{"id":24731,"date":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/webmaster-tools-verification-strategies\/"},"modified":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T00:00:00","slug":"webmaster-tools-verification-strategies","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/webmaster-tools-verification-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmaster Tools verification strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gargardate\">Monday, December 17, 2012<\/p>\n<aside class=\"key-point\">\n  <b>Newer content available<\/b>: This post is outdated. Check out our newer documentation on how to<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9008080\" class=\"external-link\">verify your site ownership in Search Console<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/9008080\" class=\"external-link\">Verifying ownership<\/a><br \/>\n  of your website is the first step towards using<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\" class=\"external-link\">Google Webmaster Tools<\/a>. To<br \/>\n  help you keep verification simple and reduce its maintenance to a minimum, especially when you<br \/>\n  have multiple people using Webmaster Tools, we&#8217;ve put together a small list of tips and tricks<br \/>\n  that we&#8217;d like to share with you:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    The method that you choose for verification is up to you, and may depend on your CMS and hosting<br \/>\n    providers. If you want to be sure that changes on your side don&#8217;t result in an accidental loss<br \/>\n    of the verification status, you may even want to consider using two methods in parallel.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    Back in 2009, we <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/changes-to-website-verification-in-webmaster-tools\/\">updated the<br \/>\n    format of the verification <code>meta<\/code> tag and file<\/a>. If you&#8217;re still using the old format, we<br \/>\n    recommend moving to the newer version. The newer<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/meta-tags\/\"><code>meta<\/code> tag<\/a><br \/>\n    is called <code>google-site-verification<\/code>, and the newer file format<br \/>\n    contains just one line with the file name. While we&#8217;re currently supporting ye olde format, using<br \/>\n    the newer one ensures that you&#8217;re good to go in the future.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    When removing users&#8217; access in Webmaster Tools, remember to remove any active associated<br \/>\n    verification tokens (for example, a file or a <code>meta<\/code> tag). Leaving them on your server means that<br \/>\n    these users would be able to gain access again at any time. You can view the site owners list in<br \/>\n    Webmaster Tools under Configuration \/ Users.\n   <\/li>\n<li>\n    If multiple people need to access the site, we recommend using the<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/7687615\" class=\"external-link\">add users<\/a><br \/>\n    functionality in Webmaster Tools. This makes it easier for you to maintain the access control<br \/>\n    list without having to modify files or settings on your servers.\n   <\/li>\n<li>\n    Also, if multiple people from your organization need to use Webmaster Tools, it can be a good<br \/>\n    policy to only allow users with email addresses from your domain. By doing that, you can verify<br \/>\n    at a glance that only users from your company have access. Additionally, when employees leave,<br \/>\n    access to Webmaster Tools is automatically taken care of when that account is disabled.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    Consider using<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/7687615\" class=\"external-link\">restricted<\/a><br \/>\n    (read-only) access where possible. Settings generally don&#8217;t need to be changed on a daily basis,<br \/>\n    and when they do need to be changed, it can be easier to document them if they have to go<br \/>\n    through a central account.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  We hope these tips help you to simplify the situation around verification of your website in<br \/>\n  Webmaster Tools. For more questions about verification, you can drop by our<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/community\" class=\"external-link\">Webmaster Help Forums<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-author\">\n  Posted by<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/johnmu.com\/\" class=\"external-link\">John Mueller<\/a>,<br \/>\n  Webmaster Trends Analyst, Zurich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, December 17, 2012 Newer content available: This post is outdated. Check out our newer documentation on how to verify your site ownership in Search Console. Verifying ownership of your website is the first step towards using Google Webmaster Tools. 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