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# How to add your domain in Google search console.

A **step-by-step** guide to connecting your Google account and adding your store domain to **Google Search Console** for search performance tracking.


### Step 1: Go to Search Appearance
In the SEOLab sidebar, click **Search Appearance**, then select the **Google Search Console** tab.
**Click on Add Domain.**


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### Step 2: Add Your Website
You'll be taken to Google Search Console. Click **Add a website** to begin registering your store's domain.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_ttp8ts.png)

### Step 3: Enter Your Store URL
Under **URL prefix**, enter your store's full URL , then click **Continue**.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_1ofqenh.png)


### Step 4: Verify Ownership
Google shows an **HTML file verification** method by default, but since Shopify doesn't allow uploading files directly to the root domain, **scroll down to see other verification options** (like HTML tag or Google Analytics) that work better for Shopify stores.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_2ph256.png)

**After scroll down you have to click on this to view more.**


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### Step 5: Copy the HTML Tag
Under **HTML tag**, click **Copy** to grab the meta tag. You'll paste this into your Shopify store's theme code next, then come back and click **Verify**.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_jpu2cd.png)

### Step 6: Open Theme Code
Go to **Online Store**, then click the **"..."** menu next to your active theme to access the theme's code editor.


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### Step 7: Edit Code
From the dropdown menu, click **Edit code** to open the theme's code editor.


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### Step 8: Paste the Meta Tag
Erase **@example** on line 9 and paste the meta tag code you copied from Google Search Console in its place, then click **Save**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_195k64y.png)

### Step 9: Save
The meta tag is now pasted on line 9. Click **Save** to update your theme code.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_grpjby.png)

### Step 10: Verify Ownership
Back on the Google Search Console page, click **Verify** to confirm the meta tag is live on your store.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/a/9/5/5/a9552c769f21a000/image_1itsvw1.png)

**After Clicking on Verifiction Your ownership is verfied and Domainis added successfully.**


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