Google site verification

Google requires domain ownership verification for some of the services they offer. If you have registered your domain, manage your DNS, or host your site with DreamHost, there are several options Google provides to verify your domain name as described in Google’s documentation on domain verification.

You can use any method mentioned below. It's also recommended to add more than one to ensure your site remains verified in case a method is accidentally removed.

This method downloads an HTML file from your Google console and uploads it to your DreamHost website. To use this method, your site must be hosted at DreamHost.

To get the step-by-step of this process, please visit the following  article:

• HTML file upload — Search Console Help

Method 2 — Add a meta tag to your homepage

This method adds a line of code to your site's homepage file. To use this method, your site must be hosted at DreamHost, and you must be able to edit the HTML code of your site.

For more information about this process, please visit the following article:

• HTML tag — Search Console Help
  
  

This method adds Google Analytics code to your site. To use this option, you must be an administrator on the Google Analytics account. You can use either your analytics.js or gtag.js snippet.

To get the step-by-step of this process, please visit the following article:

• Google Analytics tracking code — Search Console Help
  
  

This method searches for a Google Tag Manager Snippet added to your website. If the page does not have a snippet, you must add one (which may require creating a Tag Manager account if you don't already have one).

To get the step-by-step of this process, please visit the following article:

• Google Tag Manager — Google Search Console

This method adds a DNS record to your DreamHost panel. You must first log into your Google search console to retrieve the record to verify your site, it requires that your domain is using DreamHost’s nameservers, but you do not need to have an active hosting plan to verify your domain using this method.

To learn more about this process, please visit the following article:

• Domain name provider — Google Search Console

Adding the TXT record to your DreamHost panel

View the following article for instructions on how to add a TXT record:

• Adding custom DNS records - TXT record

At first, you may see the verification failed because the record has not been updated online yet. This record could take up to 4hrs to propagate online, but it's usually available sooner.

Check back in a few hours and Google will verify the TXT record.

Adding the CNAME record to your DreamHost panel

View the following article for instructions on how to add a CNAME record:

• Adding custom DNS records - CNAME record

At first, you may see the verification failed because the record has not been updated online yet. This record could take up to 4hrs to propagate online, but it's usually available sooner.

Check back in a few hours, and Google will verify the CNAME record.