{"id":1286,"date":"2020-02-06T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T10:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/02\/06\/3692620-how-to-add-a-domain-to-google-search-console\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","slug":"3692620-how-to-add-a-domain-to-google-search-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3692620-how-to-add-a-domain-to-google-search-console\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Domain to Google Search Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intercom-h2b-video\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Use Google Search Console: A Beginner's Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WkbQr5dSGLs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><hr><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Do you want to add your domain to the Google Search Console but are not sure how to do it? Then please take a look at this step-by-step instruction, written for you &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"step-1---google-search-console\">Step 1 &ndash; Google Search Console<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you don&rsquo;t have a Google account yet, please <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/27441?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">create one<\/a><\/b> and authorize it in<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Search Console<\/a><\/b>.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Now in the upper left corner, click <b>Search property<\/b> &rarr; <b>Add property<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/abe1e8ce-6342-4542-9860-ac9624a40648.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You will have a choice of the type of property to add. If you want to add only a specific URL, select the option on the right (<b>URL prefix<\/b>). If you want to add the entire domain (including all subdomains and protocols), choose the one on the left (<b>Domain<\/b>).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Enter your domain and click <b>Continue<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/97ed188e-4965-41f1-b47e-8258295587db.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The most important thing you need from the pop-up window is the <b>verification code<\/b>. Copy it and do not close this tab:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/e6108222-c158-4d4a-b2e3-c5435b4bf58f.jpg\"><\/div><h2 id=\"step-2---working-with-the-domain\">Step 2 &ndash; Working with the Domain&nbsp;<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Open a new browser tab and access your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone to create a <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583664-how-to-manage-txt-records-in-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">TXT record<\/a><\/b>. Here, you&rsquo;ll need <b>the verification code <\/b>given by Google Search Console:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">DNS record type: <b>TXT<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Name: <b>@<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">TXT value: <b>paste the value that you copied at Google Search Console<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">TTL: leave the default value<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/0d7b8960-c459-4b26-b41f-8eab6f541dae.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"step-3---final\">Step 3 &ndash; Final<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">After a few minutes, return to Google Search Console and click <b>Verify<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/df38be9d-3da2-423e-82a3-7b6acead750d.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">&nbsp;You may see this window with the following message:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/13a4213e-3d8b-4e36-939d-bea3d279fcd8.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>What it means<\/b>: the added record simply did not have enough time to get propagated. To check the current status of the propagation, you can go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/dnschecker.org\/#TXT\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS Checker<\/a><\/b> and insert the data this way:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/8e4adf33-e6a4-44da-a439-c20fbdcc1287.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">As soon as you see that all the map is covered with checkmarks (apart from one maximum):<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/9901e19b-5d79-4a58-a18c-7bbde3ee5255.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">It will mean that you can go back to the Google Search Console and click <b>Verify <\/b>again. The result should be like this:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/pt\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/07\/818cfd09-6d23-4ea0-b2c9-618d9cfa3bf7.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you see this message &ndash; congratulations, <b>you have successfully added your domain to the Google Search Console<\/b>, have productive work on the site &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE:<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/5844144-how-to-add-a-domain-to-the-bing-search-console\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to add a domain to the Bing Search Console?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step-by-step guide for adding a domain to Google Search Console.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3692620-how-to-add-a-domain-to-google-search-console\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/3692620-como-anadir-un-dominio-a-la-consola-de-busqueda-de-google-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3692620-comment-ajouter-un-nom-de-domaine-a-google-search-console\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3692620-cara-menambahkan-domain-ke-google-search-console-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/3692620-kaip-prideti-domena-prie-google-search-console-platformos-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3692620-como-adicionar-um-dominio-ao-google-search-console-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6319,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/6319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}