Add your site to Google Search Console

Google Search Console is Google's free tool for website owners. It tells Google your site exists, shows which searches bring visitors, and warns you about problems. Setting it up takes about ten minutes.

1. Add your domain#

1. Go to search.google.com/search-console and sign in with a Google account.
2. Choose Add property, pick Domain, type your domain (yourbusiness.in — no https://, no www) and continue.
3. Google shows a TXT record starting with google-site-verification=. Copy it.

2. Verify with a DNS record (works on every plan)#

1. At your domain registrar — where you added the A records when you connected your domain — open the DNS settings.
2. Add a record of type TXT, name @, and paste the value from Google.
3. Save, go back to Search Console and select Verify. If it fails, wait an hour and try again — DNS takes time.

3. Submit your sitemap#

1. In Search Console, open Sitemaps.
2. Enter sitemap.xml and select Submit.

Your sitemap lists every page and blog post and is updated automatically as you publish, so you only do this once.

4. Ask Google to look at important pages#

Paste a page's address into the search bar at the top of Search Console (URL inspection), then select Request indexing. Do this for your home page and main service pages after launch, and after big changes.

What to check each month#

• Performance — which searches show your site, and how often people click.
• Pages — which pages are indexed, and why any are not.
• Experience — Core Web Vitals and mobile usability.

If your site is not appearing on Google after a few weeks, see Not showing on Google.