How to Verify Website Ownership with a Meta Tag

By Adsonmarket Editorial Team ·

Publisher at a laptop adding code to a website

Verification proves you control the site you're submitting. It usually takes two minutes once you know where your site's head section lives.

Where the tag goes

Inside the <head> section of your home page, before </head>.

By platform

Each platform has a header-code setting.

WordPress

Use a header-scripts plugin or your theme's header settings.

Site builders

Look for Settings → Custom code → Header.

Custom HTML

Edit index.html directly.

If verification fails

Clear caches, check that the tag is on the live home page, and make sure it wasn't altered when pasted.

Example

Cache was the culprit

A WordPress publisher added the tag but verification failed. Clearing the caching plugin made the tag visible and verification passed.

Step-by-step

  1. Copy your tag from the Sites page
  2. Paste it into the head section
  3. Clear any cache
  4. View page source to confirm
  5. Request verification

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