in this video I'll go through the steps you need to follow to verify your website in search console using the HTML file upload method in order to complete this process you'll need to have permission to upload the file to your website where it can be accessed via browser [Music] [Applause] [Music] in order to verify your website using HTML file upload you'll need to have permission to upload the file to your website where it can be accessed by a browser after you click Add property add your website URL under the URL prefix option and click continue
expand the HTML file section where you'll find a file download button download your HTML verification file and upload it to the root directory of the property you want to verify for example if you want to verify daba daba example.com then the root directory is the home page if you want to verify dub-dub-dub example.com / party then the root directory is slash party slash in this case you would upload the file to slash party / and all child directories will be verified note that you can use this file in any site you want to verify it's
personalized to your user and can be reused once you complete this step click verify in search console if you perform the steps above correctly verification should work immediately if it doesn't click the full details link to learn about potential errors you can find out more about those errors and how to handle them in the Help Center thanks for watching and check the Google webmasters YouTube channel for more videos on search console [Applause] [Music]
