Google Webmaster Tools is a free and simple tool that allows users to check which pages are in Google's index, identify crawling errors, and see search queries that lead to their site. The document outlines how to integrate the tool with WordPress through a series of steps involving HTML file verification. Additionally, it provides resources for further exploration of webmaster tools.

1. Google Webmaster Tools
What it is & how to integrate with
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2. Overview:
• Free & easy Google tool
• Which pages are in Google’s
index
• See errors encountered
while crawling
• Search queries that list your
site as a result
• Find which sites link to
yours
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3. Competion: Market Share
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4. Competion: Market Share
10.7%
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5. Competion: Market Share
10.7% 17.3%
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6. Competion: Market Share
10.7% 17.3%
65.7%
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7. Status Dashboard
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8. How to integrate
WordPress
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9. tep :1
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- Sign in to Google account
- Launch FTP Client
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10. tep :2
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Add a Site
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11. tep :3
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Select Upload an HTML file
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12. Step:
4
Click “this HTML verification file”
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13. tep :5
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Locate the downloaded file
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14. tep :6
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Drag the HTML file to your
FTP’s main directory
- not in a WP folder -
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15. tep :7
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Verify that the HTML file
uploaded in your FTP client
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16. Step:
8
Return to Webmaster & click the
link in on line 3
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17. tep :8
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Your web browser will display a
page that looks like this
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18. Success!
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19. Resources:
• https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
• http://www.bing.com/webmaster
• http://www.google.com/webmasters/
• http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/
2010/1/comScore_Releases_December_2009_U.S. Search
Engine_Rankings
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