How to Add your Site to Google’s Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools helps you notify Google of changes on your website and change how your site appears in the search index, learn about how Google views your site, and learn about and fix problems with your site.

Before we begin, you’ll need to create a google xml sitemap for your WordPress website.

1. Log in to your google account at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
2. Click on the Add a Site button.
3. Enter the URL of a site you’d like to manage. Enter it how it appears in Worpress. For example: enter SmallBusinessWebsites.tv or www.SmallBusinessWebsites.tv depending on your preference and how you have configured it, but be consistent.
4. Select link to your Google Analytics Account (You can also add a meta line to your theme’s header.php file for verification or upload a verification file by FTP).
5. Click on the Verify Now button.

1. From the Webmaster Tools Dashboard, click on the Submit a Sitemap link
2. Click on the Submit a Sitemap button
3. Type sitemap.xml in the field and click on the Submit Sitemap button.

You can back later to see the information that Google has gathered about your site.