google webmaster tools verification for wordpress using wordpress seo by yoast

In this tutorial you will learn how to verify your website using Google Webmaster Tools and WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin..   There are variety of plugins that help you verify your website, the I recommend is WordPress SEO by Yoast because that plugin does multiple useful things that you would need multiple plugins for.   The fewer plugins you have the faster your site will load and the more secure it can be..   To install this plugin please log into your WordPress dashboard, hover over Plugins and then click on Add New..   Click on Install Now button and then click Activate after it's installed..   Open General option and then click on Webmaster Tools tab.   Instead we will click on Alternate Methods button and then click on HTML tag radio button..   handy trick is to paste HTML tag into URL at the top of your browser and then copy the character string..   Once you have that string copied, go back to your WordPress dashboard and paste it into Google Search Console field inside WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin..   And this tutorial will show you how to add XML sitemap to your Google Webmaster tools https youtu be 7U57IvBAy5g.   Read more