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== Google Search Console == | ==Google Search Console== | ||
https://search.google.com/search-console | https://search.google.com/search-console | ||
== Google Analytics == | === Adding a "Property" === | ||
* Top left, under Google Search Console, Current "Propertly" Dropdown Menu | |||
* Add Property (select the proper type) | |||
* More Information from Google: Add a website property - Search Console Help (google.com) | |||
==Google Analytics== | |||
Starting Point: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/<nowiki/>(see link at the top right of the page to sign in) | Starting Point: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/<nowiki/>(see link at the top right of the page to sign in) | ||
== Adding a URL-prefix property == | ==Adding a URL-prefix property== | ||
It shouldn't be this difficult, but thank you Google, it is. | It shouldn't be this difficult, but thank you Google, it is. | ||
=== URL-prefix property VS Domain Property === | ===URL-prefix property VS Domain Property=== | ||
* URL-prefix property = https://wiki.terrabase.info | *URL-prefix property = https://wiki.terrabase.info | ||
* Domain Property = *://*.terrabase.info (where * = WildCard / Anything, IE http://www.terrabase.info, https://WhatEver.terrabase.info, https://terrabase.info | *Domain Property = *://*.terrabase.info (where * = WildCard / Anything, IE http://www.terrabase.info, https://WhatEver.terrabase.info, https://terrabase.info | ||
* ...from: Add a website property - Search Console Help (google.com) | *...from: Add a website property - Search Console Help (google.com) | ||
Why does this matter? Well, when it comes to checking a robots.txt file with the Google Search Console (which by the way has no easy way or any link what so ever to find the "Robots.txt Tool", unless you have the explicit link), it only checks URL-prefix properties, not Domain Properties. | Why does this matter? Well, when it comes to checking a robots.txt file with the Google Search Console (which by the way has no easy way or any link what so ever to find the "Robots.txt Tool", unless you have the explicit link), it only checks URL-prefix properties, not Domain Properties. | ||
=== Robots.txt Tester === | ===Robots.txt Tester=== | ||
From Google (Test your robots.txt with the robots.txt Tester - Search Console Help (google.com)): The tool works only with URL-prefix properties; it does not work with Domain properties. | From Google (Test your robots.txt with the robots.txt Tester - Search Console Help (google.com)): The tool works only with URL-prefix properties; it does not work with Domain properties. | ||
OK, where is the ROBOTS.txt Tester? Is there a link available from the Google Seach Console? Hell no! Here's the explicit link: | OK, where is the ROBOTS.txt Tester? Is there a link available from the Google Seach Console? Hell no! Here's the explicit link: | ||
* [https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool?utm_source=support.google.com/webmasters/&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%206062598 https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool] | *[https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool?utm_source=support.google.com/webmasters/&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%206062598 https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool] | ||
Now the next question is how to add a URL-prefix property... | Now the next question is how to add a URL-prefix property... | ||
=== How to add a URL-prefix property === | ===How to add a URL-prefix property=== | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 13 October 2021
Google Search Console
https://search.google.com/search-console
Adding a "Property"
- Top left, under Google Search Console, Current "Propertly" Dropdown Menu
- Add Property (select the proper type)
- More Information from Google: Add a website property - Search Console Help (google.com)
Google Analytics
Starting Point: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/(see link at the top right of the page to sign in)
Adding a URL-prefix property
It shouldn't be this difficult, but thank you Google, it is.
URL-prefix property VS Domain Property
- URL-prefix property = https://wiki.terrabase.info
- Domain Property = *://*.terrabase.info (where * = WildCard / Anything, IE http://www.terrabase.info, https://WhatEver.terrabase.info, https://terrabase.info
- ...from: Add a website property - Search Console Help (google.com)
Why does this matter? Well, when it comes to checking a robots.txt file with the Google Search Console (which by the way has no easy way or any link what so ever to find the "Robots.txt Tool", unless you have the explicit link), it only checks URL-prefix properties, not Domain Properties.
Robots.txt Tester
From Google (Test your robots.txt with the robots.txt Tester - Search Console Help (google.com)): The tool works only with URL-prefix properties; it does not work with Domain properties.
OK, where is the ROBOTS.txt Tester? Is there a link available from the Google Seach Console? Hell no! Here's the explicit link:
Now the next question is how to add a URL-prefix property...