# 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/`).<br>

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#### 🔹 3. Choose a verification method

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

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* 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:<br>

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```html
<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:

   ```html
   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”*<br>

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**✅ Example result:**

* Site address: `https://myproject.com/`
* Tag to insert:

  ```html
  6FjK4dLZqP89D3X2uY0Tn-HsLaVgWqErmBtCe
  ```
* After verification the site will appear in the Search Console dashboard with all available tools (indexing, traffic, errors, etc.).