How to Upload Google Verification File to Shopify

Before you can start uploading the HTML file for verification to your Shopify account, you should know two things.

1. You can only upload an HTML file if you’re using a custom domain. If your domain looks like yourstore.myshopify.com, then you cannot validate the ownership of your website. However, it is easy to use a custom domain, and you can buy them directly from Shopify for easy transition.
2. To have verification goals, it is important to disable your Shopify account’s password protection. Once the verification process is complete, you can re-enable them.

Enter the Google dashboard for the search console. You will notice a choice to add a property. You can copy the store’s URL from your browser’s address bar (or type it in). Paste that URL in the space. Then click on the ‘Add a Property’ button. You will then be presented with the options to verify your domain.

For this task, we’re going to add the meta tag as a way of verifying the website. Here’s how:

The options from adding a property to Google allows you to verify the product using a meta tag. For this, you need to tap on the HTML tag option button and copy the HTML tag. Save this to your clipboard or a text editor.

Next, log into your Shopify store using your user credentials.

From the Shopify admin, you need to proceed to the ‘Online Store’ section of the website and then click on the ‘Themes’ option.

Find the theme that you’re using and then click on the ‘Actions’ option and then the ‘Edit code’.

From the layout section, click on the ‘theme.liquid’ to open the file within the online code editor. This is where the header section of the theme file is located, and this is where you need to add the code.

From the Google verification page, paste the code they gave to verify your website. This should be done within the header tags of your theme. Try to have it at the end of the header tag, so you don’t disrupt other functions.

Now click on the ‘Save’ option.

Now, on the Google website, you should click on the verification button. This will do a quick test to check that you’ve added the verification HTML code correctly. If you’ve followed the instructions, there shouldn’t be a problem.