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title = "Webmaster Tools"
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description = "Test and submit your site with popular search engines."
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categories = ["search"]
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tags = ["SEO", "robots", "metadata"]
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features = ["code highlighter", "related content", "snippets"]
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[[copyright]]
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owner = "Josh Habdas"
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date = "2019"
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license = "agpl-3.0-or-later"
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## Webmaster verification
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Use homepage `meta` to verify your site with Google, Bing, Alexa and Yandex. All verifications are optional and some providers allow you to [submit manually](#submit-manually).
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To verify with `meta` add the following to your {{< external href="https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration/" text="Site Configuration" />}} and fill in the value provided to you by the search engine webmaster console or similar:
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```toml
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[params.seo.webmaster_verifications]
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google = "" # Optional, see https://search.google.com/search-console
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bing = "" # Optional, see https://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster/
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yandex = "" # Optional, see https://webmaster.yandex.com/
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alexa = "" # Optional, claiming retired (see note below)
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```
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{{< hackcss-alert type="info" >}}
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<strong>Note:</strong> Claiming your site with Alexa {{< external text="was retired" href="https://support.alexa.com/hc/en-us/articles/219135887-Claiming-has-been-retired-May-2016" />}} in May 2016.
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{{< /hackcss-alert >}}
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You may later remove verifications you no longer need or decide not to use.
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### Submit manually
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Manually submit your Sitemap for search indexing:
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{{< hackcss-form target="_blank" action="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping" >}}
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{{< hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< hackcss-label for="google" text="Google:" />}}
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{{< hackcss-textinput id="google" name="sitemap" placeholder="https://domain.example/sitemap.xml" >}}
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{{< /hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< /hackcss-form >}}
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{{< hackcss-form target="_blank" action="https://bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx" >}}
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{{< hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< hackcss-label for="bing" text="Bing:" />}}
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{{< hackcss-textinput id="bing" name="siteMap" placeholder="https://domain.example/sitemap.xml" >}}
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{{< /hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< /hackcss-form >}}
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## Test Structured Data
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To test with Yandex use their {{< external href="https://webmaster.yandex.com/tools/microtest" text="Structured data validator" />}} testing tool. For Google submit the form below with the URL you wish to test:
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{{< hackcss-form target="_blank" action="https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool" >}}
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{{< hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< hackcss-textinput type="hidden" name="hl" value="en" >}}
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{{< hackcss-label for="google" text="Test URL:" />}}
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{{< hackcss-textinput id="google" name="url" placeholder="https://domain.example/post/" >}}
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{{< /hackcss-formgroup >}}
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{{< /hackcss-form >}}
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Use [Ephemeral Hosting]({{< relref "ephemeral-hosting" >}}) to check your site while in development/testing.
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## Test and Monitor Speed
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Nobody likes a slow website. Benchmark and analyze performance from various locations worldwide using {{< external href="https://tools.pingdom.com" text="Pingdom Tools" />}} and {{< external "https://webpagetest.org" />}} for free.
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Monitor performance over time using {{< external href="https://speedtracker.org" text="SpeedTracker" />}}.
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## Additional services
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- {{< external "https://webmaster.yandex.com/tools/robotstxt/" />}}
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- {{< external "https://w3c.github.io/developers/tools/" />}}
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