Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site’s presence in Google Search results. You can find it in the Apps menu.
If you have already activated Google analytics you just need to verify the ownership of your site and will be able to use the services of Google console.
- Follow the link
- Choose URL prefix and add the URL address of your online store
- If google analytics is active, Google will detect it and will verify the ownership of your website
Note that the maintenance mode of the store shouldn’t be active or the verification will fail.
If you want to use only Google console without activating Google analytics follow the steps:
- Follow the link
- Choose URL prefix and add the URL address of your online store
- Choose HTML tag
- Copy the meta tag and add it to your admin in the Google site verification tab
- Save the changes
- Verify the installation.
NB! Before completing the installation of the app you need to accept all cookies of the shop first or the verification will fail.