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Creating and Verifying a GSC Property
In the same viewer editor Google account as the website’s Google Analytics, go to Google Search Console and navigate to the “Welcome to Google Search Console” page that shows the two options for adding a property
Alternatively - If you’re already viewing a property, a link can be found in the property search box in the top left corner, at the bottom of the drop-down – “Add property”
Using the “URL prefix” option at the right, copy and paste the full URL of the site and click “Continue”
You will then be presented with the “Verify Ownership” popup
Click the “HTML tag” tab on the popup and click “COPY” to copy the code for the tag
Back on your Ignition website, in the DNN settings, click on “Home” in the list of pages in the Content section.
In the settings for the homepage, navigate to “Advanced” and then the “S.E.O.” tab underneath
Paste your HTML tag in the “Page Header Tag” box at the bottom left and click “Save”
Clear the site’s cache so that the tag will then show in the site’s code
Swap back to GSC and click the “Verify” button that is below the HTML tag you copied
Ownership will then be verified
Adding the Viewer Account as a User
In the left-hand menu, click “Settings”
Under “General Settings” click into “Users and permissions”
Click the blue “ADD USER” button and enter the email address - google.analytics.4@netdriven.com
Leave the permission level the default “Full” and then click “ADD”
The viewer Google account will now also have access
Submitting the Sitemap
When verification is confirmed, move on to connecting Start the process of submitting the sitemap by clicking the “Sitemaps” tab located at the left-hand side of the screen when viewing the property you just created
In the top box of the Sitemaps page, simply click into the text field, type “sitemap.aspx” and click the blue “Submit” button
If Google is able to properly read the sitemap, you will see “Success” in the status column in the Submitted Sitemaps section - You are now done!
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