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internet/verify-site-ownership-with-dns-record.md

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+# Verify Site Ownership With DNS Record
+
+To run your site through Google Search Console and get detailed reports, you
+need to verify that you own the site. There are several manual ways of doing
+this that involve sticking a value unique to your URL in a file or header tag.
+There is a better way though.
+
+By adding a TXT DNS record wherever you domain's DNS is managed, you can prove
+to Google that you own the domain. That verification applies to all paths and
+subdomains of that domain.
+
+Some providers like Cloudflare have a mostly-automated process for this that
+Google can hook into as long as you grant permission via OAuth.
+
+You can also manually create the TXT record if necessary.
+
+Either way, it will look something like:
+
+```bash
+!dig -t TXT visualmode.dev
+
+;; ANSWER SECTION:
+visualmode.dev.         377     IN      TXT     "google-site-verification=MBZ2S2fhnh2gHRxFniRrYW-O6mdyimJDRFj-f
+vblwtk"
+```
+
+More details are provided in the [Google Search Console
+docs](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080?hl=en#domain_name_verification).