Google webmaster tools

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This process alerts Google to your website presence.
- Go to Google Webmaster tools
- Create a Gmail account or login if you already have one
- Click "Add a site" and then type your URL
- You will need to do a verification
  - There are different methods...I prefer downloading an html file that I upload in the root directory of my website then I go back to verification
  - Review the Yoast setup video to do it through Yoast
- You will also want to connect to your sitemap.
  - You can use a plugin for this or go to a site like XML-sitemaps to have one generated that you can upload
- Once the site is verified go to Google Analytics
  - Consider installing a plugin like Insert Headers and footers
- Once you login you can see the website that has been verified. It will take some time to generate a report
  - Demographics
    - Location
    - Language
  - Behavior
  - Technology
    - Browser
    - Device
  - Traffic Sources

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