Check Your GSC Verification

Enter the URL of the website or specific page you want to check for Google Search Console verification codes.

Verification Status

What is Google Search Console and Why Verify?

Google Search Console (GSC, formerly Webmaster Tools) is a free service from Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site’s presence in Google Search results. It provides valuable insights into how Google sees your site, search queries that bring users to your site, indexing status, mobile usability, and more.

To access this data for your website, you must **verify** ownership of the site or specific property in GSC. Verification proves to Google that you are the owner or an authorized representative, allowing you access to sensitive data.

Common verification methods checked by this tool include:

  • **HTML Meta Tag:** Adding a specific tag with a unique verification code to the section of your homepage.
  • **Google Analytics:** If you use the same Google account for GSC and have edit permission for a Google Analytics property linked to the website, GSC can often use GA to verify.
  • **Google Tag Manager:** Similar to Google Analytics, if you use GTM with the same Google account and have publishing rights for the container, GSC can use GTM for verification.

Other methods like HTML File Upload, DNS Record, and Google Sites/Blogger methods also exist but are typically verified server-side or via DNS records, not directly visible in the page’s HTML, so this tool focuses on the most common HTML-discoverable methods.

How to Use This GSC Verification Checker Tool

  1. Enter the full URL of the website (preferably the homepage) or specific page you want to check (make sure it starts with http:// or https://). Note that some verification methods (like meta tag) might only be on the homepage.
  2. Click the “Check Verification” button.
  3. The tool will fetch the page’s HTML content and scan it for patterns indicative of GSC verification, primarily the HTML meta tag and the presence of Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager code.
  4. The results area will update to tell you whether a potential GSC verification method was found and which one (Meta Tag, Google Analytics, or Google Tag Manager).
  5. Finding a method like GA or GTM indicates that verification *can* be done through these platforms, but doesn’t confirm the specific GSC verification tag is active within them or that the correct Google account was used. Finding the HTML meta tag is the most direct confirmation from the page itself.

Use this tool to quickly check if a basic HTML-discoverable verification method is in place. Remember to always refer to your Google Search Console account for the definitive verification status and available methods.