{"id":630,"date":"2019-03-02T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T11:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2019-03-18T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T11:46:05","slug":"google-launched-domain-properties-in-search-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/google-launched-domain-properties-in-search-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Launched “domain properties” in Search Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

Http, https, www, non-www; all these versions of your website might be considered as different domains by Google<\/strong>. That\u2019s why earlier, Google used to ask to add & verify all these versions in Google Search Console<\/strong> manually and to set the preferred version<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But on 27th Feb<\/strong>, Google launched the new \u201cDomain Properties\u201d feature<\/a> in new GSC version. The best thing with this is, you won\u2019t have to add all versions of your domain manually.<\/p>\n

When you click the \u201cAdd property<\/strong>\u201d option, it will take you to the new domain property screen as shown in the below image.<\/p>\n

\"Domain<\/a><\/p>\n

You only add the domain and Google will fetch all other versions; http, https, www, non-www, mobile version automatically.<\/p>\n

The only requirement is DNS verification<\/strong>. As per Google, if you\u2019ve already DNS verification set up, GSC will bring all other versions of your domain to domain properties over next few weeks without any additional effort from your end. But if you want to add a new domain, then you\u2019ve to first verify the domain with DNS verification method only. All the old verification methods offered in the older GSC version won\u2019t create domain properties.<\/p>\n

And yesterday, a new information came up in Twitter. As per tweet by Andrew Hagemann<\/a>, if you are using Google Domains<\/strong>, then you don\u2019t even need to verify your domain to get the benefit of this new feature.<\/p>\n

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@JohnMu<\/a> I was able to verify my domain properties without a TXT just by using Google Domains. I feel like this should be mentioned somewhere in the @googlewmc<\/a> article. May help adoption rates of the tool since many SEOs are unfamiliar with editing zone files. pic.twitter.com\/jLxW10C0dn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andrew Hagemann (@AndrewHagemann) February 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n