property type; to get the HTML tag select the URL prefix - checks only a specific address (for example, https://example.com/).

   

🔹 3. Choose a verification method

After entering the site address Google will offer several verification methods:

• HTML file (upload to the server),

• HTML tag (via a meta tag in the site code),

• Google Analytics,

• Google Tag Manager,

• DNS record.

We need the HTML tag — choose this option.

🔹 4. Copy the tag to insert

Google will show a line like:

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="AbCDefGhiJKlmnopQrstuVwxYZ1234567890" />

This is your Search Console tag.

🔹 5. Insert the tag into the site

1. Open the site's admin panel, go to Settings - Google Settings - Google Search Console

2. Insert the obtained code into the section on the page, but use not the whole code, only the data in quotes after the word content Example:

   Instead of
     <meta name="google-site-verification" content="AbCDefGhiJKlmnopQrstuVwxYZ1234567890" />
   Use AbCDefGhiJKlmnopQrstuVwxYZ1234567890

3. Save and publish the changes.

🔹 6. Verify ownership

Return to Search Console and click the “Verify” (Verify). If the tag is added correctly — a message will appear: ✅ “Ownership verified”

✅ Example result:

• Site address: https://myproject.com/

• Tag to insert:

  6FjK4dLZqP89D3X2uY0Tn-HsLaVgWqErmBtCe

• After verification the site will appear in the Search Console dashboard with all available tools (indexing, traffic, errors, etc.).