Ep. 17 - How to verify Joomla! site ownership for Google Webmasters Tools with RSSeo!

Google requests verifying the site ownership when submitting a sitemap to the Webmaster Account.

RSSeo! allows you to verify the site ownership, directly from the backend Joomla! administrator panel for major search engines .

In this episode we will show you how can you verify a Joomla! site ownership for Google Webmasters Tools.

Step 1:

1. In the backend Joomla! administrator panel, head to Extensions >> Plugin Manager >> System RSSeo!

Step 2:

1. In the "Plugin Parameters" tab, enable the sitemap verification option for Google.

Step 3:

1. Access the Google Webmaster Tools account (http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools)

Step 4:

1. We'll use the second verification method: Meta tag

Step 5:

1. Copy the meta tag content (the string in brackets) and paste it in the backend administrator panel >> System RSSeo! plugin.

Step 6:

1. Once you have added the meta tag, you can verify the submitted sitemap to the Google Webmaster Tools account.