In this blog post I will teach you how to verify blogger blog in Yandex webmaster tools step by step. So even if you are a beginner you don’t have to worry.
If you need to get more traffic to your blog through search engine Yandex search engine is a potential traffic engine for you. Therefore, although verifying blogger blog in Yandex is not as easy as verifying in Google search console, I will take you through each step to make sure you do it successfully.
What is Yandex webmaster tools
Yandex is a search engine just like Google, Bing, Baidu and the rest. It is widely use today than ever before.
Yandex is a Russian search engine which means most of it’s visitors are from that part of the world. Although the search engine is also used world wide, it’s main focus is in Russia and the surroundings.
Yandex has become the traffic generator to many websites like ours and many others. In fact, everyday many more sites are still signing up to this search engine because of how it is getting popular. Therefore you can’t afford to miss this opportunity.
How to sign up for Yandex search engine console
To verify your blogger blog on Yandex webmaster tools you will need to have a valid email address. Just a Gmail will do if you have one.
Use a trusted browser like Google Chrome and visit webmaster.yandex.com. From the home page click the “sign up” button and follow the instructions carefully.
Fill the form with your information and click the Sign up. An email will be sent to your email inbox. Go to your inbox and click verify account to complete your profile.
Now you can login to your Yandex WT successfully.
How to add blogger site to Yandex webmaster concole.
To add your site to Yandex you simply need to click the add site and write your site address in full. Like https://www.sitename.blogspot.com or https:/guideoverload.com.ng for custom domains etc.
Make sure you spell your site address correctly. Incorrect spelling will fail to verify your site.
Click add site to add your site.
Remember in Google search console we don’t need to verify our blogger site with any process since it is a Google product and they both work with Google servers.
In Yandex we must verify the ownership of our blogs to make sure that we own or have rights to access and modify the blog.
How to verify blogger blog in Yandex webmaster tools.
To verify your blogger blog in Yandex webmaster tools you need to add your site at first. Follow the above steps to add your site to Yandex. Then click verify site.
You will see a list of methods of site verification select html methods of verification. This is the most easier and possible way of verifying Blogger blog.
Copy the HTML codes provided to you. You will need to add the provided codes on your site header section to verify you own the blog.
So after copying the codes login to your blogger blog dashboard and navigate to “theme” then “edit HTML” look for the opening <head> and paste the codes after it. Like in the screenshot below.
After posting the codes save your template. Now go back to Yandex webmaster tools and click verify under your site address.
That is all. Your blog ownership will be verified immediately and you can start monitoring your site in the console easily.
What to do next is to add your sitemap. If you use a blogger blog your sitemap will look like https://site.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml or https://site.com/sitemap.xml for custom domain, which is automatically created for you by Blogger.
Wait for sometime to allow Yandex bots to crawl and index your blog.
I hope you like the posts. If you have question you can leave it in the comments.