Webmaster Tool (Google Search Console)

The Google webmaster tool is a free service provided by Google to all website admins to identify the issues associated with the site.It helps users to monitor the working of the site,crawling of the page and identify other issues.  

 Google communicate with website admins about the problem with the webpage through Webmaster tool .Webmaster is a free tool provided by Google and It helps to understand what is going  on with your site.

For using webmaster tool, we must join first. Once joined,the next step is the verification process. From the verification process google understand that you are the owner of the site.

Verification Process

Verification is the process of confirming that you are the owner of the site. Once verified we have access to its private Google Search data.

To verify ownership, Google provide 5 methods:

1. Download an HTML file and upload it on the site.

2. Add an HTML tag to the head of the home paage.

3. Google analytics.

4.Domain name provider.

5. Google tag manager

Once the verification is completed,you will be able to use the Google search console. Webmaster helps to monitor the performance of the website. Google search console provide information about search method, search traffic and crawling details of the page.

Webmaster tool provide information about how search engine see your website,information about the crawled pages,keywords leading visitors to the site,errors and broken links on the site,configuration of the site for search engine.

   

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