Integrating with Google Search Console

This tutorial will walk you through how to connect Search Console to Carrot. Verifying your site(s) with Google helps your SEO as well as builds your digital footprint to get you more visibility. It is a powerful tool for your site and helps you gauge how it performs on Google’s search results.

Once you follow the steps below and connect your website to your Google Search Console account, you’ll be able to see key insights right inside your Carrot dashboard with our new Search Performance feature!

Step 1: Sign Into Your Search Console Account

Head over to Google Search Console and log in with your Google account. If you don’t have a Google account you can sign up here.

Step 2: Add Your Domain to Search Console

Connect your Carrot site to your Google Search Console account by inserting the Carrot site’s domain/url into the Domain field and clicking “Continue”.

Your domain should be added in the following format: yourdomain.com

Screenshot of Google Search Console setup, with an arrow pointing to where you insert your domain

Step 3: Verify Domain Ownership via DNS Record

Next, you should see a pop-up window asking you to verify domain ownership via DNS record.

Follow the instructions provided by Google Search Console to add a TXT record with your domain name provider (e.g. GoDaddy, Namecheap, etc)

Make sure that TXT (recommended) is the selected record type
In a separate window or tab, sign in to your domain name provider’s website (GoDaddy, Namecheap, etc)
Copy the TXT record provided by Google Search Console

Step 4: Add a TXT Record with Your Domain Name Provider

Once you’ve copied the TXT record provided by Google Search Console, go to your domain name provider’s website and follow their instructions to create a simple TXT record. It should look similar to this screenshot:

screenshot showing example of a TXT record to verify Google Search Console

Here are the instructions for how to add a TXT record for a few popular domain providers:

If you have any trouble completing this step, please reach out to your domain name provider for assistance.

Step 5: Complete Verification in Google Search Console

Once you’ve set up your TXT record at your domain name provider’s website, head back to Google Search Console and click verify in the bottom right corner to complete verification:

🚨 Note: Sometimes DNS changes can take a while to appear. Please give it a few minutes for Google Search Console to see the changes you’ve made at your domain registrar. If verification continues to fail after a few hours, try adding a different DNS TXT record or contact us for assistance.