Google Webmaster Tools - now Google Search Console - is a free tool by Google that allows users to check how their website is performing in the search results and whether it experiences any issues that can affect that performance. It was launched in June 2005 as Sitemaps, an XML tool.

Confirm that the tag is present in your live page by visiting the page and looking for the tag in the page source code. (Press Control + F then search for "google-site-verification" in the page source to find the tag.) Complete verification by clicking Verify in the verification details page.

Set-up Your Google Webmaster Tools Account You'll need to go to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp and in a few easy steps you can sign up for an account. This will give you access to all the tools and applications of Google. You don't need to have a Gmail account in order to do it.