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[Growth & Marketing](https://support.b12.io/en/publishing-growing?hsLang=en#growth-marketing) # Adding your website to the Google Search Console ## You can request that Google index or crawl your website through the Google Search Console. | ![static.intercomassets.comavatars337561square\_128Meredith\_Headshot-1462435312-1462487117-Apr-18-2024-02-53-22-9331-PM-modified](https://support.b12.io/hs-fs/hubfs/static.intercomassets.comavatars337561square_128Meredith_Headshot-1462435312-1462487117-Apr-18-2024-02-53-22-9331-PM-modified.png?width=60&height=60&name=static.intercomassets.comavatars337561square_128Meredith_Headshot-1462435312-1462487117-Apr-18-2024-02-53-22-9331-PM-modified.png) Written by: Meredith Last updated: 15 Jul., 2026 | | --- | Google regularly “crawls” websites to understand their content and determine how they appear in search results. Crawling happens organically every few weeks, but you can speed up the process by adding your site to [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/about).  There are two ways to do this: - [Method 1: Verifying with an HTML tag](https://support.b12.io/en/v3/add-your-website-to-the-google-search-console#method-1) (recommended) - [Method 2: Verifying through your domain’s DNS settings](https://support.b12.io/en/v3/add-your-website-to-the-google-search-console#method-2) ### Method 1: Verifying with an HTML tag 1. Go to the [Google Search Console.](https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome) 2. Under URL Prefix, enter your website address, and click `Continue`. 3. Under Other verification methods, select `HTML tag`. 4. Copy the meta tag. 5. In a new tab, open the B12 Editor and enter the following prompt in the AI Agent: ``` Add the following code to my website's head tag: [paste your code here] ``` 6. Return to the Google Search Console tab and click `Verify`. 7. Click `Go to property`. 8. Under Indexing, click `Sitemaps`. 9. In the field, type your website's domain followed by your sitemap path, which is typically /sitemap-index.xml Example: *https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap-index.xml* 10. Click `Submit`. **Tip:** You can also [request indexing](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289#request_indexing) of new or updated pages by entering the page URL in the Inspect field at the top. **Note:** Your sitemap path is usually /sitemap-index.xml, but it can vary. To confirm yours, check your site's robots.tx**t** file at yourdomain.com/robots.txt, which lists the sitemap location. ### Method 2: Verifying through your domain’s DNS settings 1. Go to the [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/welcome). 2. Select Domain as the property type, enter your domain, and click `Continue`. 3. Click Any DNS provider to see if your domain registrar is listed. If it is, follow the steps Google shows you. 4. If your registrar is not listed, add a TXT record to your DNS settings. A TXT record is a short line of text you add at your domain registrar to show that you own the domain. Google shows you the values to copy. Log in to your registrar, open your DNS settings, add a new record, set its type to TXT, and paste in the values. 5. Return to Google Search Console and click `Verify`. 6. Click `Go to property`. 7. Under Indexing, click `Sitemaps`. 8. In the field, type your website's domain followed by your sitemap path, which is typically /sitemap-index.xml Example: *https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap-index.xml* 9. Click `Submit`. **Tip:** You can also [request indexing](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289#request_indexing) of new or updated pages by entering the page URL in the Inspect field at the top. 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