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title: Verify Site Ownership for Google in B2C Commerce
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description: To verify that you’re the owner of a site, Google requests that you add a specific meta tag to your site or deploy a file with a specific name to your web server's root directory. Though this topic refers specifically to Google, other search engines have similar procedures.
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# Verify Site Ownership for Google in B2C Commerce

To verify that you’re the owner of a site, Google requests that you add a specific meta tag to your site or deploy a file with a specific name to your web server's root directory. Though this topic refers specifically to Google, other search engines have similar procedures.

To add the meta tag to your site, you must create a custom site preference for the Google tag and then include the tag in your storefront. Google uses the name `google-site-verification` for the meta-tag used for site verification. The `htmlhead.isml` template in SiteGenesis uses this name for Google site verification with the storefront.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-cc-b2c_merchandiser_administrator-264-0-0-production-enus/ea76f372-6cfa-42a6-8e7c-05c6df7abed8/images/icon_note.png)

Note pt\_storefront.isml is located in the SiteGenesis Storefront Core cartridge, `/templates/default/content/home`.

1. To render your generated Google meta tag on the `pt_storefront-template` in the SiteGenesis application, click App Launcher ![App Launcher](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-cc-b2c_merchandiser_administrator-264-0-0-production-enus/ea76f372-6cfa-42a6-8e7c-05c6df7abed8/cc/b2c_merchandiser_administrator/images/appLauncher.png), and then select **Merchant Tools** | **Site** | **Site Preferences** | **Custom Preferences** | **Storefront Configs**.
2. On the Custom Site Preferences page, enter the `GoogleVerificationTag - Content Attribute`, which is an attribute of the `SitePreferences` system object.
3. Make sure that the following code exists in your `htmlhead.isml` template:
    
    ```
    <!--- Insert meta tag for the "Google-Verification" feature to verify that you are the owner of this site. --->
    
    <isif condition="${'GoogleVerificationTag' in dw.system.Site.current.preferences.custom && dw.system.Site.current.preferences.custom.​GoogleVerificationTag!=''}”>
    
    <meta name="verify-v1" content="<isprint value="${dw.system.Site.current.preferences.​custom.​GoogleVerificationTag}"/> "/>
    
    </isif>
    ```