Title: Google Verification Code
Last modified: August 23, 2024
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# Google Verification Code
* Resolved [EAC2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eac2015/)
* (@eac2015)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/)
* I’m not clear on how to use the Google Verification Code in the plugin. I see
an HTML version, an HTML tag, and Google Tag Manager. Which I do use in the box
on the plugin?
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* Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
* (@cybr)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17973547)
* Hello!
* Thank you for the kind review earlier 🙂
* To verify your website with Google, you can use various methods. TSF provides
just one of them: the HTML tag.
* The HTML tag looks a bit like this:
* ```
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* If Google gave you this tag, you can just paste it in The SEO Framework’s Webmaster
Meta Settings’ input field, and TSF will automatically grab the “content” part.
* After saving, if you look at the source of your website, you should see the entire
tag with the content filled back in.
* Still, I recommend using the DNS method to verify your ownership of the domain.
The DNS method keeps working even if your site is unreachable. You may need to
consult with your hosting provider to install this.
* Google Tag Manager is an advanced analytics product; it allows you to send tag-
based events to Google to learn how users behave on your website. This also requires
you to verify your ownership of the domain, but it comes with additional setup
to register those events. I don’t recommend engaging with Google Tag Manager
unless you actively want to develop a custom tracking system for your visitors;
it’s a powerful, but specialized tool.
* Via our [Cord extesion](https://tsf.fyi/e/cord), we provide basic analytics for
Google Analytics 4 (which uses Google Tags as a backbone), via a Measurement
ID.
* Thread Starter [EAC2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eac2015/)
* (@eac2015)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17973654)
* thanks. Does this go in the google box where the boxes are listed like Google,
Bing etc?
* Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
* (@cybr)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17973679)
* Yes, those input fields are inside the Webmaster Meta Settings box.
* Thread Starter [EAC2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eac2015/)
* (@eac2015)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17973694)
* thanks!
* Thread Starter [EAC2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eac2015/)
* (@eac2015)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17974693)
* Me again. Does the google html code have .html on the end of it? Do I include
that in the box on the SEO Framwork Plugin?
* Also I found my verification codes once but I can’t find them again. Do you know
how to find them? I am in a circle, only seeing either instructions for how to
verify or getting to the page that says I am already verified. Can’t find the
actual code. Thanks.
* Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
* (@cybr)
* [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-verification-code-4/#post-17977758)
* Hi again!
* You can find all the information about verifying your domain ownership with Google
Search Console here: [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080).
* If you wish to use The SEO Framework to verify ownership, [you’d need to use the HTML tag](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080#meta_tag_verification).
The tag they’ll give you looks like this and you just need to fill in the “content”
part with The SEO Framework — but TSF can take that part out for you if you paste
it in whole:
* ```
```
* If Google gave you a `.html` file, then you’re using the [HTML file upload method](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080?hl=en#html_verification&zippy=%2Chtml-file-upload),
which would need to be uploaded to the root folder of your website. You may want
to consult with your hosting provider about implementing this method.
* You can also use the [Domain Name Provider method](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080#domain_name_verification),
which is the one I recommended earlier, but you may also want to consult with
your hosting provider for this one. It’s the most robust and needs only be configured
once for complete verification.
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