How to add Google Search Console

Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. 

You don't have to sign up for Search Console to be included in Google Search results, but Search Console helps you understand and improve how Google sees your site.

*Note - while we try and keep up with Google's processes, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these instructions nor the attached screenshots as Google frequently makes changes. 

Let's Get Started: 

Search "Google Search Console" to register (you will need a Gmail account for this). 

Click start.

Select the "URL Prefix" option and type in or paste your domain. Click on "Continue".

It will give you a few options to verify your domain, we'll be using the first one "HTML tag - click on the dropdown arrow and copy the code. 

Head on over to your website - click on Website Settings and then go to the custom code area.

Click on "Custom Head Markup" and then paste (ctrl v) the custom code that you grabbed from Google Search Console and click SAVE.

Now, if you go back to Google Search Console - Click on the VERIFY button.

Now you should be verified. Click on "GO TO PROPERTY"

And you're now inside - click "START"

The last step is to go to "Sitemaps" - type in sitemap.xml and then click on "SUBMIT". AND you're good to go!

For more info on Google Search Console click here: https://support.google.com/webmasters#topic=9128571